Today I want to talk about goal achievement!  We’ve just entered into a new year, and many people are making their New Year’s Resolutions. 

The question is, how will this year be different from last year.  How will you achieve this year, what you failed to achieve in 2009?  Why will this year be different?  How will you achieve your goals in 2010?

My wife and I sat down recently and we discussed our goals for 2010.  Our discussion was very brief this year in comparison to previous years.  In the past, we’ve listed a multiplicity of things that we wanted to accomplish in the upcoming year, but we didn’t do that this year.

Focus

This year we only listed two goals each; we both listed a primary and a secondary goal.  The primary goal is the goal that would single-handedly make 2010 a success in our minds; if nothing else was achieved.  In other words, if we achieve the primary goal, the year will have been considered a success.  The secondary goal is a “nice to have” goal; it’s a goal that if accomplished, …it would be nice.

The reason my wife and I decided to only have two goals in 2010 is because we realize that “focus” is critical to goal achievement.  

I recommend that you “focus” your goals as well, if you wish to accomplish your goals in 2010.  In other words, only have one or two goals that you desire to accomplish.

My Goals for 2010

My primary goal for 2010 is to grow mrselfdevelopment.com’s readership, I have a specific number that I am targeting for. 

My secondary goal for 2010 is to lose 9 pounds.  My weight this morning was 169 pounds.  

Going on Record

I want to go on record and say that by December 31, 2010, I will be 160 pounds.  (In case you’re wondering I am 5 foot 10 inches.) 

Now this may seem a little thin, but this is an “ideal” healthy weight for me, and it’s a weight in which my abdominal muscles are clearly visible; so it’s a relatively important health goal for me for 2010.

More Important Goals

You may be asking, why wouldn’t I have more “important” goals, such as to improve my marriage, or my spiritual life; here’s my answer:  I’m not saying that my marriage can’t get any better, but it’s very good, and is getting better daily, there’s no need for me to make it a primary focus in 2010 (I already have a good system in place).  As far as my spiritual life, I have a goal of meditating daily in 2010 as part of my daily routine (just like brushing my teeth), so I didn’t include it as one of my major goals.

Goal Achievement

Okay, so let’s talk about goal achievement, how to get from point A to point B.  I’ll use my example of losing 9 pounds in 2010.  How do I get there? 

Here’s one way of looking at it

This is what I know: I know that when I get to 160lbs, I will be a different person compared to who I am at 169 pounds.  My name won’t change, but my consciousness will, my thoughts will.  You see, a person not at their ideal weight is not the same as a person who has achieved their ideal weight; there is something different in there consciousness.  The person at their ideal weight makes better food choices, works out a little harder, and better recognizes the benefits of a healthier lifestyle; they are a slightly different person, and it shows on the outside.

In order for me to achieve my ideal weight of being 160 pounds, I will have to adopt the mentality of a person at their “ideal” or perfect weight.  If I can sustain the thoughts of a person at their ideal weight, then I can be at my ideal weight. 

My life and everything in it consists of the thoughts that I hold in my mind.  James Allen said “man is mind.”  In order to change the man you must change the mind.

It would be foolish to pursue a goal without first planning to change your mind.  Your current mindset is creating what you already are.  To experience a different reality, your mind has to be altered to fit that new reality.  The sign that your mind needs to be altered is your “current reality,” if your mind was already where it needed to be, you would be experiencing what you desire to experience presently.

Another Example

Let’s say you want to experience financial abundance in 2010.  Is it possible?  Yes it’s possible, but only if you can adopt the mindset of a prosperous person.

Let’s take real estate entrepreneur and billionaire Donald Trump.  What would happen if we gave you his consciousness, and if we gave him your consciousness?  If Donald’s consciousness was placed in your body, the first thing that would probably happen is that he would freak-out!  He would go and check his bank account balance and see $10,000 and probably faint.  After he regained his consciousness, he would soon begin to take steps to change his current reality to reflect his consciousness.  He would start making business deals and before long he would achieve what he had before.  Not too long ago, Donald Trump did lose his fortune, but because he never lost his consciousness he was able to gain his fortune back.

…And if you had Donald’s fortune, what do you think would happen.  In short, you would probably “blow-it,” if you haven’t yet achieved a billionaire’s consciousness.

The Secret is “Daily Meditation”

So how do you achieve the consciousness requisite to accomplish your goals?  You have to take time daily to see yourself the way you want to be.  This is why daily meditation is so crucial to success.  If you can’t get in harmony with that level of consciousness…  If you can’t go there first in your imagination, and really feel what it would be like to handle wealth, or to be at your ideal weight, or make important decisions.  If that is never a reality in your mind, how could you ever achieve it?  You will always be out of sync with that reality!

Natural Visualizers

Granted some people are natural “visualizers,” they don’t need to set apart a special time to mediate, they just continually see what they want to be, and they achieve it, but most people aren’t that way.  Most people must consciously reprogram their minds for success.  They must make the choice to live in a different reality today, by purposely changing their thoughts.

You Can Do It Too

The truth is, if someone else can achieve the goal… so can you, but you must first go there in your mind, before you can go there in reality.  To be 160 pounds in reality, I must first experience 160 pounds in my mind, through daily contemplation and meditation.  If I go there in my mind, the actions will come naturally, it will feel unnatural to not be at my ideal weight.

So…

Will you achieve your goal in 2010?  It’s certainly possible, don’t be caught sitting around saying it can’t be done!

What you’re saying can’t be done by “you” in 2010, will be done by someone else.  I say if they can do it, so can you, so start meditating, see yourself already there, make it happen…then e-mail me to tell me all about it.

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