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For many, and unfortunately this is an overwhelming majority, setting goals is as unfathomable to them as horses walking on their hind legs.  Why is that?  Highly successful motivational speaker Jim Rohn shed some light on the answer when he said, “I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps it’s because escape is easier than change.”

There have been many studies done on the relationship between success/wealth and goal setting.  In one such study, it was found that 95%-97% of the people do NOT have their goals written down - and they fail; 3%-5% have written their goals down and they succeed.  Given these statistics, doesn’t it make just plain good old-fashioned sense to write down your goals?!

So, what sets you apart?  Setting Goals!

Become bigger than your circumstances.
 

With all the research into goal-setting, success, wealth and yes, the Law of Attraction, there’s more information now than ever in history on how to reach your goals quicker and easier than you ever thought possible.

ACCELERATE YOUR RESULTS

The subconscious mind is your most powerful tool in achieving success in any area of your life. Everything you are and will be is a result of your thoughts.  Your thoughts become your feelings.  Your feelings become your results.  In order to change your life, you’ve got to change the way you think.  This is where current research in Quantum Physics comes into play.  I won’t bore you with the details, but trust that these proven techniques will accelerate your results:

 ○ Write your goals out and read them daily
 ○ Visualize yourself having already achieved your goal - again daily
 ○ Create a vision board featuring pictures and words that represent you reaching your goal - review it daily
 ○ Repeat affirmations of success - take a negative belief about your success and turn it around into a statement of belief - repeat this several times a day
 ○ Inspire yourself by reading biographies of successful people, personal development books, audio and programs
 ○ Surround yourself with a powerful support network - this means limiting the amount of time you spend around negative people, environments and information - consider turning off the news
When you do what the successful do, you too will be successful.

We all have a set point in our minds which keeps us within our normal range or our comfort zone.  If you make a change in your life which takes you out of that comfort zone, this will send a signal out to your nervous system which your brain interprets as potential danger.  It will then prompt you to make the course corrections necessary to return you to your normal state. 

This works in a very similar way to the thermostat in your home, you set the temperature to whatever you want.  The heat or air conditioning will come on as needed to keep the temperature at the set point. 

So, how then do you change your temperature, or rather change your comfort zone? 

You can send messages to your subconscious mind to change your set point.  This is done by visualizing with the use of emotions what you want your new reality to be.  Your subconscious mind cannot decipher between reality and an imagined reality. 

With consistent and persistent daily visualizations, you will soon have a new set point/comfort zone which will move you closer to achieving your goals.

It’s okay to have big goals. In fact, dreaming big is far better than thinking small.  It takes you out of your comfort zone and develops the confidence and self-esteem required to actually live your dreams.

However, big goals can often make you think it’s impossible.  Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither will your dreams.  Chunk your goal down into smaller, shorter-term goals.  If your goal is to run a marathon and you’ve never even made it one lap around the track, well, that marathon may seem way out of reach.  Make a smaller goal to run 10 laps around the track by a specific date.  That’s more believable and achievable to your subconscious mind.

Once you’ve reached your first shorter-term goal, take another chunk out of the bigger goal.  By breaking down your goal in this way you’ll gain momentum through continual success.

Any dream worth dreaming is worth working for.

Have you ever spent time learning about the amazing power of your mind?  One of the incredible tools you possess is called your Reticular Activating System. 

Simply put, your Reticular Activating System (RAS) is a filter that sorts through the four hundred billion bits of information that your brain processes every second.  You are only consciously aware of two thousand bits of this information each second, so your RAS decides which bits of information to present to your conscious mind.

The RAS sorts based on matching the information presented with information already established in your mind, this is the information that it assumes is important to you. 

The exiting part of this, is that you can reprogram your mind to sort the information based on what you want to achieve.  If you spend consistent and persistent time each day visualizing your goal and feeling the feelings of having already achieved your goal, it will start to become familiar to your subconscious mind. 

Your RAS will then start to sort the information presented based on your goal.  Soon, you will start to receive information on how to go about reaching your goal, and be on your way to achieving success.

For many, goal setting is a way of life.  For many more others, it doesn’t even enter onto their radar.  Regardless if this is because they haven’t learned the powerful impact goal setting can have on their lives, or they just couldn’t be bothered, we’re going to talk to the 3%-5% of people that DO set goals.

There are many tips, tools and strategies that you can use to be successful in reaching your goals.  Many of those can be found right here.  But there is one specific thing you can do that will ensure your belief in yourself while venturing into new and exciting territory.

FOCUS ON YOUR STRENGTHS

Doubt and fear will rear their ugly heads on the road to success.  By focusing on your strengths, you’re telling your subconscious mind that you’ve been successful before and now isn’t any different.  You’re more likely to push through adversity and be successful when you constantly remind yourself of your past successes and areas of strength. 

This works even when you’re doing something new.  Many skills are transferable to different occupations, relationships and projects.  You likely won’t have to dig too deep to recognize what your strengths are.

Success breeds success.

When faced with adversity in your life, you may find that it causes you to change your focus.  It may be difficult to keep your committments during your time of struggle.  You may even find that you get sidetracked from your goals.

Sometimes events in your life that are difficult require extra attention at least temporarily, but that doesn’t mean you have to completely stop all progress that you are making in reaching your goals.  A little action is better than no action.  If you have to cut the time spent on goal achievement drastically for a short time, it is still better than giving up on your goals altogether.

 Give yourself the time you need to get your life back on track.  If you need a couple of days off for a personal development boost, take them.  The important thing here is to keep focused on your goals as you work through your adversity.  Know that you will be back on track in full swing as soon as you are able.

We have no way of knowing what life will bring our way.  We do have the ability, though, to keep clear on where we are headed in spite of our current circumstances.  If you want to be successful in reaching your goals, do not allow your troubles to continually change the course you are on.

I came across this recently and it reminded me that everything worth pursuing in life, is worth being important enough to push through the adversity that comes up during the ride to success.

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won if he’d stuck it out.
Don’t give up, though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are -
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit -
It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit.

~Author Unknown

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Have your troubles got you down?  Have you tried to look on the bright side?  I know sometimes it is hard to find, but it is there.  The Law of Polarity tells us that if something is difficult it is equally just as good.  There is no good or bad, everything just is.

 You must simply look for the opposite benefit of your adversity.  Let’s say for example you are going through a separation of a challenging long term relationship, the benefit here may be that you are now free to find a new rewarding, loving, nurturing relationship.

Sometimes the benefit is not so clearly apparent.  You may discover well after you have overcome the adversity that the benefit was how much you learned because of the experience.

The point here is that it all boils down to your perspective.  How you choose to view your situation will determine whether it is going to be a good or a bad experience overall.  I am not saying you won’t have challenges, but rather that you can choose to view those challenges as a horrible experience or an opportunity to learn and grow.

Everything just is, you decide whether you are going to view it as good or bad.  Always look for the good in every situation.

What did you do wrong?  That may be the first step in trying to overcome adversity in your life.  It is so much easier to blame outside circumstances, situations, and other people for our troubles, after-all, we certainly wouldn’t have done this to ourselves. 

The trouble with blaming everything else is that you did play a part in creating where you are right now.  You are responsible for you past, your thoughts, your emotions and therefore the results in you life.  Until you take responsibility you cannot begin to move past the adversity and fix your problems.

By giving away the blame, you are giving away the power over your own life.  Until you start to take responsibility you will always be the victim of your results.  You can free yourself by acknowledging your part in creating the circumstances in your life. 

Now you can begin to focus on how to go about moving forward in a positive direction.  After-all, you created this mess, so you can clean it up.