Archive for January, 2010

Goal Setting – To Achieve Your Life Goals Define the Consequence of Not Reaching Them

Posted by karim101ismail in goal setting on January 25th, 2010

karimConsequencesStep 6 in my series, The 12 Steps to Achieving Your Goals

Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising every time we fall.-Confucius

The psychologist Sigmund Freud observed that the human mind is consciously and subconsciously motivated by two forces: the need to avoid pain and the need to gain pleasure. Pain is often more immediate than pleasure, so we may become more concerned with avoiding pain and, in general, develop a preference towards avoidance.

For this reason it is important to define with clarity the consequences of not achieving your goal, something many people forget to do.

Put another way, what is the pain that will result from not achieving your goal? As you define these consequences, you will be motivated to avoid this pain and to focus on your goal, especially if you have also clearly outlined the benefits of achieving it. Read the rest of this entry »

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Add the 4 Laws of Action to the Law of Attraction to Achieve Your Goals

Posted by karim101ismail in General on January 17th, 2010

karimachievegoals2Do you think you can really just think and grow rich?

If so, you’re in for a rude awakening. I am sure that even Napoleon Hill would agree with me that you cannot merely think and grow rich. The Law of Attraction only works when paired with what I like to call the Laws of Action.

As a former manager of large building projects, I know that you can’t think a building into existence. That would be absurd. Yes, every project begins with a vision and inspiration. But you can only visualize for so long. For the building to take form you first need detailed blueprints. Then you need to assemble the right materials. And finally, you need to hire the right people with the right skill set.

Why would you think that’s any different to your business and life goals? I’ve talked to many people who visualize and use affirmations, waiting for the Law of Attraction to work, but they remain stuck in a rut.  They’re sitting around wondering why they’re not making any progress.

Why Most People Fail to Successfully Achieve Their Goals

They are missing ACTION. They are NOT taking steps to achieve their goals. It’s like they’re waiting for results to come on a silver platter just because they’re visualizing success.  I’m going to tell you right now – you get exactly what you put into it.

If you take action and you increase your speed of implementation, you’ll experience an exciting phenomenon. In fact, there’s a good chance that you’ll be able to achieve more in the next 12 months than you did in the previous 12 years. Read the rest of this entry »

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Goal Setting – To Achieve Your Life Goals Define the Benefits You Expect to Gain

Posted by karim101ismail in goal setting, life goals, setting goals on January 10th, 2010

opportunityStep 5 in my series,

The12 Steps to Achieving your Goals

Opportunities? They are all around us…. There is power living latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.-Orison Swett Marden

To achieve your life goals you need to define the key benefits or results you expect to gain. Once you do that, you will be more driven to do what it takes to achieve those goals. Make your list of benefits as detailed as possible: the more benefits to be gained, the greater the focus you will have on the goal.

Getting clear about the benefits of achieving your goals is therefore critical to achieving your goals, which is in turn crucial to keeping your promises to yourself, your family and the rest of the world.

I have used my audacious goal to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, one of the world’s seven tallest peaks, as an example for outlining the steps to achieving your goals. First, I set a clear time frame to reach this goal in 1.5 years because of a three week school break in January 2005 that my daughter would have to undertake the trek with me. Then I decide to measure my success as getting to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, at 19,340 feet, without endangering my life or those in the group. I defined 10 compelling reasons why I was undertaking the climb. Read the rest of this entry »

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