"Most people are not going after what they want. Even some of the most serious goal seekers and goal setters - they're going after what they think they can get."
Bob Proctor
Just a thought … Goals and focus
"Those with goals tend to succeed because they are focused and know where they are going, while those without goals do not."
Ted Karam
[By Rhodri Jones]
Every experience that each of us has impacts us, either in a positive way or a negative way.
Negative experiences can leave us troubled and disillusioned, however positive experiences can greatly improve our optimism and daily motivation.
Daily motivation is the fuel that drives us to improve our lives, achieve our goals and become better people.
Here are some ways to increase your daily motivation so you achieve so much more in your life:
Setting Meaningful Goals
Having goals is vital. They are the key motivator that drives you to succeed. A life without goals is like a boat without a rudder... drifting aimlessly with no direction and no end destination.
Important, meaningful goals motivate you to take inspired action toward achieving what you desire. It also helps keep you focused and driven when you come across challenges and difficulties
When setting any goal, it is very important however, to take small progressive steps toward achieving it. Breaking a goal down into small, baby steps will prevent you from becoming overwhelmed and help maintain a positive attitude to keep you moving forward.
A Positive Attitude
As I've just mentioned above, a positive attitude will help keep you motivated to continually move forward toward your goal. If you believe that your goal is too difficult and that you won't achieve it, then I can say with one hundred percent certainty that you will be right.
A negative attitude will sabotage any chance of you achieving what you want. Your subconscious mind feeds on your inner chat, and if you constantly tell it that you can't and won't achieve a particular goal it will prove you right every single time.
Your mind is extremely powerful, and you'd be a fool to underestimate it. Feed it with positive thoughts and it will grant you whatever you want. GUARANTEED!!!!!!!
Religion
I accept that not everyone is religiously inclined, but for many (me included) religion helps greatly in improving their daily motivation. Religion, irrespective of what kind you follow can help harness a strong faith and internal motivation within an individual.
It can also ensure a mindfulness and inner peace, so you can better deal with and overcome the challenges that life regularly throws in front of you.
Desire To Live
We've all been given the greatest gift of all...and that's the gift of life! None of us will be on this planet forever, so is there a greater motivation than living life to the max and getting the very most out of every day? I think not!!!!!
Yes, life at times will be hard, but the thing to remember is that these hard times are temporary...they won't last forever. Good times are always just around the corner for you.
Having daily inspiration to live life to the full and achieve all we can is something none of us should pass up on. A desire and motivation to live life to the full is the least we can give in return.
If you want to accomplish more in life and become that person you've always wanted to be then you have to do whatever it takes to make it happen.
Your dreams and goals will never be realized unless you acquire an incessant drive and daily motivation to take inspired action that keeps you moving forward.
Your ability to motivate yourself is crucial to you realizing your goals. Motivation is the force that keeps driving you forward toward achievement and success. Go and discover the daily motivation and success formula that will fast track you toward a life that's rich, abundant and happy.
"Employ the power of positive quitting. Most of us view quitting as something negative, but it’s not. ‘Winners never quit,’ we’re told, when, in reality, winners quit all the time: choosing to stop doing things that aren’t creating the results they desire. When you quit all the things that aren’t working for you, when you quit tolerating all the negative things that hold you back, you’ll create a positive ‘charge’ in your life as well as create the space in your life for more positive experiences."
-- Jim Allen
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"If you resolve, beginning today, to put out more on your job than you're getting paid to do, miracles will begin happening in your life."
Og Mandino
If you're trying to bring wealth into your life - whether it's the material kind like money and possessions or the emotional kind like happiness and contentment - you're probably focusing on specific techniques like affirmations and visualizations. You're probably also keeping an eye out for new opportunities that can help you feel happier and become more successful.
That's all well and good, but have you ever thought about the other things you're doing? You know, the things that are counteracting your positive behavior and bringing negativity into your life.
If you want to live a life of abundance and prosperity, don't let yourself fall victim to these 3 things:
1. Telling yourself you don't have "enough".
Every time you grumble about the bills in the mail or pass up that outfit in the window because you don't have the money for it, you're really telling yourself you don't have enough. That way of thinking just breeds negativity and, soon enough, you'll find yourself drowning in it.
Instead, tell yourself you always have enough - whatever "enough" is. Whether it's money, time, or confidence, tell yourself (out loud if you have to) you've got plenty of what you need. That way, you'll be focused on the positives, instead of the negatives. It may take some real effort on your part, but it's well worth it.
2. Spending money you don't have.
A surefire way to get yourself into trouble is by spending money you don't have. It's not a way to get over the feeling that you don't have "enough". You will not be able to "trick" the world into thinking you're wealthy or successful. You'll simply wind up feeling worse.
Instead, start by being "wealthy" on the inside; it's really not that hard to accomplish. All you have to do is act like a wealthy person would - by feeling relaxed, content, blessed, and generous. Once you do that, you can work on being wealthy on the outside.
