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Sharing a Few More Thoughts on Goalsetting and Goal
Achieving:
The technique of Visualisation.
by Craig Lock
As I mentioned in Part One in controlling our thoughts and
attitudes, visualisation is a great help in setting your
personal
goals. Use it as a tool, be persistent like a yappy dog biting
at
your ankles and you'll get there in the end.
American John Kehoe has written extensively on this subject in
various works. He is the one who hibernated in the woods of
Canada or Alaska for
five years contemplating the mind and talking to the trees. Like
Bonnie Prince
Charlie talking to the
plants! I should have been a lumberjack instead of a writer; but
then I can't imagine myself floating down a swollen river and
balancing on a
log!
I too am writing in virtual hibernation. Perhaps it's good for
writing by forcing one to focus. Anyway, the creative juices
seem
to flow well here in Gisborne, New Zealand. Perhaps its the
clean air, as the
country has produced some great Kiwi writers.
*
Some more on VISUALISATION...
Work out what your goal is. What you want to become? What sort
of
person do you want to be? Picture what changes you want to make
in yourself and in your life...for the better, of course.
Set stepping stones (or sub-goals) as sign posts along the way.
To guide you and ensure that you stay on track. They can be your
short-term or medium term goals, say one month to one year. The
marathon runner doesn't think of the finish line , but, the lamp
post in the distance...or the next drink spot. Thinking of the
big picture often seems impossible, so it can be very
discouraging. Take small steps... and one at a time. You can get
get loads of satisfaction from taking one step at a time.
Attaining sub goals can help you with a more immediate focus and
it rewards you along the way in your pursuit of the grand plan.
Make daily affirmations to yourself to keep yourself positive
and
focussed on the way ahead. (Remember, affirmations and self talk
from Chapter Five). Have written goal checks to ensure that you
are on track - on the right path. These are a good aid in
reassessing your performance and how well you are doing on your
chosen path. I've gone so far down my track, if it's the wrong
one it's a bit late to turn back. I'll just visit the soup
kitchens! "What a stuff up"! Seriously (for a change) though,
it's never too late to change direction; look at South Africa
and
apartheid, the fall of Communism, Yugoslavia, Israel and
Palestine... Iraq - what a quagmire, a monumental "stuff-up,
no a disaster. A situation whereby goals set by those in
authority
have gone horribly wrong through poor planning and caused untold
misery"!
"Without a vision, the people perish."
- the Bible
Enough of my personal opinions on the world and you're getting
way too serious, Craig (after all this is a light-hearted zany
manuscript)...
but sorry, I couldn't stop myself!
Set priorities. It is important to have flexible goals; they are
not set in concrete and can be changed as you change and
develop.
Remember changing goals in mid stream doesn't mean losing ground
(or "the plot"). As long as you grow personally, you are making
the most of yourself.
*
Summary:
1. Set big goals
2. Make long range goals
3. Make short term and daily goals
4. Goals should be specific
5. Goals should be realistic
6. Luck is not involved in achieving goals
7. Don't make goals to please someone else - they are for you
alone.
it's your life and no one else can live it for you. Listen to
your parent's advice; but young adults, you make the decision
about the career you want. Not knowing what I wanted to do after
finishing school (and then university), I followed my father
into
insurance, not thinking that I would have to spend half my
working/waking life in that occupation, Dumbo! In setting goals
we need to allow for our future growth and development. If you
want to grow, you've got to eat your "veggies" and use your
potential to the fullest. Don't stay a dwarf if you can help it.
Sorry "dwarfies" for that totally politically incorrect
statement. Oops, too late. Put my foot in it again...but it's
too
late to worry. Life is one long journey of self discovery. It is
also a great opportunity for self improvement - to grow day by
day, even though you might have the occasional stumble. As you
can see I'm continually dragging myself up after being beaten by
old ladies (and dwarfs) with their brollies. But if you accept
yourself and are happy just the way you are, that's fine by me
too.
