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The Art of Achievement
Art of Achievement
Ever wondered how some people have everything that the dream of
and for many it just remains a dream. Here are some tips on how
to help turn your dreams into reality.
Understanding what is important to us. Craft goals in line
with our values.
If a goal is in line with our values we get energy and
motivation that lead us toward the goal. Most of us have
experienced this type of energy and motivation at some time in
our lives; maybe Birthdays and Christmas as Children and as
Adults buying a house, getting married or looking forward to a
holiday in the sun.
The curious thing is how little we target the use of this
behaviour towards things that we want in life. It's because we
spend little time working on making our goals fit that we have
such a high failure rate at achieving them.
I'm sure you've set New Years resolutions. How many of those did
you achieve? What was different, I wonder, between those that
you did achieve and those that you didn't? I suspect that for
those that you did not achieve, beneath the reason for not doing
so, the cost in terms of time, money or loss of something else
was too high.
If we have a greater understanding of our values, craft our
goals in line with them, and address some the other key areas
listed here, we are rewarded with the energy and motivation to
make them happen - with ease.
Optimise the use of our time.
To optimise our time on and towards what we want we must first
gain a greater insight into what is important to us, and having
done so we must then distinguish between the activities that we
do that are important and urgent.
In my experience this is not a regularly practiced technique;
too many people are reacting, reacting to activities that are
asked of them or are left to the point of being urgent. Examples
of this are leaving the utilities bills to the last minute or
working under a demanding boss or chaotic organisation.
Once understood this essential time management technique is easy
to master and is commonly taught in time management programmes.
Understanding it within a great context of achievement makes it
that much more relevant to learning and putting into practice.
Start with what you have now, with the end in mind
Having both established goals that are in line with your and
optimised your time, you need to make a start. It's important
that the start is made with the goal in mind and with a degree
of realism on the resources that are available now. Delusion is
the result of setting off without a realistic view of what the
present situation is. And Delusion soon turns to disappointment
which in turn turns to frustration and ultimately little or no
significant progress.
At the end of the day we only have 3 resources: Physical and
mental energy, time and money. It's key that we learn how to
make optimal use of these resources.
Meeting challenges
No amount of planning is going to cater for every eventuality.
Many people consider these unplanned events to be problems that
prevent progress and give up at that point. People that achieve
are not put off by these events and are more energised by the
richness of the opportunities that are enveloped in these
events.
With the right mindset the journey to achievement can be viewed
as one opportunity after another to reinforce the ability to
succeed.
How we use our imaginations
All human beings are blessed with incredibly powerful
imaginations. However many imagine outcomes of the future that
are not going to be to their advantage. Imagining negative
outcomes leads to worry, stress and fear and drains our energy
and motivation.
Imagining a positive outcome of the future releases more of the
energy and motivation that we need to succeed at our goals.
Fortunately the structure that we use in our minds is the same
for both negative and positive imaginations. And with the right
know how one can use the skill that generates fear into one that
generates excitement and anticipation.
Forming our goals well
When forming our goals it is essential that we consider a number
of factors; a compelling view of how things will be when we have
the goal is as important as a clear understanding of what we
will lose when we have it. Many times the likely loss prevents
us from achieving what we want because we have not adapted our
thinking around the loss.
A prime example of this is giving us smoking - many people fail
to give up because having a cigarette provides them with a
valuable 5 minute break. When the break is factored into the
future along with the goal the chances of success are
considerably increased.
Believing that it is possible that that it is for us
It is important that we hold certain helpful beliefs about the
goal. Many people hold negative beliefs about whether the goal
is achievable, whether they will ever achieve it and even
whether it is really for them.
It is important to overcome these beliefs or sabotage will
result.
Fortunately we are not born with our beliefs and the ones that
we develop through childhood and in to the present moment can be
changed.
About the author:
Mark Spall is a Coach and Leadership trainer and delivers his
materials through a variety of innovative mediums. More on Mark
can be found at www.markspall.co.uk.
Mark is the founder of the Agile Leader Network (www.agile-leader.com), a knowledge base and support network for young people who
wish to achieve their best i
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