Thursday, December 18, 2008

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

By Caleb Lee

Did you know that the day after labor day and January 2 are two of the most significant days of the year where people set goals?

It's right.

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 purely imagining what you want your life to be like the minute you accomplish your goal. Establish a visualization of yourself arriving at your goal and living it and make it as intense as possible in your mind. For a good book on how to achieve this you must take a look at Maxwell Maltz's New Psycho-Cybernetics.

After that you are to remain optimistic, no matter what it takes, and HAVE FAITH that you will accomplish 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, relax and close your eyes

2. Visualize the last time you successfully lifted a weight

3. Be aware of all the feeling - the pleasure, the achievement, the fulfillment

4. When you're doing this right you will be smiling at your achievement

5. Imagine yourself carrying out your subsequent lift with success and FEEL those same emotions

6. Go make 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

As soon as you have a sharp visualization of what you want to attain, you need a plan to succeed. After that it's as easy as remembering the objective while following the plan. As George Foreman said concerning 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 an often overlooked step. You really need some people in your life to keep you accountable. I hear as far as diets go that Weight Watchers is most effective at getting people to lose weight because every week you have to tell another 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? - 16083

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