Achieving Goals

3 Keys to Empowered Change

All of us have goals and dreams - things we want to change and improve about our lives and ourselves. Some of these goals and dreams are big: new jobs, healthier living, finding a mate. Some are quite small: getting more sleep, spending more time with friends, cleaning out the closets. Achieving goals and dreams requires knowing you are empowered and can accomplish anything you put your mind to!

Here are three things to keep in mind whether you are trying to accomplish small goals or manifest big dreams:

Remember: thought impacts outcome. Attitude sets the tone – positive or negative – and corresponding thoughts follow. Those thoughts affect your behaviors and influence your decisions. Attitude shapes your lives.

If you think of exercise as a painful chore, it will be hard to do. But if you think exercise is a great way to achieve an important health goal, suddenly it is something worth trying. All that changed was your attitude.

There are always multiple ways to look at and think about a situation. You, and only you, have the power and control to decide what your attitude will be.

You are looking for movement, not perfection. Achieving goals and realizing dreams is a process. Be prepared for a journey, not instant gratification. You are working on moving away from negative, toward positive, from feeling out of control, to feeling more in control, from feeling helpless, to feeling empowered.

Break your goal down. Take baby steps. Successfully achieving a small step will feel great. You will be motivated to move to the next step. Before you know it, overtime, you will be achieving your goals and dreams.

You will forget. So plan accordingly. You set a goal. You are motivated, determined and committed. You are sure it will become a reality. You won’t forget.

But life is busy, hectic and full. It is easy to lose sight of our goals and dreams in the chaos of daily life. We forget to make ourselves the priority. Knowing this alone might be the most effective way to ensure you accomplish your goals and manifest your dreams.

Notice when you start to get sidetracked, when you start to skip workouts or grab chips instead of carrots. Don’t worry, this is part of the process. Don’t beat yourself up. And don’t give up. You knew this was going to happen. Make a plan now. What will you do when you start to forget?

A quick Google search will give you lots of tips and pointers (include our See it - Think it - Be it Worksheet) on ways to stick to your goals. Don’t use them all right away. Pick one for now, pick another for when you first start to forget. A second for the next time you start to slip, and so on. Before you know it, your goals and dreams will have become realities.

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