Why Traditional Goal Setting Doesnt Work

If you have a $100.000.000 in the bank, drive new Lexus, look like a movie star and have a perfect health save yourself some time and do not read this article. This article is for people, who don't have all these things, but are planning on changing that slight inconvenience.

So how do you change it?

Every January millions and millions of people decide to start better and healthier life. We plan to change so many things and set so many goals. "I will exercise at least three times a week", "I will spend more time with my family", "I will find a better job", "I will stop smoking" the list goes on and on.

Now if you know anything about goal setting, you'll know that the

first thing you have to do is to write down your goals on a piece of paper. Then you have to decide step-by-step how you are going to achieve those goals and form a plan of action as detailed as possible. All you have to do just follow the plan.

That's a great theory, which hardly happens in reality. In reality your enthusiasm and concentration lasts a couple of weeks and than everyday routine gets to you. You skip an exercise here, get frustrated and smoke a cigarette there, or start jumping from one goal to another and at the end of the year nothing ever gets done or achieved.

Why this theory alone doesn't work.

1. We often have so many goals it is hard to know where to start and how to proceed

2. We continually jump at different goals and as a result nothing gets done

3. It is hard to remember all the goals

4. Enthusiasm and excitement wears off

5. We don't have enough time

6. We don't have enough will power to follow through

Due to all these reasons you need a very strong motivator. Something that will pull, push or drag you forward. There is only one thing powerful enough to do that and it's a VISION.

You'll still have to write all of your goals down. Then take that piece of paper and envision yourself after achieving all these goals. In order to succeed you have to become a person capable of succeeding, you have to start thinking like that person, act like that person.

Make yourself truly believe that you are looking into your future through the crystal ball. Remember every little detail - expression on your friends faces, proud look in you parents eyes. Feel the warm breeze on your face, smell the salty air of the ocean, imagine your new house on the beach.

You need to create a vision so powerful, so desirable, so compelling that it draws all your energy and motivation to it. It has to become an obsession. You have to feel something that a person finding an oasis in the middle of the desert would feel. Absolute excitement and complete determination. Then any goal becomes possible.

Arina Nikitina is the author of free goal setting course "7 Goal Setting Tips". To learn 7 powerful goal setting techniques that will help you achieve almost anything you desire visit: http://www.goal-setting-tips.com

---

Top Ten Ways to Achieve Your Goals

1) Write them down! Statistics show people who write down... Read More

Achieve Anything, One Step At A Time

No matter how ambitious your goal, you CAN achieve it.... Read More

Are You Willing To Risk It?

What would your life be like if you kept doing... Read More

Is that W-A-L-R-U-S?

A few years back, I went to London, England. I... Read More

Make Your Goals Stick

The amazing thing about the future is that if you... Read More

The Power of Goals - Gordon the Tank Engine

Lately I have been studying mindset and goals, and wanted... Read More

Great Goals Make You Stretch!

I began enhancing my personal energy level three months shy... Read More

Develop Your Soul Goals!

Occasionally when I talk with people about goals they seem... Read More

Not Satisfied With Where You Are; STOP - Change The Action Change The Outcome

"If you keep on doing what you have always done,... Read More

Achieving Impossible Goals By Ignoring The Experts

"If the world were to blow itself up the last... Read More

Getting To The Top By Fits And Starts

I would venture to believe that most people have the... Read More

Goal Setting and Goal Getting: What Would You Like to Accomplish in 100 Days?

Here's a question for you:What would you like to have... Read More

Set Positive Goals And Strive To Achieve Them

On 31st January 2005, two students from my martial arts... Read More

Is Personal Goal Setting REALLY Necessary?

What is your reason for setting a goal?This is the... Read More

Manifesting Your Dreams and Desires

What are your dreams?Are you in a place in your... Read More

Dont Mistake Activity For Achievement

I remember watching an NBA Basketball Game on t.v one... Read More

Goal Believing is the First Step to Goal Achieving

We've just gone from "the Holiday Season" to the "Goal... Read More

How Clear is Your Vision?

Wouldn't it be nice to know that there is a... Read More

The Power of the Negative

The vast majority of us learn very early on that... Read More

Overcoming Discouragement

We have all had times in our lives where someone... Read More

Make Your Dreams Reachable

All too often, we may be envisioning a level of... Read More

Why Do Many Smart, Motivated People Never Achieve Their Goals?

In his multimedia "Unleash Your Greatness Success System" Mike Litman... Read More

Achieving Your Goals

You may or may not have a set of written... Read More

Reasons That Move You Bring Clarity, Focus, Determination, and Momentum

Are your goals SMART? ? Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Rewarding, Time-DeadlinedJust... Read More

How To Lose Weight, Make Money and Get Women

When deciding to write this article, I decided that I... Read More

Thank You

I wonder if anyone really reads long stuff from Ezines... Read More

Show Me The Money

For many people, money is like the weather ? they... Read More

Goal Objectives: Looking Ahead To Get Ahead With Planning

With goal objectives in mind, consider the organizers of a... Read More

Mind Over Matter -- The Power of Thoughts

One of the greatest challenges in life is understanding just... Read More

Start Working on Your Goals Today!

The alarm goes off at 6am, you roll out of... Read More

Losing Site of Your Goals: Determining Your Vision From Your Actions!

In the fury of trying to accomplish our goals, we... Read More

The 11 Basics of Goal Setting

"Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning... Read More

Achieving Your Goal By Relieving Yourself In Public

Most marathons provide more than their fair share of heroes... Read More