How can I be consistently successful on my Goals? Part 3

The most important factor in achieving results in our life is our Beliefs. As Tony Robbins would say, “Our beliefs are the basis of all our decisions in our life and shape our future.” In order for us to be successful on our goals we must first be “emotionally aligned” meaning be more committed to following through versus the excuses of why I’m not going to follow through. “I’m to busy, “Too Tired,” “Not good enough,” “Fearful I will fail again.” Well if you reflect on previous shortcomings on your goals you will probably notice some form of sabotage similar to the above statements. These types of statements are the quickest way to guarantee frustrating results. Would you follow through for a million dollars? If your life depended on it? If all your dreams would come true? If you answered yes to all of these, you have begun the process of emotional alignment, meaning we know we are capable of doing it we simply have not fully committed to the goal. The statement of “Hell if I don’t and Heaven if I do” is a great slogan to test our beliefs about the goals. Again, I caution if we are more committed to why we can’t achieve the goal, we will most definitely fail. One of the keys to our success is a powerful set of reasons of why we must achieve the goal.

In order for us to optimize our results in our life we must observe our previous history. When was the last time we accomplished something excellent; something we were proud of achieving? What was our level of commitment? What was our level of action towards the goal? What was our level of emotional alignment? These leave us keys to what it necessary with future goals.

Homework Assignment:

Ask yourself the following questions and write down your answers. What was the last great feat or goal you completed that was challenging when you first started? How clear were you on your plan? Did you write a schedule? Were you consistent with the plan? Did you have a strong purpose of why you were completing the goal? From a scale of 1 being the lowest and 10 the highest, what was your level of commitment on the goal? Were you emotionally aligned with the goal? Did you celebrate when you completed the goal and as you hit milestones? Now think about at a time we fell short on a goal and ask the same questions mentioned above. Write down what keys factors to your success on the first goal and what pieces were missing on the second goal. Use this as a model of the psychology you will follow in future goals.

I wish you much success on your goals!!

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How can I be consistently successful on Goals? - Part 2 Continuation

The second important factor in achievement on our goals is action. This may seem obvious, but our goals require continuous discipline to be successful. I have always said focus and consistency are the roots of success on our goals. Are we taking enough action? We must give ourselves credit for the action we have taken and challenge ourselves to live at the standard necessary to completing the goals. As an example, if we have been working out for the past 3 months and missed our targets on our goal we must ask ourselves some well structured questions. Did I show up to the plan I declared? Was I consistent? Who would I have to become to consistently show up to this map? If the plan is flawed, we must be willing to make changes and test them. We most importantly must give ourselves credit for what we have completed and the efforts we have placed towards our goals. Beating ourselves up will never motivate us to continue towards the goals. Often the feeling of failure and beating ourselves up are the flaws I find with people.

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How can I be consistently successful on Goals?

I often recieve the question, "How can I be consistently Successful on my Goals?" How many times have we had the best intentions of completing goals only to fall short? New Years resolutions, health targets, career goals and the lists continue. Our frustration usually sends us back to the same place of “How can I complete this goal? and “Why do I fail at goals that I really want to complete?” I have heard variations of these questions literally thousands of times. Unfortunately using the same strategies which have failed us previously will typically lead us towards consistent disappointment. Working in the field of Peak Performance and Life Coaching for the past 7 years has led me to many breakthroughs on the psychology of achievement. The answer to consistent success on our goals comes with a strategy of three fundamental principals known as the Three Pillars to Goal Success.

The first piece of the puzzle to constantly achieving our goals is having a Map. Imagine for a moment you are a captain of a ship about to embark on a journey. Granted you already know how to Captain the ship, what is the first thing you must know before leaving the harbor? As you probably guessed, we must first identify our destination. Not only do we need to know our destination, we must have a Map to our Success. Ponder for a moment, how many times have you missed a doctors’ appointment? The reason we don’t miss this appointment is because we have it scheduled on our calendar and have purpose / leverage behind showing up. Much like taking off from a harbor on a journey or showing up to our Doctors appointment, goals require a Map to our destination and a schedule. It is important that we don’t use our plan or lack there of a clear plan as an excuse for why we are not executing on our goals. Like the Nike saying “Just Do it” we sometimes need to commit to showing up and leave behind the excuses. We also must be willing to adapt and change if our plan is not working out. Being open to trying a different way and “tweaking” our plan are necessary in mastering goals.

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