You’ve spent a significant amount of time crafting your life goal, but are unable to accomplish it. Why? Many fail to accomplish their life goals not because they didn’t craft the goals well; they fail because they lack the FOCUS.
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To accomplish a life goal, you’ll need to direct your focus on the activities that will help you to achieve it. It is not easy to stay focused; especially, when you have other activities demanding your attention. But, there are few steps you can take to start winning with your like goals.
Be Clear About What You Want to Accomplish
Often, we fail to accomplish a life goal because we lack clarity. Without clarity, we’ll end up spinning the wheel but not fulfilling our goal. If you want to accomplish that life goal of yours, be clear about it. Being clear about what you want to achieve will help you to take the right steps.
Find a Strong Why For Your Goal
In some ways, it is hard to stay focused when working on life goals; you will face so many distractions. Therefore, you need to have a strong reason why you want to accomplish that goal. This reason will be your motivator when things don’t work as planned. Else, you will get tired and abandon your goal at once.
Imagine Yourself Crossing the Finish Line
You may have heard the saying, “Fake it until you make it.” During the planning phase of your goal, take some time to imagine yourself crossing the finish line. What would your life look like when you accomplish the goal? Live as if you have already accomplished your dream.
Divide Your Goal Into Manageable Pieces
Even though you have a bigger picture of your goal, accomplishing it may need a different approach. Divide it into small pieces; else, you will get bored and abandon it. Embrace the habit of dividing your big goal into small pieces; it is easier to win with these small pieces.
Determine How You are Going to Attack Your Goal
More over, it is not enough to be clear about what you want to accomplish and why you want to achieve it. You have to determine how you are going to accomplish it. Develop a plan that will help you to attack your goal. I will also encourage you not to waste too much time in this area; take the first step and move on. Make changes as you go.
Celebrate Small Wins
Take some time to celebrate any small win you make, it motivates you to keep moving forward. As you celebrate those small wins; don’t spend too much time. Reward yourself with something small like taking daybreak or dinner out with your loved ones. Whatever you decide, don’t make it a big story.
Surround Yourself with Like-Minded People
Even so, you have developed a plan of attack on your goal, you may still fall a pray of the wrong crowd. You may discover that a good number of your close family members or friends not on your side. Do yourself a favor and limit the number of people in your circle to those who will get the best out of you.
Eliminate Negative Energy
It is good to have a circle of a good friends who will lift you when you fall. At the same time, you want to eliminate those who will only pull you down when you are about to climb up. As I stated early, these people may be your closest friends or family members. It doesn’t matter, eliminate them from your life or you will always fight an uphill battle.
Who Will Hold You Accountable
Sometimes, it good to embark on the journey alone. On the other hand, you need someone to hold you accountable. A person to challenge you on what you said you were going to do. Whether it is within your circle or out, find someone who will hold you accountable if you don’t accomplish your goal.
Be a Consistent Learner
You may have the best plan but fail to execute it. Sometimes we oversee small things that could help us achieve our life goals. Be open to learning something new or how to tackle your plan. You may learn some new that could be more effective than what you already know. Be open to learning from others who have taken the journey before you.
Distribute Your Energy Wisely
I understand you may have other important life activities; it is alright. We have a certain level of energy at a given time; distribute it wisely between your life goal and your other events. It is impossible to have equal energy for everything. Know when you can give your full attention to your goal and when you can give it to other important events.
Go Around Obstacles
You will face obstacles whether you like it or not. Don’t allow the obstacle to stop you from working on your life goals. Take it head-on and find workarounds to overcome those obstacles.
Hold on to Your Dream
Last but not least, keep on working on your life goal until you win. Take the obstacles you may face as learning opportunities to make your plans better. Evaluate your goal and keep on working on it until you accomplish your dream.
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