The Role of Persistence in Achieving Your Goals
Posted at 6:03 AM on Monday, October 06, 2008
Goal setting is one thing we all recognize is important, both personally and professionally (even though the vast majority of people don't set any). Setting goals is one thing, achieving them is something else. If goal setting is the first step in success, persistence is a very close second. Too many people set a goal and feel like the hard work is done. For all of the value of the Law of Attraction, the part that is often overlooked is the Law of Action. Yes, we set the goal and begin to attract it, but attraction comes much faster by taking action. Persistent, regular, consistent action. Here is your recipe for goal achievement. - Review your goal(s).
- Take at least one step towards achieving them each day.
Like the stonemason who carves away at the rock with his hammer and chisel, one blow, one chip at a time. Like the Salesman who makes one more sales call each day. Like the athlete who practices everyday. If you want to reach your goals, you must take action towards them. Don't just ponder and think about hitting a home run when you actually go to bat; go to bat. When you keep swinging you will hit some home rums, but more importantly you will hit singles and doubles. You can achieve many goals with daily singles and doubles. If you want to achieve your goals, be persistent. Take actions everyday that will lead towards the achievement of your goals. If you can accelerate the effort to take many steps each day, your goals will come faster. But if you take consistent, persistent action in the direction of your goals, you will achieve more than you ever imagined to be possible. Be persistent today. Labels: goal setting, goals PermaLink - 1 comments
Goal Achievement En Mass
Posted at 7:09 AM on Thursday, May 10, 2007
 The mass of 29,211 people, to be exact. 29,211 people completed the Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini Marathon last Saturday. For all of them whether than wheelchaired, ran or walked the 13.1 mile course, they reached a goal that they had worked on for some period of time.
This whole crowd of goal achievers inspired me, but one person more than the rest. You see her picture here - my wife Lori reached her goal by completing. It wasn't her goal to finish in a certain time, but to finish. That goal in itself is a noble one (after all, how many people do you know that have completed a half marathon?)
I find at least two important lessons for all of us in this event.
1. Worthy goals take time and preparation. the 35,000 entries for this race were all taken by last November. So you know that people didn't just wake up a week before and decide to run this race. It took preparation, planning, and practice. So it is with any goal worth achieving.
2. Keep site of what you achieve. The goals of the 29,210 other people might have been different than Lori's and I'm sure some didn't reach their time goal, or didn't finish ahead of a friend they hoped to beat, but they all finished and achieved something significant.
As we set goals we should always keep in mind that what we gain or learn during the course of achieving them, even if we don't achieve exactly or everything we set out to achieve, may be as valuable as the goal itself. I congratulate all of those who completed their goal. I encourage you to think about these lessons of goal setting. And if you want to run with Lori and me next year, let me know. (you can sign up here). Labels: goal setting, goals PermaLink - 2 comments
What is Today?
Posted at 2:45 PM on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
 Today is Valentine's Day (Happy Valentine's Day to you). Here are a couple of questions for you as you celebrate ... - How much passion are you bringing to your work each day? - If it isn't as much as you wish, ask yourself "why not?"  It is also the 45th day of the year - just more than 12% of the year is complete. And as you celebrate Day 45 ask yourself . . . - Am I happy with my progress towards my goals after the first 45 days of the year? - Am I 12% of the way to them? - Either way, what can I do this week to move forward more quickly? Labels: goal setting, goals, passion, Valentine's Day PermaLink - 0 comments
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