Dont Pull Up The Seeds When Youve Just Sown Them
Why is it that 95% of people who set themselves goals fail to reach them? In one word: impatience.
The most important and difficult stage of goal-building is the immediate stage after you set your goals. In the first stage, theres a brief blip of euphoria. But this soon passes and then you hit the arid plateau of learning. Its in this phase that most people lose their way and give up.
But this is the phase when you have to hang in there despite appearances. Otherwise, its like digging up the seeds a week after sowing them. So, here, for those who need a roadmap through the arid plains of goal-building, is a 6-step guide to managing your impatience and keeping your plans on track.
1. Have Plenty of Motivation Reminders. One of the cruel tricks that life plays on us is to make goal-setting easy and goal-building hard. This is no more true than in the opening phases of working towards a new goal. When we choose a new goal that seems within our reach, we are full of excitement and anticipation. Its like the start of a marathon when everyone cheers us over the start line. But the cheers soon become a...