3. Not taking action.
When you're living in a negative mindset, you constantly feel defeated. If you feel like everything you do is futile, you won't bother doing ANYTHING. After all, it's not going to do any good, no matter how hard you try, right?!
This can be a dangerous cycle, but you can get yourself out of it. However, it will take some work. Pick something you're unhappy with - like your job - and make a conscious effort to change it. For example, start looking for other jobs, get your resume together, or talk to your friends about potential job opportunities they may know about. None of these actions are particularly earth-shattering, but they'll get you moving in the right direction. And, every time you take a small step, it becomes easier to take a big step.
You'll have to work hard to achieve physical and emotional prosperity. It's "easier" to be negative and let the world bring you down, but by thinking, feeling, and acting the right way, you can overcome that negativity and live a richer life!
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We are all staring down the barrel of the same reality— the clock is ticking and no matter how you look at it, we are approaching the final days of 2011 and the beginning of a New Year.
You must use the remaining days of this year to achieve two objectives:
1. Finish the current year strong. Consider the remaining few days of this year as a now or never opportunity to finish the year strong, to exceed expectations, and for some use it as a final chance at redemption.
2. Establish a fast start game plan for making 2012 the best year of your life.
Let’s cut right to the chase, by looking at the results of your actions year to date, that REALITY tells you if you have been successful or not in achieving the goals you set earlier this year.
As it relates to your goals for 2011, your demonstrated actions have allowed you to be in one of three positions.
You have either:
1. Exceeded your expectations of what you thought you could achieve.
2. Met expectations of what you set out to accomplish.
3. Fallen below your desired expectations of what you wanted to accomplish.
Unfortunately, in today’s economy, far too many people find themselves struggling and well below where they would like to be.
The GOOD NEWS is that regardless of the position you are currently in, you CAN fulfill both objectives of finish the year Strong and starting the New Year fast, however you must do a few things in the manner presented in the next few paragraphs.
As someone who is very goal oriented, I’m well aware that you probably began this year with great hope and determination.
I’m also well aware that many goals and plans fall far from being realized.
THE SOLUTION
So what specifically can you do in order to capture the brass ring? Work harder? Longer?
You don’t stand a chance of succeeding with that strategy, yet that is exactly what the majority of people will do.
Why not do something entirely different, why not focus on saying NO!
Consisting of two letters and one syllable, the word “No”
can be considered to be one of the most powerful words in your vocabulary.
It’s the easiest word for setting a limit, holding firm to boundaries, and being clear about what you will or will not do. It is a word of pure power that is both inner and out directed.
You will be a lot more productive once you recognize that:
1. “No” is not a dirty word, negative word, nor is it a selfish
word. Learning to say “No” is liberating as it frees up your time to focus on your key priorities.
2. You are in complete control of how you spend your
time and your life. Saying “No” allows you more time and energy to pursue your goals and wildest ambitions.
3. Saying, “No,” increases the value of the things you say,
“Yes” to. Your success in life requires a short “Yes” list, and a long “No” list. The key is an awareness and prioritization of your “Yes” list, and firm boundaries around your “No”
list as QUICKLY as possible.
Saying “NO” is the most strategic decision you can make. You improve yourself, your family, and your organization’s effectiveness—IMMEDIATELY!
“No” is empowering because it simplifies. You will succeed on the basis of what, where and how you say “no”. And “NO”
allows you to get more control over your daily life and activities—IMMEDIATELY!
We need to say “NO”, but we’re not very good at it. In business we give it another name. “prioritization” or “strategic planning.
But then we get back to day-to-day activities and we quickly forget what we prioritized and planned. We end up letting the “no’s” creep back in.
For these remaining days of this year and to ensure a fast start to 2012, you must resolve to give “NO” the strategic resolve it deserves.
In tomorrows, second part of this post, I’ll share FIFTEEN simple, effective and empowering strategies (personal and professional) that you can use to get results—IMMEDIATELY!
In the meantime, here’s a great resource which you’ll definitely want to check out. Get your FRE*E Goal Setting Toolkit by going to:
Warm holiday wishes,
Bronwyn
P.S. Don’t forget to pick up your FRE*E Goal Setting Toolkit.
We are all staring down the barrel of the same reality-- the clock is ticking and no matter how you look at it, we are approaching the home stretch of 2011.
You must consider the remaining 100 days of this year as a now or never opportunity to finish the year strong, to exceed expectations, and for some use it as a final chance at redemption.
Let's cut right to the chase, by looking at the results of your actions year to date, that REALITY tells you if you have been successful or not in achieving the goals you set earlier this year.
As it relates to your goals, your demonstrated actions have allowed you to be in one of three positions.
You have either:
1. Exceeded your expectations of what you thought you could achieve.
2. Met expectations of what you set out to accomplish.
3. Fallen below your desired expectations of what you wanted to accomplish.
Unfortunately, in today's economy, far too many people find themselves struggling and well below where they would like to be.
The GOOD NEWS is that regardless of the position you are currently in, you CAN finish the year strong, however you must do a few things in the manner presented in the next few paragraphs.
