The first step before we can start programming ourselves for success with our Goals is to really discover what our Goals are, often we believe we know what our Goals are but the real Goal can be beyond what we first believe.
To get started ask yourself what is it you want? What is your ultimate Goal or aim in life?
Now for most people they will sell themselves short and pick an easier Goal because their limiting beliefs prevent them even considering the Goal They really would like to achieve.
So, back to your Goal then, ask yourself this:
“If I could do or be anything in life without risk of failure, regardless of qualifications and experience to date – what would I be or what would I do?”
Here we are trying to find that ultimate Goal, the one you probably stopped considering some time ago.
Once you have that then let us see what the Ultimate Goal is behind that – ask yourself about the Dream Goal you have come up with:
“What would that do for me?”
The answers that come up here are more what you really want and are looking for, and you may find there are other ways in addition to the Dream Goal of achieving them.
For example a lot of people would say “My dream goal is to be a millionaire” – the goal is the money. However, is that what they are really looking for or is the money a means to an end?
When we ask that person “and what would that do for you?” quite typically they will start to list off things like:
Peace of Mind
Security
Contentment
Happiness
and many others, what you can realise though is that these things can be obtained and are achieved by others regardless of achieving that Dream Goal.
Does this mean we should not go for our Dream Goal? Not at all, it means let us make sure we know what our Goal is really so we can focus on that whilst working with other Goals along the way. It may be we realise an even better Dream Goal than the original once we understand what we are really looking for from that Dream Goal.