Five Monthly Goal Ideas That Will Change Your Life

A quick three-liner short story:

One of my friends nicknamed “Kingkong” was kicked out of the school as he was weak in his studies. However, he had one goal that one day he will be the owner of several private schools. Now he has eight schools.

A few months back, when I met him at a wedding, I was astonished to hear that he runs eight schools, and he is a multi-millionaire. We all knew him as a naughty kid with zero interest in studies. When I asked him how this has happened, he said he read his one goal over and over again for more than a year and FORGOT it about the goal in subsequent years. After a few years, he joined a school as an admin and worked there for four years. One day, when he was heading back home, a sudden thought struck him, “Why can’t I start a preliminary school?” Then he started working towards that, and very soon, his first school was born. Later the rest of the schools were born.

Kingkong became a king in his hometown, and people see him with much respect as most of the poor kids are getting a good education with less tuition fees.

How does this happen? Let us, deep-dive, into it.

When setting goals, just set goals.

Ray Dalio, in his book Principles, mentioned a five-step process to get what you want out of life, in that the first step is, to have clear goals. He says

“When setting goals, just set goals. Don’t think about how you will achieve them or what will do if something goes wrong.”

It is the first thing we should know when we set our goals. However, we always think about whether we can accomplish the goal or not. In the above case, my friend just “set” the goal and read it daily. If we keep reading our goal, it will be implanted in our subconscious mind, and it will help us accomplish our goal someday for sure.

In my case, I have a daily goal reading habit; every day, once I open my laptop, I read my goals for a minute and then kick start my daily tasks. It has done wonders in my life.

So the first step is, set the goal and read it out daily.

Monthly Goal Challenge

Are you ready for this monthly goal challenge? It is for your self-development. We are living during a pandemic caused by COVID-19, however, we can focus on ourselves and be our next version.

Prerequisite: Have a goals tracker app(for android you can download here, for apple click here) or use the old way, a diary! :)

1.Self Talk

Here I have listed two self-talk practices to improve your self-confidence level and self-esteem.

Also, if you are afraid of public speaking/or speaking in a meeting, you can overcome that using these practices.

Mirror Power:

Every morning you are spending some time in front of the mirror. You do this to enhance your beauty by some external things, for example applying a cream to your face. However, did you ever speak to yourself in front of the mirror? If not, it is time to do it from this month onwards. Look at your eyes, those eyebrows, nose, your lips, cheeks, and if you have a long foot mirror, see your entire self. Speak to your image. Remember, sub-conscious understands images faster than words. Your reflection in the mirror is your self-image. Talk to your image and speak out the positive words.

“I am the winner; I deserve a better life. I have all the abundance of this beautiful life. Today is my day; I love myself more than anyone. I am the best. I am the champion of my own life. I am a Money Magnet.”

You can say this kind of affirmation for a few minutes by seeing your image. By doing this, you have made your subconscious to believe that you are the best. So it will make a bridge between you and Universe/God and transfer your words and get the outcome as per your wish.

Shower Power:

When you are under a warm water shower, your body gets energized, and the running water stimulates all your cells all over your body. Your body and mind will be in the receiving state during this time. It is the best time to have a self-conversation with you. We have heard of many “bathroom singers” in our life. Why can’t you speak to yourself by utilizing this time and improve yourself? You can repeat all those positive affirmations and come out of the shower with much self-confidence. In this busy life, you can adequately use your shower time to shape your future.

2.Vision of success

It is one of the easiest goals. Do you envision your success? If not, try doing it from now. Hold on, before that, how do you define your success? Here is an example of the definition of success. Once you define success, start envisioning your success daily.

All the successful people on this planet have done this and achieved massive success. Spend some specific time every day and see your successful self. You will become a success.

3. Be grateful

If you are not practicing gratitude yet, have it as a goal for November and practice it daily. Being grateful has many benefits. Be thankful for what you have in your life, if you do so, you will be able to receive an abundance of blessings into your life.

You can read more about gratitude practices here.

4. Healthy Eating

Say no to processed food. Say no to soft drinks. Eat more nuts and seeds. If you do this for one month, you will be able to see the difference in your body. You will start feeling healthier. Instead of junk food, you will start finding healthy food.

Healthy eating prevents you from unwanted diseases. Replace the chips with fruits. Stop eating unhealthy evening snacks for a month. You will be a new human being after 30 days!

5. Work-Life Balance

Iused to be a workaholic person. I work late nights. I used to be at the office all the time. Later, I realized it is of NO use. We all have a personal life. We should give the same importance to personal life as we do for professional life. It should be balanced. If you are a workaholic, try to achieve this goal from this month.

All these five goals can be achieved if you track it by the end of the day. Never go twice a day without achieving all these five goals.

I wish you a blessed month ahead with loads of love, joy, and happiness.