As someone who participates in or leads more than fifty strategy sessions per year, I'm well aware that we all began this year with great hope and determination.
I'm also well aware that many goals and plans fall far from being realized.
THE SOLUTION
So what specifically can you do in order to capture the brass ring? Work harder? Longer?
You don't stand a chance of succeeding with that strategy, yet that is exactly what the majority of people will do.
Why not do something entirely different, why not focus on saying NO!
Consisting of two letters and one syllable, the word "No"
can be considered to be one of the most powerful words in your vocabulary.
It's the easiest word for setting a limit, holding firm to boundaries, and being clear about what you will or will not do. It is a word of pure power that is both inner and out directed.
You will be a lot more productive once you recognize that:
1. "No" is not a dirty word, negative word, nor is it
a selfish word. Learning to say "No" is liberating as it frees up your time to focus on your key priorities.
2. You are in complete control of how you spend your
time and your life. Saying "No" allows you more time and energy to pursue your goals and wildest ambitions.
3. Saying, "No," increases the value of the things you
say, "Yes" to. Your success over the next 100 days requires a short "Yes" list, and a long "No" list.
The key is an awareness and prioritization of your "Yes"
list, and firm boundaries around your "No" list as QUICKLY as possible.
Saying "NO" is the most strategic decision you can make. You improve yourself, your family, and your organization's effectiveness--IMMEDIATELY!
"No" is empowering because it simplifies. You will succeed on the basis of what, where and how you say "no". And "NO"
allows you to get more control over your daily life and activities--IMMEDIATELY!
We need to say "NO", but we're not very good at it. In business we give it another name. "prioritization" or "strategic planning.
But then we get back to day-to-day activities and we quickly forget what we prioritized and planned. We end up letting the "no's" creep back in.
For these remaining 100 days of the year, you must resolve to give "NO" the strategic resolve it deserves and in the second part of this post, I'll share FIFTEEN simple, effective and empowering strategies (personal and professional) that you can use to get results--IMMEDIATELY!
In the meantime, you are invited to pass this note along to your friends and colleagues. Also, be sure to get your FRE*E Goal Setting Toolkit by going to:
http://bit.ly/rsoaWB
One of the common denominators of successful people is their ability to persevere when things don't go as planned. Effective people don't allow themselves to get bogged down in feelings that don't serve their purpose.
On the other hand, ineffective, unsuccessful people allow their emotions to rule rather than their rational and objective nature. They lament what happened or what didn't and become victims rather than masters of their circumstances.
We all have disappointments. We all suffer setbacks. If we're going to attempt anything worthwhile, we're going to experience failure. The mature—and ultimately successful person—sees failure as part of success. When one method fails, they try again with a new one. Sometimes it takes many attempts.
In my coaching/consulting work, I see all too often the tendency to fix blame instead of fix problems. Rather than looking at challenges rationally and objectively, emotions are allowed to dictate the process.
They're unable to make corrections without invalidation. Something goes wrong and they want to blame. Profit isn't reached fast enough and someone needs to be fired. There's never a shortage of people or things on which to blame the failure.
I suggest a different approach. It's a process I call, "What Worked, What Didn't, What's Next?"
This practice works whether you're dealing with a business, a relationship, a project or your life. The key is to evaluate often, objectively, and then to move on.
And the more often and impartially you measure and evaluate, the better it works. It's just feedback—and feedback is neither positive nor negative. It's simply information. I call feedback the "Breakfast of Champions". Looking at what happened with a healthy degree of detachment allows us to make better decisions.
What Worked?
What actions moved us toward our objective? What's worth repeating? What felt good? What created excellence?
Acknowledge your successes. If it's a big one, celebrate it. Praise your own as well as the efforts of others.
When you focus on what worked, you begin with positive energy. And you create momentum toward solutions.
What Didn't?
Ok, where did we screw up? What created the mistake? Not WHO dropped the ball, but when, where and how did we drop it? How can we avoid it next time?
It's rarely PEOPLE who mess up but rather systems that don't adequately support them. Most people mean well and try their best. The focus should be on how to better support one another to reduce errors and increase quality.
There are many ways to accomplish what you desire. Often, in finding NEW ways, we create things we never would have if the first or second effort had succeeded.
Acknowledge the mistakes, make new plans and devise new strategies.
What's Next?
Regardless of how well or how badly things went, IT'S HISTORY. Nothing is going to change the past. Being upset about it, feeling guilty, placing blame—or even resting too long on our laurels will cause us to lose headway.
One might be wise to use the US Marine Corp acronym, FIDO—Forget It, Drive On. But I would add one more piece; learn from the experience.
After you analyze what happened, the question should be, "What's next?" This takes the focus off from what's happened and places it on where we're going and what needs doing.
You can quickly go through this process alone or with a group. It can take a few moments or several hours depending on the complexity of the project.
The key is to do it with impartiality and objectivity. Mistakes, corrections and new attempts are merely part of successful ventures. They don't mean anything, they're simply opportunities to create excellence.
Author: Michael Angier, SuccessNet
"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you reach your destiny."
Carl Schurz
