Summary: Are you crafting your goals in the manner with which you are giving yourself the absolute best chance at succeeding? If you are having trouble mastering goal setting, it could something as simple as how you are phrasing your goals. Silly as it may seem, but the very way that we phrase things has a large impact on how we feel and act towards them. By now you have heard about self-talk and it’s effects, but did you know that the way you phrase your goal has a significant amount to do with whether you achieve it or not? Many goal-setters are better known as wishful-thinkers. They wish and hope for things. With this method of phrasing their goals they are leaving their goals to providence, to a higher power that will hopefully come along and grant them their hopes and dreams. “I really wish I lose twenty pounds this summer.” “I hope I get that promotion.” A level above them is the procrastinator. This person also has big hopes and dreams, but they are not leaving it up to the heavens, they are leaving it up to father time. But wait, you might be asking. How exactly are they procrastinating? This person isn’t necessarily putting it off, heck, they’re even plainly stating what they want to do! Sure, they are stating what they would like to do one day. They phrase their goals in a manner with which indicates a far-off achievement. Not today, not tomorrow, but one day. The main problem with this person is not even that they are pushing off their goals, it’s that they don’t even know they are doing it. “I want to be rich one day.” “I want to lose weight this summer.” “I want…” They outline their desires, but they do it in such a way that it indicates that their goal lies somewhere out in the distance over the horizon. It implies that their goal is somewhere out there, and completely lacks the immediacy and urgency required to act on it presently. But this is not the way the highly successful do things. They pull those goals out of their dreams, and into reality by phrasing their goals in the here and now. They refuse to leave things to a higher power or the good graces of time. They know that the accomplishment of their goals lies completely within themselves. In this spirit, they write out their goals in the following manner “I choose to…” Phrased in this manner indicates that the goal is already being acted out, that it is already being aggressively pursued. By jotting down your goals like this, you are choosing to live your goals. Learning how to properly write out your goal is just the first step in mastering the goal setting process. Learn how to complete the journey with your own customized goal setting plan. Can you afford to go another day not getting motivated and not achieving your goals? How to Write Your Goals to Maximize Your Chances of Goal Setting Success is a post from: Your Goal Setting | Powerful Goal Setting Made Easy How to Write Your Goals to Maximize Your Chances of Goal Setting Success is a post from: Your Goal Setting | Powerful Goal Setting Made Easy
