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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