One goal at a time. If you have several competing goals list them by priority. Which is the most important to you, which can wait a bit and which is going to take the longest. Don’t get anxious about leaving one behind because you want to do them all. You will get to them if you use these tips to assess each one.
- Ask yourself why? Why do I want to do this?
- When you ask yourself why, you need to be clear and have a clear picture of what a successful life looks like to you personally because that will mean something different to everyone there isn’t a right or wrong answer.
- Start to think; if you had absolutely no responsibilities and had all the resources at your fingertips, what would you love to do or create?
- Start getting some goals on paper. Getting yourself unstuck starts with figuring out what you want and writing it down in as much detail as you can. It’s important that you are as clear as you can be to define what success means to you. This is starting to build your foundation. You can start to work from this point to create the life you want.
- Do an assessment of what you are doing now that is helpful to where you want to go..
- Ask yourself what’s been working well for you
- How can I use this creatively to move to the next step?
- For example: looking back at where you started from and seeing how far you’ve come.
- What skills have you required that can be used moving forward? Exp; I used to be a medical assistant to being a chef, I used my interpersonal skills and caring for others in both careers.
- But what if things start to go wrong, how do I deal with it?
- How do you prepare for the unexpected? Start by walking your goal backwards, making a list of things that could go wrong in your plan moving forward. You may still not be able to pinpoint what may go wrong but you will feel more prepared to handle setbacks. Recognize how that will feel and then create a potential backup plan for each potential problem.
- For example: I am always turning on my GPS on my phone even when I do know where I am going because my Wayz app will tell me if there is heavy traffic and an alternate route. This may help save me time or at least I can make a choice when the time arrives.
- You can have big goals and aspirations to what you want to do, and still fail. Failure can be good for you!
- Failure gives you tremendous feedback
- Failure gives you insight on what works and what doesn’t
- Failure is part of the journey of success so embrace it.
- Past Failure shows you how much smarter you are now and how you overcame and won’t do that again
- Success = Better Habits
- You can have discipline and create the results you want if you repeat useful and better actions every day.
- Once you realize that you have formed the right habits, you will see how you moved the needle forward and got stuff done..
- Only you are you!
- Also remember not to compare yourself to everybody else. You will never be anyone else, you are the only you on this planet.
- Your brain is so unique to you and your experiences so your points of view will also be unique. That makes you able to create, speak and impact others in your own way.