{"id":14465,"date":"2013-01-29T13:27:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T21:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/\/new\/\/?p=14465"},"modified":"2015-07-21T07:32:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T14:32:00","slug":"how-to-achieve-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/how-to-achieve-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"How to achieve goals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14458 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bigstock-Smart-Goals-12586949-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"bigstock-Smart-Goals-12586949\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>How to achieve goals?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mywholelife.net\/\">life coach<\/a>\u00a0one of my primary responsibilities is to help my clients achieve their personal goals. \u00a0Here are 3 very simple tips that will help you along your way to achieve your resolutions and goals for this year and feel more successful :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Clarity<\/span>:\u00a0 It&#8217;s important that you create\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SMART_criteria\">S-M-A-R-T goals<\/a>\u00a0( Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time Bound) to start off with.\u00a0 Most people stop at just writing a goal statement, but I find my clients with the best results go the next step and ask &#8220;what do you want with respect to your goal?&#8221;.\u00a0 This is where the higher-level purpose of your goal reveals itself.\u00a0 In the sample below,\u00a0 the higher-level purpose is to look and feel good, be healthy, and have more energy.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s say Feb 15th rolls by and you have lost 5 lbs (vs. your goal of 7lbs) but achieve your higher level purpose and you look and feel great.\u00a0 Most people don&#8217;t care about missing the goal by 2lbs and still feel successful because they achieved their higher level purpose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Motivation<\/span>: Most goal statements lack meaning, passion, or purpose. \u00a0Infuse your goal with energy and get clear with &#8220;why&#8221; your goal matters in the first place.\u00a0 There are two types of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motivation\">motivations<\/a>\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b>intrinsic and extrinsic.\u00a0 In the example below, the intrinsic reward is a higher sense of self-worth, diminishing a sense of guilt, and a better outlook on life itself.\u00a0 Now, that&#8217;s rewarding.\u00a0 An extrinsic reward may be something more tangible.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s say the client rewards their weight loss by buying a new dress. \u00a0Spend a few minutes figuring out if you need both types and what those rewards may be.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Support<\/span>: \u00a0While the American pioneering way is to forge unknown territory by ourselves, we can dramatically increase our likelihood of success by finding a friend, and\/or getting professional help to achieve goal.\u00a0 Support can come from anyone and many places. \u00a0Think about your past successes and what helped you move to the next level, was it a book? a friend to keep you company? a professional coach? and start reaching out for help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SAMPLE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SMART GOAL: I want to lose 7 pounds by Feb 15th.<\/li>\n<li>What do you want with respect to your goal?\u00a0 I want to look good in my jeans and\u00a0 the extra weight makes everything feel sort of tight.\u00a0 When I reach my ideal weight, I just feel better emotionally and have more energy.\u00a0 Plus, I like the feeling of eating healthy and feeling strong and fit.<\/li>\n<li>How will your life be different when you get what you want? I won&#8217;t have to be deploying my energy thinking about how I look and feeling bad. I can stop my negative self-talk. I&#8217;ll feel more attractive and more positive about things that itself will be attract other positive things in my life.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll fit into my expensive jeans, which will make me feel less guilty about buying them in the first place.<\/li>\n<li>What specific resources do you need to get this outcome? I like structure so a book with meal plans will help. I need to have a friend keep me accountable and would like a work-out buddy especially for weight work outs which I dread.\u00a0 I need to save money, so maybe a group class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take the 15-30 minutes to consider these outlined questions above and the reward will be more clarity, motivation, and the support you need to achieve your goals.<\/p>\n<p>The most tricky obstacle in achieving your goals are our attachments.\u00a0 For example, my attachment to eating dessert with my family keeps me from achieving my personal goal.\u00a0 Unwinding these attachments are hard because they often relate to specific benefits you get. \u00a0We&#8217;ve called in the experts to help you get to the next level of inner discovery.\u00a0 My radio show with Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr. will cover attachments and how they may interfere with your goals. Make sure to tune in tomorrow at 1:00-1:30PT (4:00-4:30 ET).\u00a0 To get more great resources like above go to:\u00a0<a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/Gideon\/Documents\/CBS%20Sky%20Radio\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\">www.fireitupwithcj.com<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/\">https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to achieve goals?\u00a0 As a\u00a0life coach\u00a0one of my primary responsibilities is to help my clients achieve their personal goals. \u00a0Here are 3 very simple tips that will help you along your way to achieve your resolutions and goals for this year and feel more successful : Clarity:\u00a0 It&#8217;s important that you create\u00a0S-M-A-R-T goals\u00a0( Specific,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[4224,590,4221,2947,4226,4217,4223,1689,4225,4219,4220,2808,4222,1657,3105,4218,4227,878,4216,3036],"class_list":["post-14465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-self-awareness"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bigstock-Smart-Goals-12586949-150x1501-compressed.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14465"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22049,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14465\/revisions\/22049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14465"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=14465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}