Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Goal Setting - 3 Simple Rules to Challenging Yourself!

Creating a challenge is easy when you stretch yourself to achieve more, allow yourself to not have all the answers, the know-how, the skills or a solid plan, and when you commit your resources.

I once heard Phil Knight founder of NIKE say "Play by the rules, but be ferocious." From then on, I started to develop my own strategies to improve and better myself! Here's what I've come up with:

Rule #1: Stretch Yourself.

This is not a nice thing to do, THIS IS A CHALLENGE! Consider what you know you can accomplish and add to that, stretch yourself to accomplish at least an additional 20%. I don't care how you come to that 20%, just be honest with yourself and what you think is 20%. This is important for 2 reasons: (1) you have benchmarked what you can do, you have admitted to yourself and the universe you can achieve at least this level. (2) It opens a new horizon for you. You are now considering, visualizing, and telling the universe that you want and plan to do more.

Rule #2: Allow Yourself to NOT have all the answers, the know-how, the skills, or a solid plan.

If you are stretching yourself to achieve or become more than you currently are, you are not going to have all the answers today. Open yourself to learning and growing beyond what you know today. This will open you to discovering and embracing the opportunities that you attract.

Rule #3: Commit Your Resources.

Commit your time, energy and money to get your life moving forward faster. If there's something you want, make a concentrated effort through your time and resources to make it happen today!

Three simple rules, that's it! So what are you Waiting on....A New and Improved YOU awaits the CHALLENGE!

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