This is the 2nd instalment of my 3 step goal setting programme. Today's post is designed to enable you get the best possible results from your goal setting software and yourself. Today we are looking at generating explosive motivation that will empower you to follow through on your goals and ensure that you have generated the "PULL" to enable you to keep accomplish your goals. This is vital as even the most expensive goal setting software can't generate the motivation to ensure that you persist and keep working towards your goals even when things don't go your way. Step number 2 should enable you to rise above the 95% and start attaining your goals.
PART 2: Creating powerful motivation: WHY do you want to achieve this goal?
Once we have clearly worked out what are goals are, it is important that we know why these goals are important to us. At first, it can be difficult to isolate the reason why, but once you find that reason, achieving your objectives will become so much more easier. It will be like going in to overdrive or Mach 4. A few goal setting software packages have a motivational function but most haven't and the ones that do are not really up to the job, so the best way is to gate an A4 pad and divide the page in 1/2. Then title the left column "what" and the right column "why". Now list your goals in the what column and then think of what that goal is important to you and write it in the right column. There is no goal setting software that can replace this part for you as it is all about you and what you FEEL about your goals. You may have to ask WHY several times before you can identify the real motivation behind your goals.
For exampleWhat: To get a new jobWhy: To make more moneyWhy: To give my family the best things in lifeWhy: Because I'd like to provide for them better than I am at the momentWhy: Because we are can't afford them at the momentWhy: Because I made mistakes in the past and I want to straighten things outWhy: Because I will like myself better and this will make me feel good about myself
This is a great example of how we can create a thousand times more motivation just by exploring just WHY our goal is important to us. Anthony Robbins states that it is actually our feelings that motivate us and the example shows how the deeper reason for wanting a new job was not really the money or the family, it was about self respect and peace of mind; to be able to feel content. Think about the power of that goal, compared to just a few more dollars each month. How much more motivation would that generate? You see, it's the same goal, but two different why's, one immensely more powerful that the other. Lots of people set out with the best intentions and buy goal setting software but unfortunately they lose their motivation and never realise their goal..because they forget the why!
Always ask yourself, WHY am I doing this, WHY is this goal important to me - until you have the answer - if there isn't an inspiring or powerful WHY for achieving your goal, maybe you could revise the priority of the goal. The best goal setting software packages enables you to group major and minor goals and prioritize them according to which are most important to you.
I hope this article has inspired you and will help you to create massive motivation behind your goals. If you missed the first part then you can find it here. I'd really love you to join me next for the last and most exciting piece of the goal setting jigsaw - How to achieve your goals. Lots of people go right from the what to the how and miss the most powerful part - the why. So get your goal setting software package loaded up and I'll see you next time for part three - the how.
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