How To Set A Motivating Goal

Goal setting is not just a powerful tool for achieving the things you want to achieve in life, but also has a lot of other benefits. It makes you feels that you have the control, it increases your self esteem and makes you much more focused on the tasks ahead.

Why You Should Have Goals

First off I want to talk about why it is so important to have goals not only in fitness, but also in your life in general.

Think of your goal as a destination you want to arrive at. If you do not have a goal you are just sitting in the plane with no destination in mind and you are just flying around and hoping that you arrive at a nice place. If you on the other hand have a goal, it is like taking off in a plane and going directly to your destination. It may take some time, but you are heading straight to it and you are going to arrive at your desired destination with 100% certainty.

What I wanted to get across, is that you need a goal to know where you want to go and in which direction you should be heading. If you have a goal that you really want to achieve, you are going to achieve your goal and nothing will be able to stop you.

Write It Down

Why does it have to be written down? 

As long as the goal isn't written down, people don't feel any commitment to achieving the goal, and guess what, in the end they don't achieve the goal. Another reason that people don't write down their goal, is that they can't fail. When they don't write a goal, they can't fail to achieve it and that makes them much more comfortable in the short run. You are not going to be one of them.

You are going to write your goal down on a piece of paper and pin it on the wall.

Studies have shown that those who write their goal down, are 400% more likely to achieve their goal.

How To Write A Goal

Now to writing your goal.

What you do is; you start off with "I". Then you write out your goal in present tense as if you have already achieved it. This will make the subconscious mind accept it as a reality and help you achieve your goal.

You goal should also contain a deadline so you know how long time you have on achieving your goal.

If we put everything that I just mentioned together into one goal you should have something like this;

"I have a six pack before Christmas" or "I lost 10 kg fat in 2014"

Realistic Deadline

One thing you have to watch out for when you are setting a deadline is, that it has to be realistic.

If you set a goal that you know you can not achieve before the deadline, the goal will be demotivating instead of motivating. This is not what you want - so be realistic.

Achieve Your Goal

I suggest that you get a piece of paper and write your number one goal down. The goal that would have the most significant impact on your life, if you were to achieve it in the next 24 hours.

This is going to be your number one goal. Of course you can set many other goals in terms of health, finance or family.

To speed up your process, rewrite your goals everyday. This is going to embed your goal in your subconscious mind. Your subconscious mind will now search for possibilities to achieve your goal 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until you achieve your goal. When you finally achieve your goal, you will get an amazing sensation and your self-esteem will increase!

Now get out there and work on achieving your goal!

Here`s To The Crazy Ones

A great inspirational quote by Steve Jobs:

Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who DO.

Brian Tracy And Brendon Burchard Hangout

I was just looking at my youtube subscriptions and found the video you see below. It is an interview between Brian Tracy and Brendon Burchard where they talk about how you can share your knowledge and information and earn a living on it.
They are two really great authors and if you have the time I would seriously recommend you watching it. It is 75 minutes long, so I have only covered the first 25min of it, but I can already say, that it is great.

Worth Watching!

Audiobooks

When I started developing my skills and begun reading I read a couple of hours each day, and kept that going for months. I read and read until I soon discovered audiobooks.

I mean they are genius. You can simply download a educational book and start doing your things, like driving or working out.

Some random guy will than read the book for you, and you can listen to it by simply doing nothing.

It is great for those of you who dont like reading and for those who want to use every minute of the day to do something meaningful or resourceful. You can learn a great deal by just listening.

Of course you wont get all details out of the book, as you would normally by reading it, but no one is going to stop you from reading it a second, third or even a fourth time.

I personally use audible.com and have a membership that gives me 2 credits each month for 23$. This basically means that I can choose to buy 2 books a month with my credits.

For those of you who are serious about learning I would recommend you give audiobooks a try and find a service that suits your needs.

- Sebastian signing out