Managing your Evolving Achievements Binder

Have you captured all your goals, dreams and ideas for your future on paper? Are they organized in a meaningful way to you? If you haven’t heard of this idea, you’ll want to read my blog post on the Evolving Achievements Binder. Hopefully your many goals have been captured on paper, and you’ve been inspired to take further action.

After you’ve put together your Evolving Achievements Binder, you’ll still need to manage it. There are a few good reasons why you should regularly review, dust off, clean, and re-organize your evolving achievements binder (aside from the fact that it’s fun to do!).

When I was reviewing my binder just the other day, I came across my health and fitness section, and noticed that it had literally exploded in size. I had inserted so many different resources, and pictures of all the new weight lifting exercises that I had been doing at the gym. I actually ended up taking out the majority of that section, and I started a whole new resource binder for my health and fitness. Now, my binder is much more organized again. I can easily go through and read what my future goals are with respect to my health and wellness, without getting distracted. I also realized, that I’ve probably accumulated more than enough information to write a small e-book on this topic! Perhaps I’ll have to start another blog just on that topic alone.

When I was reviewing all my goals, it was interesting because I noticed myself saying out aloud, “Oh I’ve already done that”, and “I just started doing that!”. Unless I reviewed my goals, I wouldn’t have realized all that I had accomplished. Also, I had never made those goals my key priority, and had never consciously set aside time to work on those goals. I think that demonstrates the power of simply writing goals down. Somehow, the act of writing down our goals must communicate with our subconscious mind, and as a result we automatically begin taking action, and attracting those people and resources into our lives to make things happen.

I also realized the importance of translating all our goals into habits. Daily, twice a week, weekly or even biweekly habits. If you can’t make something a habit, then rarely would those goals ever turn into reality. The areas where I felt I was having the most progress, e.g., career and fitness goals, were the areas where I had done significant planning around how to turn some of my action steps into habits. For instance, I set the goal of spending two times per week writing in my book, and in doing so, I almost doubled the length of it.

Each time you read about your dreams, you’ll notice that you will read with a new sense of clarity, because your ideas have had more time to crystallize. Or, you might have had more time to think about developing actual plans to take further actions steps.

I’ve also discovered a few little ‘goals’ and ideas that aren’t even important to me at all. At first, when I jotted them down, they seemed like good ideas, but in retrospect I’ve learned that they are meaningless. So you’ll also benefit as you discover your authentic self, and more of your values. Likewise, I also read over a few goal categories that made me feel really scattered and overwhelmed. Clearly, those goals need further development. So, I’ve planned a time to go back and prioritize or rank all of those goals. Over time our big ideas evolve into something more serious. What we value will come into the forefront of our mind, and that which isn’t so important to us, will fade out a bit.

Finally, regularly reviewing your Evolving Achievements Binder will constantly remind you of what is most important, and it will help you stay on track. Just think about the people that don’t write their goals down at all. If you seriously review your goals each month, you are going to speed up the entire learning process around who you are, what you want to achieve, and how you’re going to do it. More importantly, you’re going to be unstoppable because you’ll constantly find yourself in action!

Cheers,
Allison

Evolving Achievements Binder

How to Organize Your Brainstormed Ideas and Goals

Do you need a place to capture all your big dreams, ideas and lofty goals? I’m going to share with you my secret on how I organize my many goals and dreams.

I’ve decided to keep track of every whimsical goal that I’ve pondered.

For years, I wasted so much time and money on buying pretty journals and notebooks for writing down my goals. I’d end up not only writing down my goals, but I’d use those notebooks as a journal as well. So, my goals and other thoughts all became mixed up with no real functional order. Also, it became difficult to add in new goals, and delete my old irrelevant goals. It was also challenging to put all my various goals in different categories.

Of course, when those notebooks became full, I ended up throwing many of them out. After all, I had no need to keep all my journal entries, and I figured that I would just re-write out all my goals in the next notebook that I would buy.

