Thursday, December 18, 2008

Do you know these 3 simple steps to achieve all your goals?

By Caleb Lee

Did you know that people set goals the day after the labor day and January 2 since these are the two of the biggest days of the year?

It's true.

Actually, around this time of year you're most likely going to start dwelling on how you want your life to be like when January comes around. You might get under way setting some goals. You may perhaps want to build bigger, more robust muscles lose weight or get stronger. Doesn't matter what you're goal is really

I'm going to share with you 3 simple steps to achieve all your goals (fitness and otherwise):

Step #1: A Clear Vision Of Your Goal

This is basically visualizing what you want your life to be like as soon as you reach your goal. Create a vision of yourself reaching your goal and living it and make it as clear as possible in your mind. For a good book on how to get this done you have to look into Maxwell Maltz's New Psycho-Cybernetics.

Next you are to stay hopeful, whatever happens, and HAVE CONFIDENCE that you will reach your goal(s).

Here's a fast visualization tip. I'll make use of the example of wanting to become stronger and lifting extra weight for your next workout routine...

1. Take a deep breath, calm down and close your eyes

2. Visualize the last time you successfully lifted a weight

3. Pick up all sentiments - the happiness, the success, the contentment

4. Once you're making this properly you will be pleased at your accomplishment

5. Visualize yourself performing your next lift with success and FEEL those same emotions

6. Go do your lift!

This is the approach the athletic champs imagine for success. Also you can utilize the same process on virtually any goal: becoming stronger, watching your weight, refraining from smoking, making money, whatever...

Step Number 2 -- A Plan To Make It

When you have a vibrant imagination of what you want to accomplish, you need a plan in order to make it. And it's as effortless as recalling the objective while following the plan. As George Foreman said regarding success it comes down to "Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan".

It worked for Georgey and I'm betting it will work for you too.

Step Number 3 -- Persons To Keep You In Charge

This is frequently an ignored step. You certainly need some people in your life to keep you responsible. I hear as much as diets go that Weight Watchers is most efficient at getting people to count the calories since every week you have to inform a new person how much weight you've lost. And if you don't well you don't want to be the guy who didn't lose weight right? - 16003

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