Want To Achieve Your Goals...Let's Know How?

Following are some of the most important tips I can pass along to get you going:

Goal Setting Strategy #1: Take Your Emotional Control

There is conclusive evidence that success in life flows from being happy first – we don’t get happier because we reach our goals, we reach our goals because we start in an emotionally flourishing place. If you are pessimistic, depressed or feel that the glass is always half-empty, find ways to deliberately intervene on your mood daily until you develop the habits of gratitude, mindfulness and savoring.

Goal Setting Strategy #2: Define Your Purpose

In Japan, the word for purpose is ikigai, or "that which I wake up for". Goals that align with your life's purpose are always easier to connect with and pursue when the going gets tough.

Goal Setting Strategy #3: Ask Yourself, “So what?”

Intrinsic goals are goals that we set for ourselves, and that no one else has set for us. I ask clients the “so what?” question when they share their goals with me because I’m trying to find out the meaning behind the goal, and why their lives will be more fulfilling if the goal is achieved. When we pursue paths that call us, we are happier both in the pursuit and accomplishment of those goals.

Goal Setting Strategy #5: Set Hard Goals

At the end of every day, whether we know it or not, we scan our days for highlights and things we are proud of. It’s been found that the things we’ve pursued outside our comfort zone, and that involve trying to “master” something important to us, give us “authentic self-esteem.” The more we do this, the more we believe in ourselves.