You can avoid all these problems by putting together an ‘Evolving Achievements’ Binder . This is an easy to use, practical filing system that allows you to easily maintain, update and delete goals as you see fit. You will devote this entire binder to your goals. Think of it as a landing place for your ideas, desires and wants. The key is to capture those ideas so that you can evaluate them at a later time. I’ve decided to keep track of every whimsical goal that I’ve pondered.

Here’s what you’ll need:

1) A nice 3-ring binder

2) Lined paper to go inside your binder

3) Tabs or dividers

It’s so simple and easy to maintain, and since I’ve converted to this Evolving Achievement binder, I’ve never gone back to using journals for the purposes of organizing my goals.

Also, having the dividers or tabs will allow you to organize your goals by various categories that make sense to you. Whenever you think of a new idea, you simply find the tab/divider that corresponds to that type of goal, and add it in.

From time to time, because we are busy woman, there will be phases in our lives when we get side-tracked and abandon some of our goals. When you have your goals all organized in one spot, it prevents you from misplacing and forgetting or about your goals. It might sound a bit ludicrous to suggest that someone would forget about their goals, but it happens all time.

For instance, think of your to-do lists that you have. Imagine that you’ve written some of your errands on a few sheets of loose paper around the house, while some are in your journal, and others are in your calendar. When the list of errands is scattered all over the place you are bound to misplace, and thus forget about what you need to get done. You easily lose your focus.

It’s really no different with our goals. We need to keep them all organized in one place, – a place where we can be sure to find them! This way, when a period of time goes by and you haven’t attended to your goals, you’ll be able to pick up right where you last left off, without any delays.

The ‘Evolving Achievement’ binder will also allow you to insert your plans for how you’ll achieve your goals. Whenever you come across new resources, services, or other ideas about how you can achieve your goals, you’ll insert them in the same section along with those goals. As we’ll discuss later, once you have brainstormed and set your goals, you’ll need to devise a general plan or at least outline some steps that will allow you start taking actions toward your goals.

Just as people forget about their goals or get sidetracked, the same thing happens even after people have committed to their goals. They start taking action, and then they run into a few barriers. Once they get stuck, confused, or frustrated, they lose their focus, and forget about their plan and abandon it. When your plan is written down, you’ll never forget what your next steps are.

If you have multiple plans written down, you will always have something to return to, along with many other ideas for what you might try next to achieve your goals. Having a binder dedicated to achieving your goals will increase your confidence that you can indeed achieve those goals.

For me, the binder is like a concentrated source of energy that fuels my goals and propels me to take more and more actions toward those goals. This happens because it provides a person with a clarified focus. Everything you ever wanted to be, do or achieve, will be contained within this binder. The ideas have already been turned into something concrete and tangible. This helps you perceive and think about your goals more seriously just because you can see them! Then, the mere act of reading your goals over and over again, imprints them deeper and deeper into your subconscious mind.

So, what are you waiting for? Start your own ‘Evolving Achievements’ Binder today! Don’t loose sight of what is important to you.

Goal Setting Software

These goal setting software programs have become popular because they are helping people to organize their personal goals. I myself, was contemplating on buying some goal-setting software until I encountered many great free goal setting software programs.  However, I’ve realized there are pros and cons to using these tools as opposed to writing your goals down on paper.

Benefits and Drawbacks of Using Goal Setting Software

One benefit is being able to have all your files together, and this includes your personal goals. Just as you are in the habit of checking the online news, your email, Facebook and anything else online – now you can check your goals at the same time.

Also, many of these programs provide for a nice visual background, and a sense of true interactions since others can also read your goals. You feel supported and you feel a sense of community which can be motivating in and of itself.

There are a few disadvantages to using these online programs. First, are you going to take the time to login to check your goals? Or, will it become one more ‘to-do thing’ on your list?

For myself, I love to read my goals every night as I lay in bed. Somehow, this seems more real and personal for me. My journal is so easily accessible, whereas I don’t always feel that my software is if I’m not at my computer all the time.

Also, if I’m plugging my goals into the computer, I’m more likely to get distracted with all the other things occurring online, and so I might not focus as much on setting my goals.

In contrast, there are many benefits a person can reap from the power of hand writing their goals. It has been thought that it is a more active approach integrating many different sensory faculties. As you move your had across the page, often times your hand will cross the median of your body, and this is thought to activate different parts of the brain.

