Achieve Your Goals With Confidence
It is going to be very difficult for you to achieve your goals and get what you really want if you are low on confidence. There are likely to be many times when you need a lot of confidence to tackle something that you have never done before.
This is all fine. When you tackle new things you push the boundaries of your comfort zone. Far too many people stay in their comfort zone for their entire life. They would never take on anything that they had never done before. You do not want to be like this so you need to work on your self confidence and believe that you can tackle anything.
You Need To Create A Plan To Achieve Your Goals
We always encourage people to think big when they are deciding on their goals. It is best not to concern yourself about how you will achieve a goal while you are deciding what you want. This is because you may experience negative thoughts and this can put you off setting the goal in the first place.
Once your goal is set and you have written it down and added emotion to it by thinking about why you really want it then it is time to create your plan. If you have set yourself a challenging goal to earn lot of more money for example it is now time to think about how you are going to do this.
You Don’t Need All Of The Answers Right Now
If you have a challenge in front of you like a goal it is easy to become overwhelmed because you don’t know how to achieve it. The best way to avoid this overwhelm is to break the goal down into smaller parts.
Os if you goal is to make $100,000 in the next year then you need to work out how you are going to do this.
There are many people out there making considerable money on side hustles working from home. All they need is a computer and a connection to the internet. Examples of this are affiliate marketing. You can setting up your own online store, offering coaching services, or promote affiliate offers and many more.
So the first part of your plan needs to be researched based. Today you have so many resources available to you online. Take the time to look at the different opportunities that exist to make the additional money that you need.
You can use Google or your favorite search engine to find out more. If you prefer to watch videos than you can go to YouTube and search there. You will find thousands of videos about how you can make money online.
Make Your Decision And Plan For It
After you have been through the research stage you can now create a detailed plan around this.
If you want to create an online business that you can work from home then what do you need to learn in order to achieve this? Do you need a website? Do you need to create videos? How will you get visitors that are interested in what you have to offer that can turn into customers?
Create A Daily Plan
Taking action to achieve your goal is the best thing to do. This builds momentum every day and you will be surprised by the progress that you make. So you want to break your plan down into small actions that you can take each day.
Accept that your plan will never be perfect and that you will need to review it and adjust it regularly. This is the same for everyone. If you know exactly how to achieve your goal then it is not challenging enough!
How To Set Goals That Will Inspire You
There are many experts out there who will tell you to set goals in specific ways. The issue is that you need to set your goals in the best way that will work for you. Achieving challenging goals is not easy and if your goals do not inspire you then you will not achieve them.
SMART Goals
When you are setting goals you need to be as specific as possible. It is no use writing “I want to earn more money in the next 12 months”. What does that mean? If you earn 50 cents more than you did last year does that mean that you achieved your goals? Technically yes it does!
The same goes for losing weight or getting fitter. Just writing a goal to lose weight is meaningless. So is a goal to “get fitter”. There are no specifics here and the goal is not challenging because of this.
We recommend that you use the SMART goal setting process. This is an acronym that stands for:
Specific – You need to be as specific as possible with all of your goals. So change “I want to earn more money next year” to “I will earn $100,000 in the next 12 months”. The same goes for losing weight. “I will lose weight next year” is useless so change it to “I will lose 60 pounds in the next 12 months” for example.
Measurable – By being more specific with your goals you will be able to measure your progress. It is pointless embarking on any goal that you cannot measure. A goal that states “I want to be more intelligent” is going to be very difficult to measure. But “I want to improve my IQ to 14” is definitely measurable.
Actionable – When you set goals they need to be actionable. A goal that relies on someone else doing something first or something else happening is not a n actionable goal. A goal needs to be in your control – you can work on it each day without to rely on external factors.
Realistic – We do not want to stifle your creativity and free mind here. But if you are in your mid fifties and somewhat overweight having a goal to be the next world tennis champion is not realistic no matter how good of a tennis player you are. Make all of your goals realistic.. Not too easy to achieve but something that you can actually do.
Time – A goal without a time frame is useless. “I will earn $100,000” and “I will lose 60 pounds” will never be achieved. You must add a time frame so that the goal is challenging for you. Without this you can be working on your goal for an entire life time.
The SMART goal setting is logical and makes a lot of sense but on its own it will not push you to achieve your goals. You need to add “spice” to your goals so that you will jump out of bed each morning and be inspired to achieve the,.
The best way to do this is to add emotion to every goal. Decide on the real reason that you want more money to be in better shape. Think about how this will make you feel and use these feeling to inspire you every day.
Develop Mental Toughness To Get What You Want
When you set challenging goals fro yourself to get what you really want you will need to have a level of resilience that keeps pushing you forward whatever obstacles you meet along the way. It is inevitable that you will have to overcome challenges and you do not want to give up when going gets tough.
So you need to develop a mental toughness that will see you through the difficult times. There are so many different things that can throw you off track when you are trying to achieve your goals. You may face a lot of negativity from people that you know and trust and if you are not mentally though they can persuade you to give up for example.
So what traits do you need to develop for mental toughness?
- Make A Start – All successful people make a start. They do not wait around for something to happen or others to do something. When they have new ideas they get started immediately. If you need to wait for someone to get back to you about something then work on other areas of your goal.So just be a self starter. This is a problem for a lot of people because they have been told what to do their entire life. You just need to practice starting on things right away. After a while this will become second nature to you.
- You Need To Prioritize – One you really get into your goals then you will probably find that your daily “to do” list grows pretty long. You need to prioritize which tasks to perform first. We recommend starting with a simple task first to build momentum. Then tackle any task that you know is going to stress you out next.
- Focus Is Essential – Are you easily distracted? If you get a notification on your phone do you tend to drop everything and attend to it? You want to identify the things that distract you and keep them out of sight when you are working on your goals. The ability to focus is a great mental toughness trait.
Sometimes things happen in life and you have no choice but to attend to them. When you get back to your tasks you need to be able to refocus again quickly to get everything done. With some practice you will easily develop this trait so keep at it. - You Need To Be Persistent – All of the traits are important but this one is top of the list. Persistence will keep you going when you don’t want to carry on. It will also prevent you from giving up when you feel that all is lost. So the next time you feel like procrastinating or giving up altogether call on your persistence to see the job through.
- You Need To Review How You Are Doing – Take a regular look at where your actions are taking you. It is utterly pointless to take massive action that doesn’t get you anywhere. If something is not working then work out why and change your approach. Don’t just assume that everything that you do is moving you closer to achieving your goals.
- Get Organized – Don’t just put important things anywhere. If your computer is a mess then organize files into folders so that you know where to find them when you need them. the same applies to documents in your home. Spending time trying to find stuff is very frustrating and can seriously hamper your progress.
Wrapping Up
Most people do not really know what they want which is why they never success with their business. Also your own confident plays a big role here. With low confidence you will most likely not success. Your comfort zone have too big fences and you will have big problems going for your goals. Without any confidence you will be lost and not making enough money.
In short, here are the three most important things:
- You need to create a plan
- You have to set up inspired goals
- You have to be mental though
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