How To Achieve Your Goals in One Day?

How To Achieve Your Goals in One Day?

Hey there.

It's Sunday and I'm doing my Monday blogging early.

I usually TRY to write at least ONE blog a day,
but more likely three or four blog posts a week.

It's easier and I can keep control of my time better
when I write them in that interval.

Sunday
7:33 PM

Over the years I have achieved many of my personal goals
and I have to tell you the TRUTH... I've also failed at
a few of them.

And in all cases this is the methodology to make sure
you REACH ANY GOAL.

I've got to tell you, it’s tried and true, and I assure
you, it can help you achieve your goals as well.

You may not believe me, but if you like a challenge,
take this one and prove me wrong.

There are four basic steps:

Set achievable goals.

Strategize and plan your goals.

Take action and don't pussy foot around.

Review your progress regularly.

Let’s go through them one at a time so you can get a better feel
for what I'm trying to do here.

Set Achievable Goals

When you are climbing the ladder, ensure that
you are leaning against the right wall.

You can climb the ladder as fast as you want,
but it’s going to be a giant waste of your
time if you get to the top and realize you’re
leaning against the wrong wall.

You will need to get this step right to ensure
that you are not wasting your efforts on goals that
you do not truly want to achieve.

We as humans have a tendency to try to bite off
more than we can chew, and this usually causes
us to feel frustrated and annoyed.

Because we only have a finite amount of time,
and everyone has that same 24 hours, it’s foolish
to attempt to conquer the world in a day.

Won't happen so don't try it.

Yeah, you could set goals to be the best guitar player,
basketball player, football player, lose weight,
be financially savvy, earn $10,000 and join the
public speaking club all at the same time.

But really, does that sound logical or achievable?

No it doesn’t.

How can you excel at anything when you are
juggling everything? Ask yourself that a few
times to let it sink in.

So the first key is to figure out a few (1 to 3)
things that you truly want.

And make sure you truly understand why you want
these things. Otherwise you’ll just lose interest.

Strategize and Plan

Here are the basic strategies you will need to employ
to keep your motivation burning and your progress on track:

A) Here's a starter... Paste up your goals where you can
see them every day. –

KEY: Without reminders, you will likely forget about your
goals and become easily distracted by other stimuli. I say, print
them out 10, 20 or 30 times and paste them up in the most prominent,
visible areas around your house, office, etc.

Remember, out of sight, out of mind.

B) Create a visualization board. – For you, most likely your mind
sees the world in images and we remember images more clearly compared
to text and numbers.

A visualization board is basically a large bulletin board filled with clear images of what you want to achieve.

Don't make this hard.

This added visual stimulation can help invoke powerful
emotions that will constantly drive your motivation.

What could be better than that?

If you want to lose weight and get back down a few
pants sizes, put an old photo of yourself up on the
board.

If you want your blog to start making a thousand dollars a
month, find a few success stories online of people that have
achieved that goal and stick it up on the board.

You get the idea.

Position the board right next to your work area so you can
see it while you work toward your goals. I told one of my
clients to get up in the morning and actually WRITE his
goals, each and every day. He thought I was crazy but I told
him, when you write them, it changes everything you're doing.

C) Form a small mastermind group. –
A mastermind group is your support group.

And believe me, this group is a vital entity to your success.

The group can consist of any amount of people (at least 2),
but the important thing is that everyone in the group must
share similar goals.

The key word is SHARE.

It doesn’t help much when you are trying to lose 30 lbs
and other members in the group have goals of setting up
their own company.

A mastermind group helps to hold all its members accountable.

This will help YOU maintain consistency in taking action
even when laziness gets the best of you.

Be sure to meet with your mastermind group at least once a week.

I didn't say once a month either. Get that straight. I say once a
week.

D) Create a daily action plan with actionable tasks. –

Bullet points A, B and C help you to sustain the desire
and motivation to achieve your goals.

This will ensure that you will not give up halfway though
and fall backwards on your rear end.

But you also need a real, actionable plan that you can
follow every day until you actually do achieve your goals.

Every morning, brainstorm for tasks that will help to
bring you closer to your goals and write them down.

Try to create three small actionable tasks each morning and
complete them before you go to sleep.

Make them a priority and fit them into your schedule.

Whether you complete them or not makes a big difference
in whether or not you will succeed.

If you find it hard to generate the small daily tasks or
an actionable plan that will bring you closer to your goals,
seek out a mentor, or purchase a book on goal setting.

A coach is better, but a book will work.

Here are three books I highly recommend:

Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating
and Get More Done in Less Time

Focal Point:

A Proven System to Simplify Your Life,
Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals
Getting Things Done:

The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

Breaking down your goals will help you avoid the
feeling of being overwhelmed.

When you are creating your action plan, keep the short-term
tasks in mind instead of obsessing over the long-term end result.

Obsessing over long-term results just creates stress.

It is far easier to think on a short-term task-related
basis.

And as long as you complete your tasks, the results will
take care of themselves. For instance, if you want to
write a book about your office, don’t obsess about completing
the book (long-term results oriented), just focus on writing a
page or two a day (short-term task-related) and soon you will
have your book completed.

I mean thing about it. You write 1500 words a day, and low
and behold, you'll have your book done.

E) Set a deadline. –

You will also need to set a deadline for your goal.

A long-term goal without a deadline will not instill
any sense of urgency in you. And defining a deadline
also gives you something to look forward to.

Take Action

This step doesn’t need a long explanation.

Just take your daily action plan that we created above
and then just DO IT! More than anything, successfully
achieving any goal hinges on the simple act of making
a decision to absorb yourself fully in the process of
getting things done – actually taking action.

Review Your Progress Regularly

Did you know an airplane goes slightly off its set course
70 to 80 percent of the time during an average flight,
but the pilots always manage to land it in the exact location
they intended.

How?

It’s quite simple.

Every time they go off course, they make a slight
adjustment to correct it.

Reviewing your goals regularly will help you to check
your progress to determine if any adjustments are required.

In addition, monitoring your progress will also likely
motivate you to try even harder. Whenever we see positive
results, we have the tendency to take more action so we can
see more positive results.

Parting Words
People are often frustrated that they can’t stick to
their goals and achieve the results they want in life.

Set your goals and go for it.

If you don't, TIME is not going to slow down.

Just do it.