Handwriting might actually ingrain the goal more into your subconscious mind. This is important, because it normalizes and ingrains how badly you want your goals – your desire and expectation to achieve these goals simply becomes your true waking reality -and you won’t accept anything less.

Of course, if your goals are in notebook, they aren’t as confidential as someone could find your notebook. Also, if you’re the type of person who would lose your notebook, or paper on which you’ve written your goals, then maybe using a goal setting software program is best for you. Check out the following goal setting software programs!

Goal Setting Software Programs

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Joe’s Goals – Free Goal Setting Software

Take the tour, and check out this amazing platform first! You can easily add new goals and new logbooks to track everything! This program is all about measuring your success. You just click on a calendar to log in information! It’s fun!

A Program that Creates Wallet Size Goal Setting Cards!

Try this totally advanced platform now!This along with the free goal setting program will keep you inspired and taking full action!

Receive Your Goals by Email!

goal setting software program because you can have your goal emailed to you each week! Advertise your goals to yourself through email so you don’t have to remember to go out of your way to read them! How great is this? Reminding ourselves of our goals is half the battle in my opinion!

The Fun Life Tango Goal Setting Program

This is a totally cool, easy to use goal setting program. The platform itself is very colourful and well put together.

It sort of reminds me of Facebook in that you can decide whether or not to share your goals, and your level of privacy. The flip side is that you can view your friend’s goals as well! You can choose an alias name if you’d like. They have a really unique set-up where you can view a whole bunch of people’s goals, and you can even adopt someone else’s goal and have it set up on your own profile!

There is also a task tracker, so you can remind yourself of the little steps required to meet your bigger goal. I promise that you won’t be disappointed with this site – you’ll love this one for it’s ‘looks’ alone!

Value Based Goal Setting!

This is yet another great site – no joke again! As soon as you get to the site, you can watch an inspiring video informing you on what the goal setting software includes. Watching this video alone is worth the trip to its site!

Join A Goal Setting Ring for Group Goal Setting

This good program has all the standard features as above. While it is not as visually appealing, it does include other perks such as a goal setting guide, the ability to set goals as part of a group, and finally, it also includes charts to track your progress. Have a peak at this program, and you can begin sharing your goals with others and receiving support right away!

8 Goals Online: Set Your Goals and Track Your Progress for Life!

Another user-friendly goal setting freeware program that allows you to track your progress in achieving your targets. This has a video demo for you to follow instructions on how to use it. It has current, future and lifetime goal categories. What is unique about this program is that it contains a section called “Reason to Achieve”, so that you write down why the goal is important to you. The program also contains some decent charts as well.

43 Things Goal Setting Freeware

What I like about this site, is that you can type in your goal without registering to see how many other people have that goal as well! This is a great site that is user friendly and free of course, – well up to 43 goals, and then you’d have to pay. You can take the 43 Things Goal Setting Tour to see what it is all about. While this site is not overly aesthetically appealing, it has a very nice basic look.

Goal setting and Time Management

Goal setting and time management – who doesn’t want to become more efficient in these pursuits?

Let’s face it, – it’s something that we all struggle with!

Each of us has weaknesses and strengths in regards to achieving the many different areas of goals in our lives:

• Health Goals
• Financial Goals
• Career Goals
• Education and Personal Development Goals
• Relationship and Leisure Goals

Which areas of goal setting and time management do you struggle with? Have you tried to get your life together so many times before in the past, but you’ve just never gotten yourself to really focus on the needed tasks?

Do you ever secretly pray and wish that you could find a way to motivate yourself into action? Do you wish you could get yourself together?

Well you’ve come to the right place, because I am all about helping people find ways to motivate themselves into action. Motivation is one of the most mysterious human dilemmas that I am super passionate about.

Are you ready to experience another one of my “Ah-ha!” moments? What I’m about to share with you has dramatically changed my life. I call it the power of comparions.

When it comes to leveraging your success with goal setting and time management, one of my super successful strategies that I’ve used on myself and with my clients, is the power of comparisons. The best way to explain this is for me to demonstrate a personal example in the area of health.

