Find a way closer to the goal.
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Editor’s note: Do you have the same situation: Whimsical set a goal, determined that the mission will be achieved. It was always very firm at first, but it was often left unfinished, and the goal was not achieved at all. Afterwards, you may blame yourself for having too little willpower, and you can’t keep going to the end. But is the problem really here? Maybe you just have goals and determination, but you lack a “strategy”. The author of this article summarizes 25 methods that make you more likely to achieve your goals. Refer to them and modify them according to your own situation. I believe that you can also effectively achieve your goals. The article was translated from Medium by Ayodeji Awosika, and the original title was 25 Ways to Dramatically Increase Your Chances of Reaching Your Goals.
How many times have you tried to set a goal and failed? You can’t even count the number, too many times.
You have failed so many times so deep in your heart that you feel cursed to repeat the same life forever.
You look to the future and find that everything is … the same. It scares you, but you can’t help it. You have had a little motivation and a little hope, but you have failed again, which makes you less likely to want to try again. Then, after trying it many times, you give up.
This is the story of 95% of people, but not necessarily yours.
At some point in your life, if you persist in accomplishing several goals, you will always be motivated.
Before I started my writing career, almost every goal I set failed. Since then, I have achieved most of the goals I set for myself. It’s as if the past didn’t exist and it didn’t matter. You can also come to this point. If you break through this psychological barrier and find a way to finally stick to it, one day you will feel you don’t know the person you used to be.
I have hope for you. Not because I’m catering, but because most of my life I’ve been an extremely lazy person who often messes things up, unable to concentrate or focus on a goal to save myselfterritory.
So, although there is no list that can change your life, I hope that at least one idea can stand out and stimulate your motivation and let you do what you have been yearning for.
1. Write down your goals
This seems to be the most basic and trivial thing, but when you write down your goals and then put them into action, there is a connection between your body and mind. Just write, don’t care about the type. This physical action sends a subconscious signal to your brain that you are serious.
2. Get as many “quick wins” as possible
Decrease your success criteria and stack small wins quickly to gain momentum. If you want to be a writer and you really can’t sit down and write for a long time, then spend 10 minutes a day writing, if this is what you have to do to establish a habit.
3. Follow the principle of “nothing more than two”
This is what I learned from James Clear. If you mess up on your way to achieving your goals, such as missing an exercise, then don’t let this happen again. Let yourself change and avoid the “vicious circle”.
4. Find convincing reasons to achieve your goals
The more convincing the reason, the more likely you are to stick to it. I had to keep writing because I was afraid to work for others all my life.
5. Use negative emotions
I find negative the most attractive way to motivate. Is it the healthiest? This has always been controversial, but it works best for me. When I am tired of the current situation, I start to work seriously for a major goal or plan. When I moved things from the “tolerable” column to the “I can’t stand this life” column, it started to change.
6. Don’t brag about things you haven’t done
I often see this happen. A friend of mine has a new “business”. They make so many shiny business cards, dazzling logos, and post information on social media about how successful they will be. This often leads to a 100% failure rate. Before you achieve these goals, keep in mind your thrilling and bold grand goals.
7. Brainwash yourself
Individual level incentives, including mine, are invalid. That’s why you have to think so much yourself. When combined with action, this content can reshape your brain long enough. Remind yourself that you can easily become a resentful addict who does nothing, but the road ahead gives you the only chance to struggle.
8. Stop looking for role models in the “real world”
You can’t use people in daily life as examples of success. They are not badPeople, but it’s very likely that none of the people you know do what you want to do, and they don’t have the kind of motivation you want. Most people fall into this lower-level paradigm by adapting to their surroundings.
9. Do one thing at a time
Read Gary Keller’s The Success of The One Thing, a full explanation of this. You will always want to have a main goal every day, week, month, and year. I do a lot of things, but my “one thing” has always been blogging. You can also find the key goal that makes all other goals easier to achieve.
10. Use chain strategy
Buy a calendar and draw an “x” on each day you complete your target task. Eventually you will get a “chain” covered with “x”. The longer the chain, the less likely you are to break it.
