Each of us, at some point our life, has a goal of being somebody special, somebody great. Who will be..bla bla bla? And how many times have we dreamed of being rich, or successful, or happy with our relationships?
I still remember when I was in my final year in the university I set goals about key areas of my life on things to be achieved five years after my graduation.Today actually I have not fulill one hundred percent of those goals but at least seventy five percent are already accomplished.
Often, we dream big dreams and have great aspirations. Unfortunately, most dreams remain lifeless for years without any notable advancement. And our aspirations easily collect dust in our attic.
This is a sad turn of events in our life. Instead of experiencing exciting adventures in self actualization, we get caught up in the humdrum of living from day-to-day just barely existing.
But you know what? Life could be so much better, if only we learned to adjust our thinking glass consistently in progressive lane of life.
The most common encouraging word to setting goals is the word “I can”. Most people get hung up thinking I can’t do this. It’s too hard. It’s too impossible. No one can ever do this.
However, if everyone thought that, there would be no inventions, no innovations, and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment.
On the other hand, some people suffer from setting totally unrealistic goals and not acting on them. The result? Broken dreams, and shattered aspirations.
If you limit yourself with self-doubt, and self-limiting assumptions, you will never be able to break past what you deem impossible. If you reach too far out into the sky without working towards your goal, you will find yourself clinging on to the impossible goals.
Try this exercise. Take a piece of paper and write down some goals in your life. Under one header, list down things ‘you know you can do’. Under another header, write the things ‘you might be able to do.’ And under one more, list the things that that are ‘impossible for you to do.’
Now look at all the headers strive every day to accomplish the goals that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Check them when you are able to accomplish them. As you slowly are able to check all of your goals under that heading, try accomplishing the goals under the other header-the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’
As of the items you wrote under things I could do are accomplished, you can move the goals that are under things that are ‘impossible for you to do’ to the list of things ‘you might be able to do.’