One-Step plan to reach all of your Goals

I'm reminded of the short tale "Another Check Mark On the List" from the first edition of Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen's "Chicken Soup for the Soul." A 15-year-old boy called John decided to make a list of objectives one rainy day when it was too gloomy to go outdoors and play. John kept penning until he had 127 objectives. Their ambitions included exploring the Nile River, hiking high mountain peaks throughout the world and learning 3 foreign languages. He also desired to play numerous musical instruments and be a featured participant in a Rose Bowl Parade.

John has accomplished 108 of the 127 objectives he outlined more than 60 years ago. He will reach 109 years old if he lives to be 75. (he listed "live to see the 21st Century"). How did John accomplish all of his objectives? He recorded them.

Write it down, write it down, and keep writing it down in the first step!

Have you ever been ready to jot down a New Year's resolution or another objective you thought you desired, only to find yourself putting it off? Did you still need to fulfill the same resolution or objective from the previous year? What causes this to occur?

The internal voice that tells you "I am not good enough or deserving enough to be in possession of the rewards gained from attaining my objective" causes it to happen. "I've been set up for failure,"

A motivating saying that I just read went, "If you can't write it down, you can't accomplish it."

Let's give that some thought for a moment. You could create lists of things to do each day to manage your household, carry out your duties at work, or organize a trip for business or pleasure. How often do you actually write down everything you desire in life?

How many short-term and long-term objectives do you list?

Now, when considering your goals, concentrate on certain concepts and phrases that relate to them. When you write them down, pay close attention to those words and concepts.

Have you ever found your fingers flitting over the keyboard when writing a letter, business report, or term paper?

Could the act of physically typing words into a page, which is a representation of an item, an idea, or a feeling, truly spark a subconscious connection?

That does, I think. While communicating verbally on paper, you must subconsciously analyze the information.

Your incredibly strong subconscious mind is directly assisting you while you create your list of goals. Why not use the power of your mind to accomplish your objectives?

Your day planner, on paper, and hung on your walls should all contain your goals. Sticky notes with your goals on them should be stuck to windows or the mirror in the restroom.

Your body works toward your objectives every time you put them on paper. The objectives are becoming more and more distinct. Your subconscious mind immediately projects the roadmap you develop by putting down your goals, and it is being carried out.

The following statement was jotted down daily 15 times by a now-famous syndicated cartoonist. "I want to write cartoons for publications." Even on days when he didn't feel like a syndicated cartoonist, he continued to do this every single day. The "Dilbert Cartoon's" originator, Scott Adams, is now a well-known, full-time syndicated cartoonist. Scott "I recorded it. Saying, "I am a syndicated cartoonist," is one approach to express that objective in a more positive and immediate context." Act as though you have already attained the objective. You feel much less strain when doing your everyday tasks when you assume the new position. After that, you become used to it.

Whenever you go, list your objectives. Consider John, the 15-year-old goal achiever from the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" fable, as you write them down. What suggestions would John, who is now in his seventies, have for you if you asked him, "What is the most crucial thing I can do to attain my goals?"

John will whisper these three words in your ear; write it down.

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