Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3

[Jake2015]

Hi @Shannon ,

I was wondering if you could talk about how to create a strong "why" or "reason" or "purpose" for sticking through something very difficult.

I recently accomplished a goal of mine that was driving me to success. Now that I have accomplished it, I feel very little motivation for persevering and continuing on.

The key is to have the right number and type of goals. Having a goal is great, but you need to have goals in place to take up the slack when you achieve that next goal you're going for. That's why when I advise people on success, I tell them to choose at least one long term goal. By long term, I mean, will probably require decades to achieve.

To do this you need to think BIG. Take off those self imposed limitations and throw away those self limiting beliefs. Aim for the stars. If you could do anything, be anything, have anything... what would you choose to do, be, have? What sparks you, motivates you, fires you up, makes you passionate? What would make you want to get up every day and jump out of bed and run to go work on it?

That is what you want for your long term goals.

Then, figure out what you need to do to get to the long term goals in 2 or more steps. Sort those into your medium and short term goals.

Then break up those goals into bite sized steps that you can make take you all the way there. No matter what goal you achieve, you should always have another, bigger goal waiting to replace it.

Think big, and aim for the stars, because the only thing stopping you from doing, being, having whatever you want... is your own limiting beliefs and a lack of organization and action to achieve those goals.

Which would be the best sub to help with this LTU?