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How to REALLY Set Goals

  • Posted by Paul
  • Categories Get Whatever You Want
  • Date July 5, 2010
  • Comments 9 comments

Damn elusive things are goals.

Even the few people who set them don’t seem to get the results they want. I’ve been there myself many times over several years. I would write them down, recite affirmations, practise visualization and so on.

Some of the stuff I’d get and other stuff I never seemed to achieve no matter what I did.

I finally took a step back and had a long hard chat with myself. I asked myself two questions:

1. What do you REALLY want?

2. Are you prepared to do whatever it takes to get it?

Some of the stuff I had thought I wanted I didn’t really. Flashy cars, build orphanages in Romania and so on. They just were not my passion. Getting black belts, hitting my goal weight, financial goals were all stuff I really wanted so I actually wanted to put the work in.

The thought of me going out to buy a new BMW or flying first class doesn’t appeal to me at all so no wonder why I never felt motivated to take action. So:

1. What do you REALLY want?

2. Are you prepared to do whatever it takes to get it?

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Since then he has created several other online businesses including IT certification training websites and small business marketing support. Paul has also written over 15 Amazon best selling books.

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    9 Comments

  1. June
    July 9, 2010

    I think a lot of people just don’t know what they really want after begin to do what they are doing now…

    You’ve put forward 2 good questions here:)

  2. David514
    August 12, 2010

    Some people set goals based on the expectations of others.

  3. Sympathetic Syster
    August 14, 2010

    I feel the same way. My brother sets career goals to please our parents. His true passion has had to take a back seat to making our parents proud. I feel really badly for him. But, he has to live with his decisions.

  4. D. Ambrose
    August 14, 2010

    I sometimes set goals because it is what I think I want to do. Once I get involved, however, I may realize that it is not what I really want. It is hard to walk away from all the work and time that I have dedicated to something, so I just see it through.

  5. anonymous
    August 16, 2010

    I understand this. You don’t want your hard to work to be in vain.

  6. Fredo
    August 17, 2010

    I really want to own my own business, but I am afraid to take the financial risk.

  7. Patton O.
    August 17, 2010

    I understand your fear. You don’t want to risk everything and be left with nothing.

  8. Sarah
    September 26, 2010

    I recently decided to switch careers. It was a difficult decision to make because it really felt like I was giving up on everything I had ever worked on. But, I realized that I had set my goals when I was a teenager, and now as a woman in my early 30’s my interests, strengths, and overall expectations of life have changed.

    I kind of grieved the loss of my childhood dream, but I am so much happier now. I have approached my second career as a true adult who has experience and has already made some mistakes. It is a much better way to approach a career.

  9. Cory
    September 26, 2010

    Asking yourself what you really want can be a daunting task. You might find out that you really want something different from what you are working for. In my personal experience, this was a good thing. I was able to change what I was doing to become a happier and more successful person.

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