Do you know what the most important kind of goal is for your life?
We all have goals that we set and know the importance of goal setting. It’s one of those topics that gets beaten to death and so, a lot of us don’t want to hear about goal setting anymore. We’re sick and tired of goal setting. But we know they’re necessary as well, and that’s why we always come back to them.
You do, I do, we all do goal setting at one level or another. Maybe you just do it mentally and you think about them from time to time. Other people are more aligned with their goals and write them down and refine them.
But there are different kinds, and this is a very, very critical aspect.
There is a type of goal where you define what you want to do, there is a type of goal where you define what you want to have and there’s also a kind of goal where you define who you want to be. The kind of person you want to be.
It’s the third one, the goals you set on the type of person you want to be, that are the most pivotal, most important and most influential in your life.
Your material wants or even bigger wants than that, the things you would like to acquire, the things you would like to eventually achieve in your life, some you’ll hit and some you won’t. Some will take longer than planned, some you’ll maybe get shorter than you planned. They’re going to be all over the map.
As an example, you may be at a certain financial position right now. Let’s say you’re earning $50,000 a year and you want to take that to $100,000.
There are a number of different ways you could do that. You could set a goal to do that within the next year, the next six months or the next three years and you go after it. You may or may not hit the goal, and you may or may not go as hard as you can, although the whole point of goal setting is to go for it.
This is a measurable, specific thing that you’re shooting for and you may or may not get there.
There’s all kinds of circumstances, things that could come up that could prevent it from happening.
Now think about the type of goal where you decide who you want to be, and the exercise of writing down your goals on a daily basis and reviewing them. Sure, you can have a plan that says I want to get from 50k to 100k and I’m going to do this, this, this and this over the next X amount of months or years and you do those things and that plan may or may not work.
What would happen if you started asking yourself or writing a goal down to say, here’s who I want to be.
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I want to be a positive and uplifting person. I want to be loving towards my family. Every time I see my family I want them to feel excited in my presence. I want them to feel uplifted. I want them to feel inspired. When I meet new people I want them to feel like they just met somebody really interesting, and they want to get to know me at a deeper level. I want to set a goal to be the kind of person that follows through on every commitment I make to myself.
I’m going to achieve XYZ by a certain date, such as I’m going to lose 20 pounds by March 30th is very results driven. It’s very achievement driven, and the timeline for that may change. You don’t know how quickly you can lose that weight and you want to be able to do it in a healthy way, so you may have to adjust that plan.
Also consider who do you have to be to reach that weight?
You have to be the kind of person who commits to their goals, who does whatever it takes, who when they say they’re going to do something they do it and follow through and hold themselves accountable.
So here’s my challenge to you, or even call it a coaching tip.
Begin journaling on a daily basis, writing down where you’re at but more importantly where you want to go, your goals. It’s very fun to set goals like the type of income you want to earn, the type of business you want to run, the trips you want to take, the material possessions you want to own, the lifestyle you want to live. All those things are cool.
If you want to go to a conference next year to learn something new, write that down. That’s a great goal to have. You need to know how much money it’s going to take you to get there and all that.
And also start thinking about two or three or even four who do I want to be type of goals.
You can start by writing things down like I want to be an inspiring person to be around for my family. I want my family to feel loved and excited when I’m around. I want my family to run and give me a huge hug when I walk in the door after being gone for a long time. That’s the kind of person I want to be.
When you write that down and remind yourself this is who you want to be, all those other goals come to you a little bit more naturally. They come to you easier.
It’s because you’re acting and behaving in a way that’s congruent with those goals.
If you say you want to be a committed, dedicated person who follows through on their commitments and then set a goal to lose 20 pounds you are way more likely to hit that goal if you’re the kind of person who sticks to your commitments and then goes above and beyond and does whatever it takes in any situation to create whatever you envision.
So that’s the difference. That’s the key. You may not have done this before. So do this. Have some fun with it. Think about the kind of person you want to be, write it down, explain it in as much detail and then do it daily and repeat it to yourself and start living this way.
All those material goals and wants are going to come to you.
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Your Make It Happen Coaching Action Step:
Write down the kind of person you want to be, repeat it to yourself and start living this way.
Affirm to yourself:
” I have tremendous energy and focus for achieving ALL of my life’s goals.”
Remember, I am here for you, to support and believe in you.
I would love to hear about your goals and the kind of person you want to be.
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