I have so many dreams and goals I want to accomplish. I want to lay on the deathbed and be able to look back on my life and say “I did everything in my power”.
I’ve written my dreams down as both goals and affirmations, I read them out loud twice a day to keep the brain primed and aimed at the goal. I try to follow every advice given by self-development professionals.
One of my goals was to write a 500-word post each day, six days a week. This blog is my first encounter with writing so I am a total beginner at this. And let me tell you – going from zero to a daily habit of practice and discipline is hard on the mind. Especially if its something new to you.
Every morning six days a week I am filled with mild dread. What am I going to write about today? Is it original? Will it give any value to my present and future readers?
One negative thought led to another and before I knew it I had procrastinated for 4 days straight – 4 days I will never get back.
This is not my first encounter with resistance, in fact, it has been there my entire life. And the older I get the more I realize that falling off and getting back on is part of the learning process. You’re supposed to fall off.
It’s a positive indicator that you have chosen worthy goals that will make you stretch and over time transform you as a person.
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
While you are in the inspired planning phase everything is seen through rose-colored glasses. There is only an upside. Once you actually go to work on your goals, you most likely will encounter pain, discomfort, negative thought patterns – you realize there’s an inner conflict.
These demons are part of the process. They will go away once your competence and skills go up.
So the next time you are down and out remember that only losers quit – it’s a played out saying but that only because it’s true.
There are countless great figures and icons in our society that had to go through the same difficulty and many times worse than what you are experiencing.
Luckily in our era there are strategies you can use right from the start to keep you motivated and aligned with your goals. You can use a favorite NLP technique of mine called “Circle Of Excellence”
Instead of having to sit down in front of the computer with a knot in my stomach. I am instead filled with positive emotions focus.
The trick to any NLP technique is consistent practice, go through the instructions daily. Over time you will build up a reservoir of inner resources to assist you.
So Until Next Time – Bogdan