To Achieve A Goal You’ve Never Achieved Before, You Need Four Things:
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Planning And Preparation
You can’t just wing it and expect great things to happen.
You need a well-defined and structured plan. This plan should be realistic, and fit in with your life and personality.
Accountability And Social Support
Telling people what we want to achieve is the first step.
Talking about your goals with anyone breathes life into it, especially when you surround yourself with like-minded people who want to see you succeed.
Studies show that accountability to a professional, like a coach, is more valuable than a friend or family member.
Incentive
You have to understand why you are setting this goal.
The why is your mission to the end result – you have to really dig deep to figure this out, and once you do, constantly reminder yourself of the end result you’re seeking – the more specific you can be, the better.
Deadline
There’s this thing called the law of diminishing intent.
The more time that passes after you set a goal, the less likely you are to make it happen.
This is why it’s wise to set deadlines.
Deadlines propel action.
Period.
The further away a deadline, the more likely we are to procrastinate, which is why it’s smart to break down any “big goal” into a set of mini goals with realistic and close deadlines.
Regardless, achieving a goal, no matter how small, propels us with the momentum needed to take on even bigger goals.
The cycle looks something like this:
Goal Setting -> Planning -> Deadline -> Commitment -> Discipline -> Accomplishment -> Satisfaction -> Bigger Goal -> Repeat
Be awesome + crush it