First let me ask you – Do you constantly struggle with getting the motivation to exercise? Do you wish you had the workout motivation that would allow you to feel like a million bucks? Perhaps you feel like there just isn’t enough time?

Or, maybe you technically have the time, but you find yourself with conflicting values. Part of you wants to exercise, while part of you wants to sit in front of the television and veg. Hmmm…Sound familiar?

Now, here is where the power of comparisons come in for increasing your motivation with goal setting and time management. Are you ready for a personal breakthrough?!

Motivate Yourself Using The Power of Comparisons!

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Here is how you need to think when it comes to motivating yourself. First of all, exercising and working out is obviously something you value, or at least something that you want to value. So, compare then, all the time spent in your life, where you are engaging in activities that you don’t actually value. What activities do you engage in simply because you feel obliged to engage in?

The here, is asking yourself the following question: If I spend amount of time doing something that I don’t really care all that much about, then when wouldn’t I spend that same amount of time exercising? Why wouldn’t I give myself the gift of spending my time working out?

Here are some powerful comparisons that have been really transformational for me that have revitalized my goal setting and time management techniques as they relate to my health.

Keep reading because one of these comparisons might change your life too! Don’t you just love those “ah-ha!” moments?! Ok, ok…back on track to my personal example…

Here are a few of the comparisons I say out aloud to myself when I need to motivate myself:

If I used to get up at 6am, three times a week to attend a research and statistics class that I hated, then why wouldn’t I get myself up at 6am these days so that I could give myself the gift of a great workout?

In other words, if I’ve been willing to spend and invest my time in an activity (boring class), that I didn’t enjoy or care about all that much,and in a particular manner that I wasn’t fussy about (early morning), – than why wouldn’t I get myself to apply this same amount of self-discipline to a goal that truly does matter to me?

If I used to get myself up at 6am to drag myself to a class I cared nothing about, than why do I not demand of myself to be up at 6am to fit my exercise into my day? Do you see the comparison here?

I am comparing how I’ll easily invest time into others’ expectations of myself, but then I won’t hold myself to the same rigorous standards when it comes to my own exercise goals. It is a bizarre, yet liberating way to think about things.

So, when it comes to your goal setting and time management techniques – remember to think outside of the box! Use the power of comparisons! Compare how you are already spending time on things you don’t value, yet you are not spending time on what you do value – exercising for example.

The “ah-ha!” here, is – if I’m willing to spend time doing things I don’t value, like, or care that much about, then why wouldn’t I spend at least the same amount of time doing something that is truly important to me!??

Stay tuned as I develop my website! I will be adding many more examples on my website – examples that will create many more powerful realizations for you – whether you want to improve your goal setting and time management techniques as it relates to your health, wealth or your personal relationships – you will find the motivation here!

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Definition Goal Setting

Definition Goal Setting: The Power of Language

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What is Goal Setting?

The word “goal” is only one piece of language that describes goal oriented behaviour. The definition goal setting, is not clear cut in my books.

That is, there are many different ways to think about what goals are.

I’m afraid though, that for a lot of people, the term has negative connotations. People think of deadlines, time committments, and last but not least – the idea that failure is possible.

So, to help move away from this typical way of thinking about goals, I want to provide several pieces of language, or other ways of thinking about goal setting. There is obviously more than one definition. Goals can also be thought of as:

• Intentions
• Aims
• Desired Changes
• Dreams
• Hopes for the future
• Wishes
• Manifesting what we want
• Focus

Do any of these words or ways of thinking speak to you? If so, then I want you to think about one of these particular words as your definition.

Goal setting is most effective when you have a way of understanding what works for you!

Or, you might want to begin with a more holistic goal-setting program where you can begin the brainstorming process of what you want out of life. Try it now!

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Law of Attraction

I’m a pretty straight forward kind of person, so do you want to know what the Law of Attraction (LOA) is all about? It’s not just about asking, believing and receiving.

Don’t get me wrong, those are important steps, and they have their place in how achievement works, however, they are pretty general steps to give someone.

