You can do ANYTHING. Anything at all, but you have to WANT to do it. In this day and age, with an unlimited supply of how-to YouTube videos, blogs, articles, there is literally a how-to for EVERYTHING. So with all this free information and knowledge of how to do something or how to gain (or loose) something, why is it that we complain about not being able to accomplish the goal? We have all the resources needed, so doing it should not be a problem right? WRONG.
It’s not that we lack the knowledge or resources to accomplish something; that never was the problem. It’s because we lack either desire, motivation, accountability, or simply, self discipline. We will take the one most common goal that majority of people have, at all stages of life. If you guessed loosing weight, you are correct!I’m going to use this as our base example because it applies to myself as well. I know what it takes to loose weight and get fit. If not for all the information online, my husband has majored in Nutrition and my career is in physical therapy. So, it’s definitely not those things that are keeping me from doing it.
This also can apply to all aspects of life, like starting that business you have been dreaming of or learning how to cook or traveling abroad! You know what it takes to do all these things. But that is only half of it. The other half is YOU.
- Ask yourself how badly you want it and WHY you want it. (Read Day Five: Why Why Matters.)
- Make that reason (the why) your motivation
- Hold yourself accountable:
- Make smaller specific goals and deadlines
- Ask someone close to check up on your progress
- Do the task with someone else so that you don’t let them down.
- Review your progress from time to time
- Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Learn from them instead of allowing those mistakes to stop you from progressing.
Call To Action: Figure out what it is that stops you from achieving a goal. Realize that no goals are small and no reasoning is absurd. Give your goal a WHY and plan out single steps to work towards it.