STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS THIS YEAR

It’s easy to feel inspired when you think about your goals for the New Year.

You’re certain that the motivation you feel now will propel you through the next 12 months…kicking ass and taking names.

But sadly, that excitement—dreaming how your life will be 10 times better this year—is separate from actually achieving your goals.

STOP CHASING TOO MANY AIMS

Have you noticed how, often, when you ask someone what their focus or priority is they start listing off 7 or 8 things?

Sorry to be obvious here, but “focused” doesn’t mean this is one of the many things on my radar. No, it means I am zeroed in on this thing. The origin of the word “priority” is actually singular…as in ONE priority. Not four priorities. Not three. ONE.

ow many times have you found yourself starting the year with multiple goals, only to find that at the end of the year you’ve achieved not even one them?

Focusing on a singular goal is scary. You’re no longer “spreading the wealth” or hedging your bets. You’re doubling down on one thing.

As scary as it is, that’s where the magic happens.

As Steve Jobs said:“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are.”

Helpful advice, but that still doesn’t make it easy to figure out WHAT to focus on. For that, you need to…