A lot of people complain that they are not motivated to achieve their goals, in fact
they have been setting goals many times and they have never achieved any of them which
really created this big doubt in themselves.
the problem with goals that they seem very simple which leads most people to not take
them very seriously.
here is where the biggest issue when it comes to setting goals.if your goals do not resinate
with values that you deeply believe in, then I can guarantee you that you are not going
to achieve them.
because if you rely on motivation to achieve your goals, then you are doing a big mistake,
motivation comes and goes, you can’t always be motivated, but if its something that you
believe it, you are internally persuaded to accomplish this then you will stick to these
goals until you achieve them.
when I was a kid i just hated books, i barely could read a book for 5 minutes and that even
would happen if i get inspired and motivated for sometimes, but when I actually understood
how important for me to read these books, i just started reading them weather I am motivated
or not.
your believes are basically your values, so if your goals resinate with your values then
your are most probably not going to achieve them.
Another important reason why a lot of people if not the majority do not achieve their goals
is because they think that they have goals when in reality they actually don’t.
most people don’t really differentiate between goals and dreams.
Let me explain the difference here, a lot of people have this common goal, I want to
get rich, this sentence has a very broad meaning and doesn’t really specifies anything and
its simply a wish and its impossible to achieve it.
I mean, let me ask you something what does rich means, does it means having luxury cars,
a luxury lifestyle, or just being financially independent, having enough money that can
cover all your day to day needs that you don’t have to work again, or maybe it means being
an entrepreneur who creates products or service that bring value to people.
you see when you don’t have a clear image in your mind what exactly do you want.
you won’t be motivated to achieve it in the first place, its just something in your
mind that you thought about but never clearly understood what is it exactly which might
just stay as a wish that might never be achieved.
the single most important factor that will determine wether you are going to achieve
a certain goal is the clarity of it.
Instead of saying that my goal is to start reading books this year, specify exactly what
books you want to read and why you want to read them.
Even if the goal is specific its not necessarily going to be effective unless it can be measured.
indeed, there is this golden rule in management which says: if you cannot measure it, you
cannot manage it.
so when it comes to wealth again, lets say you want to start saving, by simply saying
that you want to save, you can’t real mange your performance, lets say, you save a hundred
dollar, or 1k dollar, how much of your goal have you achieved.
although that it seems absolutely obvious that you should be able to measure your goals
yet most of us don’t really apply it, just take a look at your goals and see how many
of them are measurable.
To make your goal more effective, it should be realistic, you are earning 50K and suddenly
you want to jump into a million dollar within a year which really sounds more to be a wish
than a practical goal.
you can’t work with wishes, you should be fully persuaded that you can achieve this
goal, thats why your goals should be within your abilities, of course you should never
underestimate yourself but your goals should not be too big that they seem more like a
wish than a goal, at the same time, if you set simple goals that are easy to achieve,
you will not take them seriously because you know that they won’t have a significant
effect in your life.
And every goal that doesn't have a deadline is not a good goal, by
setting goals is important but what is more important is writing them down.
everyone says i have goals in my life, if you ask them where is it, oh its in my mind,
so what happen next day, you don't exactly remember because you haven't written them
down, what about a month later.
you have to write them and review them every single day and what i would suggest is, stick
on them somewhere that you can see them always.
we humans are creatures who always forget, we get constantly distracted, so to stay focused,
you should keep them in front of you.