In fact, many people simply think of the LOA as really hokey. However, I’m certain that I know what the Law of Attraction is really about, and it’s quite powerful. Here it is…

Law of Attraction Boils Down to Action

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This principle is simply another way of understanding that, in order to achieve success, one must consistently take actions to continue “attracting” their good fortunes.

With each action step that you take toward a goal, you get feedback from the universe. Your actions tell you what is working, and what is not working.

There is always some trial and error involved, and in doing so, you learn new, practical information that assists you in achieving your goals.

You learn things that you didn’t even know that you didn’t know. You come across new resources, you meet new people, and discover new opportunities.

Essentially you find, or rather, “attract” tons of little gold nuggets in disguise along the way.

Attracting success is simply a matter of being so focused on our goal-oriented actions that we can’t help but notice all the things along the way that will help bring us more success.

When you know what you want, and you take action and go after it, you constantly “attract”, notice or stumble upon the opportunities that will be valuable to you.

As you take action and unlock one door, a few more new and undiscovered doors open for you. Every time you take action toward your goals you gain clarity on what your next step might be.

Your focus and your committment to action are the driving forces behind the LOA.

Develop Systems, Habits and Routines for Action

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So, your job, is make sure that you have consistent actions in place to work toward your goal.

Develop a system, a routine or a habit that will make taking action easy and automatic for you. This is the key.

If you build this momentum, then you will have the Law of Attraction working like crazy for you.

My advice to you, is the find the lowest common denominator of action that you can take every day, week, or month, that will move you closer to your goals. Start anywhere. Jump on the bandwagon and get some momentum.

Develop a schedule of actions that you can stick to. This is no different than the habits you put in place for your fitness goals, your health goals, or your financial goals.

Slow and steady does it – consistently putting one foot in front of the other, moving forward bit by bit.

My saying is: One step a day is the only way!.

So, there you have it, the Law of Attraction demystified. If you want to attract your dreams, goals and desires, it all boils down to taking action.

Take action. Do something. Keep doing it. Move yourself forward and get the law of attraction in full gear for you!

Don’t delay, start today!

Procrastination

Is procrastination a problem for you? If you’re like most people, then it probably comes and goes…

I am going to give you a very powerful technique you can use to drastically reduce the number of times that you put off important actions.

Essentially, you need to learn how to motivate yourself. Do you know what motivates you?

In fact, there is one psychological tool that everyone can use to motivate themselves into action, regardless of what their goal is. Are you ready for it?!

It’s called the Pain and Pleasure Tool. It’s a simple, yet powerful transformational exercise that you can start using today!

The key to this exercise is that people do whatever they can to avoid pain, and they do whatever they can to experience pleasure.

So, if you can attach pleasurable associations to achieving your goal, and painful associations to not achieving your goal, then you will be more motivated to take action. You’ll want to avoid the pain, and experience the pleasure!

Until you take the time to focus on what is painful about your current state, and what would be so wonderful if you achieved your goal, then you’ll walk around unconscious, lazy and you will procrastinate.

Try doing the following exercise, as it will create a state of urgency!

Pain and Pleasure Exercise

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Here is how you use the pain and pleasure tool.

1. Pull out a sheet of paper.

2. On one side write the title, “Pleasure I Will Experience from Achieving this Goal”.

3. On the other side of your sheet, write the title, “Pain I Will Experience if I Don’t Achieve this Goal”.

4. Make each list as long as you can!

The more strong reasons you have behind achieving your goal, the more likely you are to take your goal seriously.

The more you think of how your current state is a let down, then the more motivated you will be to move away from “inaction”.

Procrastination or Lack of Passion?

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It could be possible that you are putting off activities simply because you are forcing yourself to do something that you are not passionate about.

Find out if your problem is a lack of passion or simply a procrastination problem!

Visualization

Visualization need not be complicated, artsy and all creative. Many people including myself find it too tedious to do the traditional imaginative exercises in our heads.

We lose concentration, we fall asleep, or for some other reason it just doesn’t appeal to us.

So, here are some great ideas for the logical person who still wants the benefits of visual exercises, without having to imagine pictures in one’s head.

