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Don’t Tell Anyone About Your Goals…

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How are things going with your 2012 Achievement List?

I’ll be having a few pointers for you as the weeks go by so drop back here to check on the latest tip.

It’s important that you keep your goals to yourself.

Although this may be contrary to what you hear from everyone about needing a support system to help you, think about that statement. That may be good for your New Year’s Resolutions (you know I don’t like that phrase) like going to the gym or quitting drinking or maybe for losing weight but all you have to do is look at your past and see how well that has worked for you. How often in your life have you kept your resolutions. I look at a “resolution” as something you want to change in your life (I actually look at it as something you feel you ‘have’ to change). But is it always a goal? No. Sometimes it might be but not always.

Why do I want you to keep your goals to yourself? Because the last thing you need is to have someone derail you, whether consciously or subconsciously. People will do that but if they don’t think your goals are “right”, they aren’t going to be supportive. Why might they not think your goals are “right” and may actually sabotage your efforts?

  • They are envious of you having a goal
  • They don’t think you can achieve it and are “trying to save you” from the “eventual failure”
  • They are afraid that if you achieve your goal, you’ll outgrow them and have no need for them
  • They are afraid that the effort you’ll have to put into achieving your goals will take time and attention away from them
  • They don’t want you to succeed for any number of other reasons
  • etc….

So, keep your goals to yourself or to someone you totally trust and evaluate that person’s personality, history and attitude even more before you confide in them.

Keep on Achieving!

Terrie

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Tip of The Month – January

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January can be a let down month as well as an even more hyped up month. As I went to the gym yesterday to continue my working out with my wonderful personal trainer, I noticed a marked increase in population at the gym as well as a sort of fevered atmosphere. It’s as if people want to achieve their 2012 fitness goals in a one hour workout.

This month’s tip is to slow down and to persevere. You will get there if you’ve followed the guidelines I gave you last month for creating your 2012 Achievement List. Step back now and reassess your life and your plans now that the fervor of New Year and the hustle and bustle of the holidays is over.

Constant reassessment of where you are, what you’re doing and where you want to go is what’s required to successfully reach your Achievements! Don’t just make a list and then expect it all to happen. Go back and review the process for coming up with your plans and identifying your limiting beliefs and then reassess your denials and affirmations.

Terrie

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Affirmation For Your Goals

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Try this on for size. Use this affirmation (modify it to suit your needs and your style) when you’re working on your goals and the associated denials and affirmations:

“I plant the seeds of my 2012 goals with love, happiness, enthusiasm, confidence and joy! I nourish their growth with positive thoughts of abundance, success and prosperity. I water these seeds daily with well chosen words and phrases. My goals flourish and their roots spread rapidly because I’ve appropriately cleared the land and removed all weeds by using my denials.”

Terrie

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Words of Wisdom

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I read this in “Daily Reflections For Highly Effective People” by Stephen R. Covey and it applies to our goal setting process and the identification of our limiting beliefs.

“If we want to change a situation, we first have to change ourselves. And to change ourselves effectively, we first have to change our perceptions.”

This is exactly why we go through the entire process from inventory to future desires to identification of limiting beliefs, removing them and replacing them with those you choose.

Terrie