To the New Year...! Setting and Achieving Goals

I had a friend pass on to me a presentation by Bill Bartman, the past owner of the Chicago Bulls. It was on Setting & Achieving Goals. OK it is the new year so everyone is saying they are going to change all the bad things of 2008. I really enjoyed this so I'm going to highlight the presentation for you.

1. Make sure it's YOUR GOAL, something you truly want for yourself.
2. Don't call it a Goal....! A Harvard Study shows that 70% of all goals are not reached or completed. Yet, 98% of all Promises are kept. You should delete the term Goal and insert Promise instead. It is based on the subconscious level of how the mind works. No one wants to break a promise to anyone or themselves. The subconscious is very strong and more controlling than most of us think. So it is best to understand it and use it to our favor.
3. Clearly identify your promise. To say I want more money is not enough, add an amount, take a bank deposit slip out and write down the amount, then post it on your bathroom mirror so you see it every day. If you want a new car or truck, write down the type, get photos, brochures, test drive one. Think touch, feel, taste, smell and see, the five senses. This makes it real, not a random thought.
4. Use the tools around you. The people close to and around you. Make it a team effort. They need not know they are helping you with your promise. You have positive & negative motivators both in people and ideas. Positive motivators are the good reasons you want and need. The negative motivators are the persons or situations you use to show you can. Use that family member or friend who is always saying you can not do it and continually keep putting you down. Take their photo or write down their name and keep it where you can see it. Every time you have second thoughts about completing the task, look at it and remember what they said. More importantly, the look on their face when you complete the task.
5. Create a Promise Plan. a) What - what it is to do. b) When - when will you accomplish - mile markers / time lines. c) Where - where will you be when it happens. d) Why - why do you want this. e) Who - who do you need to help. f) How - how are you going to do this.
6. Review your Promise Plan on a regular bases. At least 20 minutes every day. Consciously, you begin to think about it, ideas, develop and create solutions. Subconsciously, it becomes important, real and an obsession. Very important to put up visual reinforcements where you can see them throughout the day. On the bathroom mirror, refrigerator door, auto dashboard, and etc. This adds to the reinforcement of the obsession.
   
7. Tell yourself you will succeed. DON'T put yourself down. BUILD yourself up...! Your voice is the most important voice you hear. You need to say to yourself all the things you need to hear every day so stay positive.
8. Tell others about your Promise. No one wants to look bad in front of others and if you can not tell others, then you lack commitment. Telling others increases your commitment level.
9. Envision your results. Build a movie in your mind where you complete the task and how you will feel. Play this movie often.
10. START...! Do not fear the past and do not fear the future, so take the first step...!
    
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