First Get Your Head Right! 6 Steps to Getting What You Want!
So you've finally decided to make a change! Great! So often we
forget that in order for change to last; especially big changes,
meaningful changes, important changes, we must first address the
very thing that has the power to either keep change alive or to
kill our dreams. We must first change the way we think!
What important goal have you set for yourself? What is the most
important thing in your life that you have been trying to do for
sometime now and haven't made any progress? Why haven't you made
any progress? Why isn't the project going forward? Do you
believe it can be done?
Try thinking about what you are doing in different way.
There are five basic steps to getting lasting results. We will
take for granted that there is first the desire to do whatever
it is you have set out to achieve. The five steps are:
1) To have a chance at achieving a goal, one must first have the
desire to achieve that goal and your vision must be clear. You
must KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.
How specifically did you define what success will look like for
you when you finally get what you want? For example saying you
want to quit what you're doing and start your own business,
isn't enough. You must specify it down to the last detail. What
kind of business do you want to have? Who will your customers
be? What is the market in which you will operate? What will your
products or services be? How much will you charge? How do you
see yourself getting business? Where will you conduct business?
How much money would you like to earn? How many hours a day do
you want to work? Close your eyes and visualize every detail
around your goal.
If you can imagine it, you can do it! If you don't know exactly
where you are going, how do you expect to get there?
2) The maker or breaker of any project has to do with how much
you BELIEVE in it. Henry Ford once said that "Those who believe
they can and those who believe they can't are both right."
How much do you believe that what you want is really achievable?
We don't always have to know right from the start how we are
going to be able to do something in order to be able to believe
it is possible. Belief can open many doors for you. Belief works
magic! Once you decide that something is possible, even though
you don't have the solution and you put your focus on it,
magical things begin to happen. You overhear a conversation
gives you an idea about how to achieve your goal. You see
something in the newspaper, hear something on the radio, see
something on a billboard, think of something, read something!
The list goes on. All these things will happen when you really
and truly believe!
Do you really believe in your goal? If you don't believe in what
you are doing, why waste your time?
3) Your belief will inevitably help you BRING OUT THE POTENTIAL
that you have inside to achieve that goal. Your potential is
inside of you, reach in and pull it out! Your potential is
fuelled by your beliefs! What is your potential to get it done?
In other words, what resources do you already have at your
disposal (financial, physical, emotional, character, spiritual).
Remember that according to studies done on the subject of
success, the intangible resources can sometimes weigh more than
50% on the outcome of an attempt to reach a specific goal:
drive, determination, curiosity, resourcefulness, discipline,
ingenuity, knowledge, decisiveness, are you being proactive.
Are you using all the potential that you already have at your
disposal?
4) The consequence of truly believing, which leads to the
bringing to the surface of your potential to resolve a problem
or to achieve a task leads to TAKING ACTION!
You must ask yourself a crucial question: What actions can you
and are you willing to take to achieve your goal? Remember that
if you keep doing what you're doing, you keep getting what
you're getting. You must find new and innovative ways to do
things! Some action is better than no action at all.
Do you think you have already tried everything? I'm willing to
bet that you haven't! Try something completely different! Step
out of your comfort zone. Think outside the box. Be innovative.
How many different ways are there to get what you want?
5) Action leads to RESULTS!
If you go through those steps, you will inevitably get results
that will get you closer to achieving your goal. Or you might
not always get the results you were looking for this time. Some
results are better than no results at all. Results, no matter
how big or small are the little motivators that keep us
motivated and on our path to success.
Condition yourself to focus on the positive results and not the
negative.
6) ANALYSE the results you got and start again if necessary. See
what went well and think about why. Look at what didn't go well
and ask yourself why.
Condition yourself to learn from every result, positive or
negative. Always ask yourself why this result was positive and
why that result was not. Always ask yourself what you should
continue to do going forward and what you should stop doing and
what you should modify. Every little success is adding up for
the big one.
If you haven't been enjoying the success you desire in a
particular aspect of your life that is important to you and you
haven't already gone through these 6 steps and committed to
them, I hope I have given you something to think about. If you
apply what is written above, then you will be in for a surprise.
If this hasn't been the way you have traditionally approached
your goals, then you are in for a treat! You will begin to get
results you maybe never dreamed of! And that my friend is the
spice of life.
If you are still having trouble, it doesn't mean that it isn't
possible for you, it could just mean that you need help. If you
feel that's the case, stay tuned for upcoming articles on our
journey to achieving extraordinary results or come visit me at
www.jolten.com . You can also ask for Anthony to come speak at
your event.