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Goal Setting – To Achieve Your Goals, Focus on the Solutions to Overcoming Your Obstacles
Posted by karim101ismail in goal setting, setting goals on February 22nd, 2010
Step 8 in my series, The 12 Steps to Achieving Your Goals
The next step in achieving your goals after you define your obstacles is to find solutions. If you have defined the possible obstacles to your goal, your mind will suddenly perceive solutions where none existed before.
This is because as humans are instinctive problem-solvers. Most people make the mistake of not listing their obstacles on paper; maybe because we are afraid to acknowledge they exist. But once you do your perspective usually changes.
Don’t make the mistake of not thinking of solutions. For each obstacle you defined brainstorm one or more possible solutions and write them down. If you find that you are unable to define all your solutions on the first try, don’t worry. Just keep coming back to your list, and eventually solutions will become apparent to you.
Remember, problem solving is ingrained in our nature as human beings!
I have used as an example for outlining the steps to achieve your goals, my audacious goal to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. I set a clear time frame to reach this goal in 1.5 years. My measurement of success was to get to the top of the mountain without endangering my life or those in the group. I defined 10 compelling reasons why I was undertaking the climb and printed these out to review whenever my resolve waivered. I defined the key benefits I would gain by reaching my goal. I then defined and listed the consequences of not achieving my goals. I wrote down the many obstacles there were many in my path. Read the rest of this entry »
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
Step 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 »
New Year’s Resolutions – How to Keep Yours
Posted by karim101ismail in goal setting, life goals, setting goals on December 28th, 2009
Ask Yourself These 12 Questions So You Can Successfully Keep Your Resolutions This Year
Are you like most people who make New Year’s resolutions but never come close to accomplishing them?
If so don’t be discouraged. The New Year gives us a perfect opportunity to take time to evaluate our goals and priorities. But to make real progress achieving those goals you need to approach your goal setting at the beginning of the year in a structured way.
Why? Because there is no foundation, structure or framework for these resolutions.
2. Do you have a clear deadline? Although deadlines are not fun, most of us wouldn’t accomplish much without them and for this reason they are routine at school and in the workplace. You should also use them in your goal setting. Setting a goal is meaningless if you don’t set a time frame in which to accomplish it. This will spur you to action. I recommend a three year deadline for large goals.
Goal Setting and Yoga
Posted by karim101ismail in goal setting, life goals, setting goals on December 14th, 2009
As you may know, at my workshops I incorporate yoga or meditation into our activities.
That is because yoga is one of the best ways to align our minds with our bodies.
Plus anyone can do yoga. You don’t have to be in top physical condition to start doing yoga exercises.
In yoga, you can break a sweat even when you aren’t moving. No running or jumping required.
The most important aspect of yoga is its focus on breathing and meditation. Yoga increases the oxygen in your bloodstream, which revitalizes all your organs, including your brain.
Yoga will also help give you more energy, a positive outlook and a reduction in mood swings. Read the rest of this entry »
Goal Setting Step 4 – Define the Compelling Reasons to Achieve Your Goals
Posted by karim101ismail in life goals, setting goals on December 2nd, 2009
The next post in my series 12 Steps to Achieving your Goals
Strong reasons make strong actions.—William Shakespeare
If you cannot articulate a clear, compelling reason for why you must achieve a goal, especially a huge goal, you will likely not achieve your goal. Why? Simply because achieving any large goal will likely involve changes in your life. It will possibly take you out of your comfort zone.
It will most likely challenge your thinking. It may require hard work. So unless you have compelling and powerful reasons for why it is important for you to achieve your goal, you significantly diminish your chances of achievement.
Focus on why it’s really important to you to achieve this goal. Your reasons could stem from a huge challenge, from your pain, someone else’s pain, an image, etc. Think hard, and make these reasons as emotional as possible, as we are all driven by our emotions, no matter how rational we think we are.
Be careful not to focus on benefits, (define benefits) as we will look at the importance of benefits soon. Instead simply list why it’s important to achieve this result.
Here are the compelling reasons I listed to accomplish my huge goal.
- To prove to myself that I can take on a huge physical challenge and accomplish it
- A 21st birthday gift for my daughter Aliya that she will cherish for the rest of her life
- To inspire others to set and accomplish huge goals
- To experience and celebrate nature through a photo essay/s
- Because I have told the world I am doing it! Read the rest of this entry »
My Amazon Campaign – What a Huge Success!
Posted by karim101ismail in setting goals on November 19th, 2009
The Amazon campaign was a great success. I am thrilled!
We made it to the top 20 in three categories success, careers, and Happiness
The results exceeded my expectations many times over!
Thank you everyone. I could not have done it without your help.
How Bullfighting Can Help You With Goal Setting
Posted by karim101ismail in life goals, setting goals on November 2nd, 2009
I read something interesting about bullfighting the other day that I want to share with you. There is a place in the bullring where every bull feels safe. If the bull reaches this spot, he stops running and rests.
It might seem like the bull has given up or injured himself when he enters this place, but this is not the case at all. Rather, this break from the action enables him to gather up his full strength again so he can continue fighting.
This safe place is called the “querencia.” This spot is different for every bull. It is the job of the matador to figure out the location of the querenciais for the bull and then prevent the bull from entering this sanctuary.
What is the “querencia” in your life? It doesn’t have to be a physical place, although it can be. It can also be a state of mind or a particular memory or mental picture that makes you feel safe and whole. It can also be as simple as a photograph or other object that, when you look at it, makes you feel at home and secure.
When you find it difficult to achieve your goals or to temporarily get off the treadmill of your life, enter your “querencia,” even if just a few minutes. Read the rest of this entry »
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