Finally,
8. Your personal goals are your stepping stones to guide you, to
keep you on
track with your GRAND VISION for your life. So step back from
time to time to
evaluate them (and check whether you are still headed in the
right direction).
Often you'll be amazed when you look back and see how far you've
come!
The human mind is like a garden (or a computer).
"Plant the right seed to get the right plant"
- anon
Good positive thoughts get good results. So...
"Keep your mind on what you want and off what you don't want"
- Napoleon Hill
"You will become as small as your controlling desires; as great
as your dominant aspiration"
- James Allen
*
Now that we've defined and set our goals, lets look at ACHIEVING
them by getting and then staying FOCUSSED...
* How to achieve your goals:
There are a number of important factors that make people
successful in achieving their personal goals... and I believe
goalsetting is the key ingredient to personal success. What else
determines whether we will achieve our goals? I think the
following attributes are critical:
* A strong belief in oneself and one's ability to succeed
* Good self esteem
* Self confidence
* Self discipline
* A burning desire to achieve your pre-set goals
* A sound strategy with a great deal of thought given to
PLANNING
* A desire to give something back to society and invest in
people; ie. to make some contribution to your "little patch" of
the world. This leads into the next one...
* Having worthy goals which benefit one self and others
* A winning focus and a positive attitude. This is very very
very
important.
* Consistancy and commitment
* The ability to avoid distractions, ie. the ability to FOCUS
(not swearing at ourselves)
* Affirming oneself daily that you are of value to the world
* An ability to take calculated risks
* An ability to learn from your mistakes and to overcome the
fear
of making mistakes
* The ability to handle stress well I'm not so "hot" on that
one.
* Taking frequent exercise - because a healthy body keeps the
mind healthy
* Taking time out for relaxation
* Self motivation, and most important of all,
* Personal integrity and a sense of ethics. Who says
millionaires
and other successful people lack integrity and rip off gullible
people in the
street? I for one, definitely don't believe it. I
think quite a few businessmen may be ruthless, but most of them
have high moral codes of behaviour. But most importantly, they
have the "bucks" to improve people's lives in the community...as
long as they are not too stingy.
BALANCE:
Remember, it is vital to live a balanced life. So look at your
goals in all areas of your life: material, physical, career,
psychological and most importantly, spiritual. I'm not a
religious person at all#; but I think it's terribly important to
BELIEVE and have FAITH that things will work out in the future
for you. That BELIEF (either in yourself or in a Higher Being)
will largely determine your attitude...how happy or unhappy your
life will be. God, the Universe, The Creator of Life has a plan
for your life too.
To end off this chapter, here are a few more quotations on
taking
a chance or risk in life. I like them, because I've taken a few
chances in my
time (perhaps too many) ...maybe you have too.
"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected
without trials."
- so say wise man, Confucius.
"The greatest risk in life is to risk NOTHING...
The person who risks nothing, does nothing,
has nothing, is nothing,
and becomes nothing..."
- Norman Vincent Peale
"Only the person who risks is truly free. A man's conquest of
himself dwarfs the conquest of Mt. Everest."
- N.V.Peale, again.
"Be BOLD and unseen forces come to your aid"
- I think it was Brian Tracey (an American motivational
consultant and speaker) who said those words. Very true!
"Whatever you do, or dream you can do, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, famous German philosopher
Very wise words.
So after all this...
WHAT'S STOPPING YOU STARTING ON ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS RIGHT NOW?
Absolutely ANYTHING is possible with ACTION and great FAITH.
"The task ahead of you can always be overcome by the power
within
you...and the often seemingly difficult or even "impassible")
path
ahead of you is never as steep with the great spirit that lies
within you."
Craig Lock
"Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement."
- William Arthur Ward
"Your belief determines your action and your action determines
your results, but first you have to believe."
- Mark Victor Hansen
"God, the Source of Life and Love, the Ground of our very Being
will never give you a desire, a vision, an individual dream
without your having the ability/potential for it to come to
pass."
- Craig Lock
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