PRACTICAL VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES

1. Print off a nicely organized list of your goals, or action steps for a particular goal, and then put your goals in a nice picture frame!

Place this frame somewhere that you will see it every single day. How’s that for a nice visual?

Rather than having your goals written on some piece of paper or notebook shoved in a drawer, now you have them up on display! You can get as obsessed as you want with this technique.

You might have several different frames up, each entailing a list of action steps for your various goal projects. Or, you might have several frames up, each with the big picture objectives of your various goal categories.

2. Buy a really attractive or appealing greeting card from your local store. Inside that card, write out all your goals, or again, the actions steps for a particular goal.

Keep this pretty card sitting on your night table, on your desk, or even posted on your fridge, wall or bulletin board. Whenever you have a spare minute, read through your goals and action steps.

By writing your goals and action steps in a beautiful card, it ensures that you don’t shove the card in a drawer where it will get lost.

So since you write your goals down on something that you paid several dollars for, you are more likely to keep that card in an easily accessible, visible location.

3. Put your goals and actions onto your computer’s screen saver or regular desktop background. How’s that for a constant visualization reminder?

4. Program one of your big goals onto the face-top of your cell phone!

5. Forget showing off your driver’s licencse picture in your wallet. Instead, use that visual space to insert a printed version or a picture of what is most important for you to focus on completing right now! Maybe, you might even put a motivational quote or reminder in there.

6. Use Post-It sticky notes to write down all the action steps needed for one of your current life projects. Post it right beside your desk where you work most often. This way, whenever you encounter a lull in motivation or a barrier, you will constantly be reminded of the steps that you need to execute to continue on with your goal.

Often, when people run into barriers with their goals, they become foggy-minded, fooled, and disillusioned about their reality of what is happening. Soon, their fear and negative emotions paralyze them. Then, they forget what they need to do or try next to get started again. Don’t let the bumps in the road cause you to forget what to try next. Have this post-it of action steps on your wall so you are always have a visualization to remind you of what you need to do.

7. Use the power of email! Email yourself and in the subject title, simply write an action step or goal. Don’t ever delete this email until you have completed the action or achieved the goal. Every time you log in to your email, you will be reminded of your goals or action steps!

8. Create a vision board! Buy a bulletin board from Walmart, and hang it somewhere visible. Then, cut out pictures that symbolize what you want to do, be and have in your life.

You can even post real pictures of you that show you achieving your goals. Keep on the look out of inspirational pictures in magazines, the newspapers, etc. Clip them out and post them on your board.

9. Use a whiteboard! using the dry erase markers that easily are wiped off, you can write your to-do list on here for the day, week, or month. Organize it however you want, but keep it somewhere you can see every single day.

10. Use a scrapbook! If you want a more private medium, then you can store all your visuals in a book. However, keep this book right by your bedside table. In the morning and/or evening, pull out your scrapbook, and flip through all the pictures as reminders.

11. Buy a hardcover, spiral bound journal of medium size – one that is really beautiful with nice designs on the pages. Buy a nice bookstand or picture stand, and place your journal on it.

As your goals or to-do lists change, simply turn the page, update your list, and put back on your display stand! I love this one, and I keep mine sitting right on my desk by my monitor.

So, now you have a good handful of visualization techniques that do not involve lying down and listening to relaxational music. These are practical, and tangible strategies that are guaranteed to boost your productivity, keep you focused, and give you all the benefits of traditional visualization!

Here are some questions to leave you with:

1. What other visual symbols or tangible items could I put in my environment to remind me of my goals and required action steps?

2. What visual strategies have motivated me, or kept me focused on my goals in the past?

3. What do I have the most difficulty imagining or ’seeing’ in terms of my success? How can I find a real visible snapshot of this?

Tips on Setting Goals

Who am I to be giving you tips on setting goals? After all, there is advice all over the internet on how to set goals…

How are my tips on setting goals any different or unique? Keep reading…

You might have learned in the past that you should write your goals down in the present tense. Now, I’m not against this at all, however I believe there is a certain way to do this.

Let’s say your goal is to build your business revenue from $60,000 per year to $100,000 per year.

