Real Estate Investing Newsletter
“Finally a goal I can keep”
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t's that time of the year again, time for setting goals.This year I have decided to do things a littledifferently. I am going to bend the rules a little morein my favor. After all, only I can decide what goalsare right for me.
This year I have decided to give up crack.
Nowdon't get me wrong, I have never done crack. In fact Idon't condone drug use at all. But, by giving up sucha powerful drug as crack cocaine, I can start buildingsome powerful momentum towards my other goals.Think about it, everyday I can wake up with thatcomplete sense of victory that comes along withaccomplishing one of my goals. I might still have aspare tire, I may not run 10 miles a day, but one thingis for sure, I will not be doing crack this year....I haveswore it off.But seriously, many of us need to reconsider the waythat we set our goals. Goals do have the power tomake or break our level of achievement this year.Did you notice I said “Make or break”?Believe it or not, in many cases not setting goals is far more productive than setting goals that are too far outof reach.If we set goals that are too far out of our reach, we're basically giving failure a head start. And, once failurestarts winning, it becomes a very tough opponent todefeat.
“If you set goals too far out of our reach,we're basically giving failure a headstart”
This year let's even up the odds by setting realisticgoals that provide both immediate gratification andlong term potential.We all “Want it now”, the problem is the greataccomplishments in life never come without prolonged effort. But, prolonged effort is difficult tosustain without some level of immediate gratification.To defeat this problem we need to set our large goalsand then break those goals down into smallachievable steps. By breaking down the large goalsinto small steps we allow ourselves to get that shortterm gratification that will help us feel good whilecontinuing to build momentum.Here is an example of using my large goal into smallsteps technique. In this example our goal is towholesale 2 homes this year.
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