FIND YOUR WHY AND THE REST WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF

Have you ever got in the car started driving without a destination? Did you get there?

Have you ever watched a game of football with no goal posts? Who won?

Have you ever wanted to be leaner, fitter, healthier, have more vitality, be more productive, achieve more without setting a definite goal? How did you go?

Many years ago 100 graduates from Harvard University were surveyed as to their goal setting habits. Three of them had written goals for their lives, the others didn't. Ten years later the same group were surveyed - the three with written goals had a combined income greater than the total income of the other 97!!!

This 3% is representative of optimal success in any area.

Would you like to be a part of the top 3% who get great results or be like most people and hope to better, leaner, healthier, richer and happier but just never quite get there and settle for what they have?

If you would like to achieve a level of success with your health, body and/or fitness but have previously been unable to, I can help if you are willing to do some simple things.

If you are willing to take my advice please read on.

Most people focus on what they don't want rather than what they do want. Here are some examples:

• I don't want to go for a run because it is raining RATHER than I want to run to be fitter and I am water proof.
• I don't have enough time to go shopping for the right foods RATHER than I will make time because my health is paramount
• I can never eat breakfast because I am too tired to get up in time RATHER than I want to have optimal energy so I will get up and eat breakfast every day

You will get exactly what you think about. So why not think about things that you want?

There are three simple yet vital aspects to the goal setting process and they are:

1. Write your goal down
2. List the reasons why achieving this goal is important to you and why it will be achieved
3. Read it out aloud to yourself, in the mirror, every morning and every night each day and imagine it is done. Do this until it is achieved.

1. WRITE YOUR GOALS

Don't ask why, just do it - it works.

Let's say you want to lose 5kg in three months. You may normally write it as "I will lose 5kg by 30 June, 2007"

Instead try this - Firstly close your eyes and imagine how you feel having achieved this goal then take those feelings and write your goal in the following format:

"It is June 30 2007 and I feel excited, happy and proud as I have easily achieved my deisred weight of 60kg"

ACTIVITY:
Write one goal you would like to achieve in the next 12 months in the format as above.

2. LIST THE REASONS WHY THIS GOAL IS IMPORTANT

Do you know why most people give up on their goals? Because their reason to give up is stronger than their reason to persist when things aren't convenient, easy or fun.

Have you ever hit the snooze button instead of getting up to exercise?

We have all done this - why because in our minds our reasons to stay in bed outweigh our reasons to get up.

Writing the goal is the first step - next but even more important is to get emotionally attached to it. What will get you out of bed?

List all the reasons why is it important that you achieve your goal?

Here are some examples:

• To increase my self esteem
• To avoid the despair of disease
• To be an example and an inspiration to my children and the people I care about
• To increase my productivity and income generating capacity
• To increase my capacity to help other
• To look HOT and turn heads

You need a list of heart stirring, tear forming, emotionally charged reasons attached to your goal. These ensure that you will do what you need to do on a daily basis to achieve your goal.

ACTIVITY:
Make a list of 5-10 emotionally charged reasons why you will achieve your goal and you will do what you need to do until it is achieved.

 3. READ IT EVERY DAY

The easy part is done. The bit that the 97% don't do is to make a commitment to read their goals and reasons every day.

Whilst reading your goal out aloud every morning and every night, imagine the feelings you are experiencing having achieved goal.

Can you do this? Will you do this? This is the difference between those that get results and those that don't

Pretty simple huh?

ACTIVITY:
Read your goal and your reasons every morning and every night, imagining it has been achieved until it is done

In addition to this you may consider getting some photos of how you want to be and looking at them every day.

Please let us know about your experiences and successes as you start making the changes that will change your life forever

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