Self Help Improvement: Why Am I Not Getting Enough Done?
One mistake people sometime make is to focus only on big audacious goals… to focus on goals that require significant effort and time to accomplish. While it’s very important to have audacious stretch goals… goals that will fundamentally positively impact who we are and our status in life – it’s key that we do two things. First, we should not only focus on those goals, but identify additional goals that are of a short-term and intermediate range. Second, we should segment the audacious stretch goals into smaller sub-goals.
The reason this is so important is that our dreams and aspirations, the achievement of your goals, requires consistent fuel – as well as our personal commitment and perseverance. And in order to keep that personal commitment and perseverance going, an injection of energy, or adrenalin, is required from time to time. That energy… that adrenalin… comes from the feeling we obtain when you accomplish goals.
So, the result, as we are able to accomplish some of the smaller, more immediate or intermediate goals, we get an injection of energy that serves to help propel us further along the path toward our even bigger goals. By the same token, and perhaps even more importantly, if we break down our big audacious goals in a manner that is segmented in smaller components – then each time we are able to accomplish one of the sub-goals, you put yourself in a position to not only receive a boost of energy, but also to be that much closer to accomplishing our big audacious goals. And that shot of energy goes a long way toward inspiring and motivating us to do whatever is necessary to accomplish whatever remaining sub-goals are left to be completed.
By contrast, if we only have big audacious goals – as an example, graduating from school… If we focus on that goal only, then the endpoint of that goal could be multiple years away. As a result, it becomes more difficult to maintain the commitment to that goal – as difficulties introduce themselves… as we come across the bumps in the road we will most definitely experience. This is why, many times, we set goals and end up not having the stamina needed to achieve them.
So again, set not only your big goals, but intermediate and short-term goals as well. These goals, both personal and professional, will collectively form an important, empowering gravitational force pulling us ever closer to our true destinies. And, as far as the audacious stretch goals are concerned, we should have those as well – because those are the ones that can ultimately lift us and transport us to places we never dreamed we could go. We should just be sure to segment them into smaller segments, which can more quickly be accomplished and provide us with the necessary evidence that we are moving ever closer to our respective desired endpoints – while giving us the positive energy we need to overcome any lurking bumps in the road.
D Anthony
Inspirational Author and Motivator
Author of “The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me… Once”
Founder of STSTheBook.com and SomethingToShare.com
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