Goal setting is all the rage now.We are told to get a piece of paper and write down in the present tense what it is we want.For how can we get where we want to go if we don’t know where that place is.Do visualisations and affirmations next,invoke the law of attraction and bingo you reach you goal.
Yet how many people doing all that actually get there.?What puts then off is all the fears that come up,for going for goals will mean change.The safe and predictable life we lead will vanish.Better to define your fears first,then set your goals.Here is a video of Tim Ferriss he of The 4-hour Work Week fame presenting a great technique for identifying those fears and then dealing with them.
It was the technique he used to get out a cubicle land and live the life he loves.Enjoy.
Do you agree with what he said?What are your greatest fears that hold you back?Leave a comment below.
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
I am sure you have all seen the movie The Secret or perhaps read the book.It has popularized the Law of Attraction though the Law first came to public attention many years before.
In essence the law states that what you think about you will attract.So if you have negative thoughts then negative things will happen to you,or at least what you want to happen will not happen.
The movie has been seen by so many people who are now all practicing their affirmations and thinking positive thoughts.The trouble is that for many the whole thing is just not working.
Here are my recommendations for turning things around:
1.Continue to do your affirmations and positive thinking as before but then TAKE ACTION.I have learnt that just thinking about what you want will not make a cheque for $1m fall through the letter box.By taking action all sorts of opportunities will come your way, be they people or events,that will move you towards your goal.These situations will not manifest themselves unless you are in the FLOW of life and you are not in the flow unless you are TAKING ACTION.
2.Get a mastermind group going.Napoleon Hill his great book Think and Grow Rich talked about getting together with other like minded people and helping each other out.Share your goals and dreams together and then go a group visualisation in which you focus on each member’s goal in turn.The power of this process cannot be exaggerated.
3.LET GO of your attachment to the outcome.That does not lessen your resolve to see the goal achieved,it just means that should it not come off you don’t give up on everything.You learn your lessons,for there are always lessens to be learned in failure,and move onto your next project.
Follow this process and watch your desires manifest themselves.
