9 Steps to Achieve Any Goal:

1. Make Sure Your Goal is Your Own. Spend a solid amount of time figuring out
what YOU really want. Think of all the people who are pursuing goals for other
people. It’s not worth it. It’s the saddest realization to wake up at 50 or 60 and
realize you’ve been chasing something you don’t really want for most of your life.
2. Make it a Promise. Use the word ‘promise’ instead of ‘goal’. Most people don’t
reach their goals. Thinking about goals actually sets your mind up to fail, because
not reaching goals is quite normal. When you make a promise, you don’t think
about something you’re going to ‘attempt’ or ‘try’ or ‘strive to do’. You expect to
keep promises. When you make a promise you really want to keep it, so your mind
starts working for you to reach your goal.
3. Clearly Identify Your Promise. Most people are vague when they come to goals.
They say “I want to get rich” or “I want to be famous.” But you need to know the
specifics of what you want. How rich? How famous? If you can’t clearly identify
your promise, you’re going to have a difficult time achieving it. When you can
clearly see your promise in your mind’s eye, it becomes so much easier to achieve.
4. Identify You Personal Motivator. In order to achieve a significant goal or promise
you’re going to need a lot of motivation. You need a good motivator, something to
keep you fired up when the times get difficult. This can be anything that keeps you
passionate and focused. Maybe someone once told you you couldn’t do something,
so it’s the idea of proving this person wrong that keeps you motivated to carry on.
Or maybe it’s your children that help you keep your eye on the prize.
5. Create a Promise Plan. It isn’t enough to have a clear promise and a personal
motivator. You need a plan. You need to map out and write down the who, what,
where, when, why and how of your promise. Your promise should include all the
components of a proper business plan.
6. Review Your Plan Regularly. Take 20 minutes each day to review your promise
plan. Focusing on your goals makes them all that much more attainable. Analyzing
and refining your plan gets your brain working for you, showing you things that you
hadn’t thought of before. Your promise plan becomes better and more efficient.
7. Tell Yourself You Will Achieve It. Repeat to yourself over and over again that you
will reach your promise. This concretizes your promise in your mind and builds
confidence in your ability to reach it.
8. Tell Others About Your Promise. When you tell someone else about your
promise, it gives you additional motivation to make it happen. The more people you
tell the better. This may be scary, but it gives you an additional incentive to realize
your promise. In addition, many of the people you tell will come forward to offer
support or resources to help you reach it.
9. Visualize the Final Result. A powerful tool to help you realize your promise is
visualizing the final result. What does it feel like? What does it look like? You need
to be able to see yourself in the moment of success.