Accomplishing Goals

Build your confidence by thinking positively, encouraging others, and being thankful for what you have.

Your mind is an amazing thing.  You can train it to help you in accomplishing goals.  If you consistently picture yourself accomplishing goals, eventually this picture becomes part of you.  By keeping this picture in your mind, over time you start reacting in a way that makes the picture in your mind a reality.  The key, though, is to feed your mind with positive thoughts and reject the negative ones.  Successful people have a positive attitude.  Through positive thinking, they are confident accomplishing goals is something they will do. There is huge power in positive thinking.  Successful people never let negative thoughts overcome them and they stay focused on their goal.  They know that letting negative thoughts enter their minds creates a self-fulfilling prophecy where they will eventually fail at something.  You have to believe in yourself and accomplishing goals you set out to do.  Make sure positive thoughts about your goal are the last ones you think of before you go to sleep and the first ones you think of when you wake up in the morning.

Accomplishing goals is believing in yourself!

Accomplishing Goals Exercise

Over the next month set a goal and accomplish it.

1. Think of a goal that can be accomplished within the next 30 days.  The goal could be, for example, getting an A on a test or report, becoming a better musician on the musical instrument of your choice, or trying to be more patient with your brother or sister.
   
   
2. Write that goal down.  The key to this exercise is to put the idea of your goal in your mind and reinforce it.  By writing it down, you begin the process of reinforcing the goal.  Try to place the goal you have written down somewhere you can see it each day.  You can put it in as many places as you like… the more the better! Taping it to the mirror, putting on your school notebook, or placing it on a desk at home are great examples of places to put the reminder of your goal.

3. After writing the goal down, start Immediately doing something necessary for you to accomplish this goal.  By starting the process now of accomplishing your goal you have committed yourself to the goal.  For example, if getting an “A” on your math test is the goal, after writing it down, either start studying at that moment or pick a time when you are 100% committed to studying.

4. Repeat the goal to yourself throughout the day.  As soon as you wake up, think of the goal.  When you go to sleep, think of your goal.

5. Do not let any negative thoughts interfere with your belief that you can accomplish your goal.  Picture yourself accomplishing your goal.

6. Do whatever work you have to do in order to accomplish your goal.  Failure is not an option. This means you must practice, study, and put full-effort into your goal

7. At the end of the time period, you will accomplish your goal if you stay with your plan and are committed to it.

8. As you will look back at achieving your goal, accomplishing it will not be the only thing that you achieve.  You will also develop the skills necessary to accomplish your future goals.