11. Pay attention to your environment
If you want to lose weight, you ca n’t put junk food at home. Whether you turn on the TV or have eight social media accounts, it may not help you focus on writing. This may seem simple, but people greatly underestimate the power of the environment.
12. Understand this fact
You thought hesitation would be less painful than action, but the opposite is true. Hesitation and the anxiety it causes is actually more of a mental burden than just doing it. Read it again and think about it.
13. Focus all your efforts on the “critical point”
Keep your head down and work towards your goal until your efforts start to respond, which means you get more reward for the same amount of work. Most writers exit prematurely because they don’t understand that once they have a certain readership, their readership will grow faster in the future.
14. Grasp your strengths and avoid your weaknesses
Set goals based on your talents and strengths. You will stick to it, because you are already pretty good. After mastering these skills, you can set goals based on your weaknesses, or you can find partners, employees, assistants, contractors, friends, etc. to fill skills you don’t have.
15. Actively adjust your goals
Naval Ravikant has a saying “Eat healthy food that is good for you”. For me, I realized that eating chicken breasts and vegetables every day would never achieve my own fitness goals, so I never tried them. Don’t torture yourself to achieve a specific goal. This often doesn’t work.
16. Ask for help
Finding coaches, mentors, trainers, etc. has a purpose, that is, a sense of responsibility. Usually,Domain investing money for help generates emotional leverage and keeps you responsible because you don’t want to waste this money.
17. Don’t choose stupid and arbitrary targets
If you set a goal like “make a million” or “get rich,” you won’t achieve it because your goal lacks context. Set goals based on what you want to do and what you want to achieve. After that, the money you get is just a by-product of what they bring.
18. Don’t always complain about yourself
I never intentionally wrote down S.M.A.R.T goals. Although many of my goals meet these criteria, I have never struggled with setting goals or improving efficiency because they are prone to procrastination. I use notebooks and diaries to keep track of what I want to achieve easily. It’s enough for me. (Note: The SMART principle divides goals into five dimensions, namely: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant to other goals, and a clear deadline. Time-based.)
19. Use the “thumb rule”
Use them as much as you can, and put them behind you as you work. It will take five years to completely change your life and reinvent yourself while building something substantial. Focus on unemotional actions for the first 90 days to build the inertia of action. Then continue with this quarterly change and follow your overall progress every 18 months or so. (Note: the rule of thumb, also known as the “rule of thumb”, is a simple, empirical, exploratory, but not very accurate principle that can be used in many situations.)
20. Use fixed time
You want to complete tasks at the same time every day, preferably in the same place. This will help you reach the level where you expect to complete the task because you have trained your brain to be ready at that time.
21. Remind yourself what to pay
Use two types of examples. First, find some cases of people you respect and study how long it takes for them to get better. This will keep you awake and patient. Second, find someone who is less talented or more difficult than you. This way you don’t deceive yourself into thinking that your situation is special.
22. Understand the “two-eight principle” for achieving long-term goals
The first 20% of the process determines your 80% success, and the first 20% is the part where you are overwhelmed by all the trivia of your life. It’s like when you go to the gym for the first time and feel sore, this is the part you struggle with for basic success. Once you understand this, it’s not far from success, all that’s left is time.But in the process there will still be a few trivial disturbances.
23. Think about death
I often use imagination to die as my motivation. I want to find a balance in life that makes me feel dead without regrets, and now it is close. If you knew that today is the last day of your life, how would you look at the progress in your life? In the rest of the time, what would you rush to do? Think about it and use this method.
24. Use reverse thinking
Set goals for results you do n’t want. Think of someone as a negative textbook for someone you don’t want to be. It’s much simpler to figure out what’s absolutely impossible than to figure out the secrets of success.
25. Stop weak
The word is no longer liked in society. Why? Because weak people are everywhere in society. Achieving key goals requires strong will. Feeling helpless as a victim of the environment is not conducive to achieving your goals. You have to let go of the things that make you care for yourself. You still have work to do.
Translator: Yoyo_J