Many of us have goals that we want to achieve, but why is it that so many people simply don’t achieve them?
As you transition from where you are now, to where you want to be, you will likely pass through the following three phases to success.
If you can understand and recognise these phases, you will overcome getting stuck, and pass through to the next level as you journey towards successfully achieving your goals.
We usually start out in the first phase which is MOTIVATION.
This is where you are feeling motivated and pumped to achieve your goal.
You have had a burst of inspiration and motivation. You are committed to achieving your goals.
Doing what needs to be done feels easy in this phase.
You are excited and motivated. Everything flows because you have Motivation!!
Then somewhere along the line the motivation fades.
You don’t feel like doing what needs to be done anymore.
Something in life might have popped up to test you.
Your routine may have been disrupted and suddenly it all becomes too hard.
Where did your Motivation go?
This is where the path ends for a lot of people.
Because they don’t feel motivated anymore, they give up. Maybe not intentionally, but actions speak louder then words.
Maybe they still want the original goal, but for some reason can’t find the motivation to keep going.
Unless, they progress to Phase Two, which is SELF-DISIPLINE.
We all have things that come up in life, and we all find it easy to do the things that need to be done when we are feeling motivated.
But when the feeling of motivation disappears, as it inevitably does, we need a bit more substance to take it to the next level.
Self-Discipline, is the secret to getting from where you currently are now, to where you want to be.
It is what separates those, from those who ‘want it’ to those who ‘have it’.
Self- Discipline is what gets you up in the morning to do your early morning jog when you really would rather sleep in.
Self-Discipline is what makes you turn up to training when you have had a distraction come up which you could use as an excuse to not go.
Self-Discipline is what makes you continue to eat healthily when you are surrounded with temptation by friends or co-workers who are eating junk and questioning your new choices.
The phase of Self-Discipline is what tests your commitment.
It can be the hardest, and if you can pass through this phase, and move to the next level, you are almost there!!
The third and last phase of achieving your goals is: HABIT.
This is where doing what it takes has become a part of who you are.
It not longer takes motivation, or self-discipline, to get you to complete the actions needed to be done.
But rather you have changed.
It is now ingrained in your new personality, lifestyle and habits.
It has become an effortless part of the new person you have become.
And that is the secret to achieving long-lasting success.
“We first make our habits, then our habits make us!” John Dryden
“We become what we repeatedly do.” Sean Covey – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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