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3 Goal Setting Flaws That Guarantee Failure
(Part 3)
‘Continued from Part 2
The second flaw in the way people set goals that guarantees failure is that they look at their current results (again thinking in reverse) and set a goal based on what they think they can do. They set up all kinds of elaborate plans based on what they think has to happen for them to achieve a particular goal. They'll come up with all kinds of scenarios and say things like, “If our current customers stay the same” or “If customers buy an extra 3% this year”, or “If gas prices stay the same”, or “If the housing bubble doesn't pop and interest rates don't go too high”… then I think we can accomplish the goal.” They forget that the world is constantly changing. They'll set goals in a snapshot of time without any real projection and meanwhile the world continues to change around them of which they have no control over and the elaborate schemes and plans don't work out… so they surrender the goal. This is usually what happens with New Year's resolutions.
The third flaw people make when setting goals that guarantees failure is they get hung up on the word ‘HOW’. They will not move to the next step in the setting of a goal, not to mention the achievement of a goal unless they know exactly how they should or think they should progress to the successful completion. As a society are so afraid to move. What if I make a mistake? What if I fail? What if I step out in the direction of my dream, and tell all of my friends and family… what will they think of me? What other people think of you is none of your business. What you think of you is all that matters.
‘How’ has never mattered and should never matter when we are setting goals. If you're going to set goals but you're not going to move in the direction of your dream until you know exactly how you're going to achieve them, you may as well stop right now because it's never going to happen.
You don't need to know ‘how’; you just need a big enough ‘why’. ‘Why’ is all that matters. ‘Why’ will always connect people to where they want to go in the achievement of their goals and the fulfillment of their desires… always.
What’s your ‘Why’?
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