How are you doing with your goals?
Do you check-in regularly to see if you’re moving closer to your goals? Do you give yourself pulse checks once a week to make sure you’re on track? Or, do you set a goal and forget it? If you’re like most of the people I coach I’m guessing you set and forget.
I learned a tip that changed my goal setting for the better and I’d like to pass it on to you. It’s simple and easy to do. It requires very little effort and there’s no reason why you can’t incorporate this into your day. After all it’ll only take a few seconds, or at most a minute. However, just because this tip is easy to do please don’t dismiss it. It can play a crucial part in the mental side of achievement. I’m not going to give you a long persuasive argument on the Law of Attraction. This is no big, secret. Actually It’s in part 7 of the CFL technique.
The tip is to [click to continue…]
I call the fear of success the undiscovered fear, because most people that have this fear have no idea this is what’s holding them back. But this fear is the killer of more goals and dreams than anything else. If you find yourself not achieving your goals than this is a fear you will want to look at closely.
The first question I often get when I talk about the fear of success is, why? Why, would anyone be fearful of success? To most of us it just doesn’t make sense. The fear of success is not the best name for this fear, a better name would be the Fear of Change or the Fear of the Unknown. It’s not succeeding that we’re afraid of, it’s the impact that success will have in our lives.
The first sign that the fear of success is a problem for you is self-sabotage. You may find yourself [click to continue…]
I honestly don’t think the fear of failure is that big of a deal for most people. At least it shouldn’t be that big of a deal. After all what’s the worst that could happen if you failed at achieving your goal? When I ask myself this question I usually answer with, “It will take me longer.” That’s right it will take a little longer. That’s about the worst that can happen if you have the right mental attitude.
One thing I’ve been teaching my 5 year old son since he was born is the power of tenacity. I started doing this with a game we play of throwing his clothes in his laundry hamper. We start by standing 10 feet back from the hamper and we throw, or shoot, his clothes towards the basket. Before every shot we say, “If at first I don’t succeed… I try, try, try again. When do I give up? I don’t give up!” We do this for every shot. If we miss, we run [click to continue…]
How are you doing with your goals? 