If you follow the traditional advice of writing your goal this way, it would read as: I am currently earning $100,000 per year. What is the problem with writing your goal this way?

If you haven’t guessed, let me give you another example that might really help you understand the problem. Let’s say your goal weight is 130 pounds, but you currently weigh 160 pounds. So you write down, I am happily enjoying my weight at 130 pounds.

Along the same lines, let’s say you look into the mirror and say out aloud, “I am feel so attractive now that I am 130 pounds”. We’ve all tried the mirror strategy before haven’t we? Anyhow, back to my point here…

When you state your goal in the present tense, and you haven’t actually come close to achieving it yet, it can create a negative feeling. This is because you are aware of the gap between where you are now, and where you want to be.

So, what is the solution to feeling negative you say? Here is one of many tips on setting goals that you need to be aware of…

First, continue stating and writing your goal in present tense. This makes your goal more real and easier to visualize in the mind. The unique piece of advice however, is in how you state your goal.

It’s best to state in your own words that you are in the process of achieving your goal. I learned this technique from Micheal Losier’s seminar and book called The Law of Attraction (this is an amazing book with great tips on setting goals!). Here are some of my own examples:

• I am in the process of of earning $100,000 a year
• I am working toward my goal weight of 130 pounds
• I am taking actions each day and subsequently building my income to $100,000 per year
• I am currently utilizing all my knowledge, resources and efforts to weigh 130 pounds

Do you see the difference in how you feel when you read these aloud? If these were my goals, I would feel more motivated, optimistic and positive, because it is more real. You are stating your goal in present tense, and saying that you are already doing what you can to make it happen.

You see, if you feel negative when you read a goal that is stated as if it’s already achieved, than you are unlikely to take action. If this traditional approach feels too hokey, then toss it out. State your goal in more real terms.

If you begin to do this, then regardless of how big your goal or objective is, – you will feel a sense of empowerment that anything is possible! Also, for those people who don’t have a clue how they are going to achieve their big dreams, stating goals this way is much more “believable” to them.

So, that is just one of many tips on setting goals that I am going to share with you.

My website is in it’s infancy, so stay tuned, and look out for my ezine and blog which are coming shortly. I promise to always keep you up to date on the latest, cutting-edge, and unique ideas around goal setting and motivation. So, for now, bookmark me and come back soon again!

Want to Set Smart Goals and Achieve Unstoppable Success?

If you’ve done a search on smart goals, than I think I already know a few key things about you. Are you the type of person who wants to know how to set goals, and how to utilize specific steps for goal setting?

Well, guess what – you are further ahead than 95% of the population! Most people in life aren’t interested in the details of how to set goals. No, they are too busy watching reality television and simply dreaming about other people’s successes. This is definetely not you!

The fact that you are researching smart goals on the internet tells me how badly you want to achieve your goals, and more importantly, that you are the type of person who is truly committed! Well, you have come to the right place, because I am going to share a few secrets on this topic that can literally change your life.

Let me ask you, – how many times have you ever set smart goals, but then not followed through to take the necessary actions? Did you get frustrated? Of course you did! Who wouldn’t?! And, let me tell you, – you are not alone.

Perhaps one of the most common goals I hear people talk about, is their desire to lose weight, eat healthy, or simply stay in shape. Losing weight and staying healthy is one of those goals that most, if not all people struggle with. It is a classic example of how people lose their motivation, their persistence, and their ability to follow through with what is truly important to them.

Smart goals MUST address how you will stay motivated. How can you promise yourself, and guarantee that you will follow through with the necessary steps for goal setting?

How do you know for sure that you can achieve your goals? This is the type of question that keeps me up at night! This is what makes me tick – because if everyone was super motivated and always persistent, everyone’s lives would be so much more fulfilling.

Are you ready to learn and apply my fresh perspective on setting ’smart’ goals? I guarantee this formula is a great place for us to start! Remember, if you want to be successful, you must model others who are successful.

Have you already read about smart goals before? Do you think you already know it all? Well think again! You cannot afford to NOT read about my fresh perspective on smart goal setting and the importance of motivation. What have you got to lose?

Without further ado, let’s look at how to set smarter than average goals!

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