How to Overcome the Pitfalls of Goal Setting

How many times did you hear that you need to set a goal in order to have a meaningful achievement in your life? This process is sometimes oversimplified to just determining what you want and writing it on a piece of paper and then you can forget about it and somehow it magically comes into your life.
Many people got carried away by the Law of Attraction and The Secret. While it is true, you need to change your mind, cultivate the positive thinking, know exactly what you want and write it down, this is just the first step of the goal setting and achieving process. If you just stop there you will never be able to achieve what you want.
Here are some steps to help you avoid goal setting pitfalls:
1. Decide exactly what you want; write it down. Make it specific and measurable and put a deadline on it. For example, I want to lose 20 pounds in 8 weeks or I’ll double my income in one year.
2. Identify everything you need to do to achieve your desired outcome. Add to your list every day till you think your list is complete. Also identify the possible obstacles and the ways you are going to overcome them. At this stage you can also further clarify your goal if needed.
Meditation and breathing exercises can help clear your mind and find out easier ways to achieve what you want.
3. Identify what habits and qualities you need to achieve what you want and what qualities that you have will hamper the progress. Replace your old habits with the new ones by using them in your daily life to reinforce them till they become automatic.
Meanwhile to support this process listen to subliminal or binaural tapes, do different visualizations and affirmations exercises.
4. Take the list that you created in step 2 and make a plan. Prioritize it and start working on your goal immediately. Continue working on it every day. Read motivational books or listen to motivational tapes daily to help you develop the right frame of mind.
5. Cultivate positive thinking and do affirmations and visualizations daily.

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