Question: I’ve been disappointed so many times when I try to set my goals and I’m about ready to give up. Is it really worth getting my hopes up?
Answer: I remember a quotation from motivational speaker Les Brown: “If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting.”
Are you happy with where your life is right now? Are you as far as you want to go personally and professionally? If yes, that’s great. If no, then get over the disappointment and go on.
If you set goals and never seem to achieve them then ask yourself this question: Was I truly committed to the goal I set? The key word in the question was try. Is trying actually making a commitment to achieving your goal?
Making a commitment to achieving a goal means that you are willing to spend time, energy and, if necessary, money to make your goal reality. If you’re not willing to make an emotional and physical commitment, then a goal is just a hope or dream.
- Write your goal out in as much detail as possible. In your mind’s eye make it as real and realistic as you can. Commit to a beginning date and a date by which you’d like to see this goal become reality.
- Write a plan of action for achieving your goal. Break it down into manageable and doable chunks of time and energy.
- Write out your commitment to achieving this goal. Why is this goal important to you and what are you willing to do to make it reality?
If your goal is not important enough to make an emotional, physical and financial commitment, then it probably will not become reality. The question becomes: How big is your commitment to achieving this goal?
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