Part 3 of 3: Accomplishing Your Goal
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*Draw on all your past achievements that are relevant to your goal.* No
matter how small you perceive your achievements, list them anyway. It could
be something small, such as joining a healthy eating mailing list, to
coming home from work late, yet preparing a tasty nutritious meal for your
family in under 30 minutes. Once you review your list, you will be amazed
at how all those small achievements soon add up, and how much you are
capable of doing.
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*Leverage the power of small wins.* Bring to mind the small wins you
have achieved in your life. Let them give you the feel and the motivation
of a conqueror. Let these motivate you to set higher and hitherto
unreachable goals, and the courage to achieve them. This will help you win
many a battle in your life and ultimately the war.
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*Learn from mistakes.* Making mistakes should be a subject at school to
teach all children how to *learn* from them, instead of trying to
*avoid* them.
In the pursuit of a goal, you are likely to make some mistakes. Don't see
them as bad or get angry. They are important to correct you and to lead you
to success.
- In fact, make as many mistakes as you can, and then try not to make
the same mistake twice. Nothing teaches a lesson like a big fat mistake,
whether it's acting buffoonish in front of a cute girl, thinking you can
run a marathon after a night of inspired drinking, or asking for your job
back after the new one fell through. As long as you internalize
the lessons
of your mistakes, keeping them in your psyche as you trudge along like a
soldier to the battlefield, you'll win ultimately.
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*Celebrate benchmarks or milestones.* A benchmark is something you can
use to measure your progress and know you're on track. For example, after
you've been featured in the Entertainment section of the newspaper or
appear as a guest on "Oprah," stop to smell the roses. Life is about the
journey, not the destination, and how you get there is what's really
important. Celebrating your successes will help keep you motivated and
hungry as you continue to climb the crucible. Like breeds like, right?
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*Listen to your internal dialogue.* What you are saying inside affects
you physically, emotionally and mentally. Is your defense system inside
trying to make you stick to your past, limiting beliefs and perceptions?
Take over and challenge your inner critics. Monitor any excuses you might
be making as they relate to your goal. For example, saying, "I don't finish
work until 8 PM and won't have time to cook <http://www.wikihow.com/Cook>!"
ends up being an excuse. You must recognize that if you are truly
passionate about your goal, it is up to you to make time to accomplish it.
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*Be passionate.* Striving toward a goal without passion is like a fire
which slowly runs out of fuel to burn. Get excited; you don't always have
to be in love what you are doing, especially if fulfilling the goal is a
hassle and reaching the goal is the fun part. But you should always be able
to pinpoint the underlying passion that drove you to start meeting the goal
in the first place.
- Methodically check your behaviors against impassioned dreams
developed as a child. Always share the child within amongst your
potential
peers. This empowers the Law of Attraction that shapes the dreams of the
child into the creative force of the adult.
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*Revisit, evaluate, and if necessary, adjust your goals.* Keep a written
record of your goals in a place where you'll remember to read them every
day. They'll change and adjust over time as your life does, so keep them
up-to-date.
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*Make contingency plans.* Never forget about the problems that might
come up on the way, and prepare for them. Positive thinking is important,
but preparedness is better than being shocked or devastated when obstacles
appear.
- Know that some setbacks will naturally occur. Don't expect a truly
smooth ride — life will always find a way to throw a wrench into your
plans. How you respond to that wrench is what defines you.
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*Consider new opportunities and options that come your way.* Sometimes,
things have a way of unintentionally leading you exactly where you want to
go. Say you're trying to lose weight, and find that you're actually really
good at cooking healthy meals. Why not pursue being a chef
<http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Chef>, with the emphasis of teaching
others how to cook quick and healthy meals?
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*Persevere.* Now that you have the momentum going, don't let it stop!
Some steps may seem less exciting than others seem, but make sure to stick
to your plan until the end! Avoid distractions and stay focused. Imagine
how meaningful your goal is going to be when you can safely say you've
achieved it!
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