{"id":1921,"date":"2017-01-25T02:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T02:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chief-exec.com\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2017-02-15T16:19:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T16:19:53","slug":"set-awesome-goals-the-rest-will-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chief-exec.com\/?p=1921","title":{"rendered":"Set \u201cawesome\u201d goals: the rest will follow"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been influenced a lot by The Last Word on Power<\/em>, a book on leadership by Tracy Goss.\u00a0 It\u2019s quite difficult to get hold of now so I\u2019ll give you the gist of it.<\/p>\n

First, we\u2019ve all got to where we are through using our \u201cwinning strategy\u201d, defined as: a lifelong unconscious formula for achieving success.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou did not design this winning strategy, it designed you. As a human being and as a leader, it is the source of your success and at the same time the source of your limitations. It defines your reality, your way of being and your way of thinking. This, in turn, focuses your attention and shapes your actions, thereby determining what\u2019s possible and not possible for you \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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Once you accept that you can learn new skills and new ways of thinking, virtually everything becomes possible. It\u2019s just a matter of finding out how<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, your winning strategy is the set of thinking patterns and actions that you\u2019ve learned to use to get what you want. It\u2019s how you set goals, how you respond to problems, how you engage with others, etc. You learned all of this without being consciously aware of any of it. It\u2019s your \u201cbackground programme\u201d that gets you through life, running underneath your conscious mind.<\/p>\n

Every winning strategy is limited in what it can achieve and the limitations of your winning strategy set the boundaries of what\u2019s possible for you.\u00a0 Anything that can\u2019t be delivered by your winning strategy is outside your \u201crealm of the possible\u201d.\u00a0 And your assessment of what\u2019s possible and what isn\u2019t is very often made unconsciously! You don\u2019t even consider many options because they\u2019re \u201cimpossible\u201d.\u00a0 You just know they are before you even look at them \u2013 so you don\u2019t look into them!<\/p>\n

If you want your life to change, then you\u2019re going to have to do some things that you haven\u2019t done before. They\u2019ll probably be outside your \u201crealm of the possible\u201d. But that doesn\u2019t mean that you can never do them. It just means you need to expand your winning strategy to bring those things inside your range of what\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n

Once you accept that you can learn new skills and new ways of thinking, virtually everything becomes possible. It\u2019s just a matter of finding out how.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not all!\u00a0 Another lesson from Tracy Goss\u2019s book is the power of committing to \u201cimpossible goals\u201d.<\/p>\n

Many of us avoid committing to anything we don\u2019t know how to do. How can you promise, even to yourself, to achieve something when you don\u2019t already know, in detail, how you\u2019ll do it? This is another aspect of the winning strategy getting in the way \u2013 it restricts you to only attempting those things that are similar to what you\u2019ve done before. So is it surprising that nothing seems to change in your life?<\/p>\n

But as soon as you commit yourself, you start to notice opportunities. It\u2019s as though your unconscious mind stops looking for reasons to do nothing and starts looking for things that move you towards your goal.<\/p>\n

For example, you could set yourself the goal of saving the equivalent of 5 per cent of your income by the end of the year. That seems fairly easy, just a matter of cutting back a little here and there. In fact it may seem so easy that you don\u2019t actually do anything about it and so fail to save anything! But you\u2019ll end up more likely with a modest nest egg and perhaps be able to afford a treat or two.<\/p>\n

In contrast, it would probably never occur to you to set out to save the equivalent of 100 per cent of your income. The idea is absurd! Clearly impossible and not worth considering for a moment.<\/p>\n

But what if you did decide that you wanted to do just that?<\/p>\n

Well, now you\u2019re going to have to do something different. You\u2019ll start to look for money-making ideas as well as money saving. Do you need a better paying job? What part-time work is available? What skills have you got that someone will pay for? What possessions can you sell? Can you make things? Can you partner with someone who\u2019s got money to start a business? Do freelance work from home? Start an online business?\u00a0 Buy and sell antiques? And the list goes on.<\/p>\n

If you decide to go for it then you\u2019ll begin noticing the opportunities that have always been there but weren\u2019t relevant to you before. You\u2019ll begin to make money.<\/p>\n

Of course, success is never guaranteed. So what if you only manage to accumulate 70 per cent of your target? Is that a failure? If someone offered you 70 per cent of your annual income in cash now, would you dismiss it as inconsequential? Of course not. You may fall short, but it will be short of a high target. If you only set out to save the 5 per cent you might not even make that!<\/p>\n

Now, your goal may have nothing to do with money, but the same principles apply. An \u201cawesome\u201d goal will move your life on. If you want it enough then you must commit to it.\u00a0 Accept that you don\u2019t know how to achieve it, but still begin to act as if you mean it. Plan the actions you know about and identify the first step. Then take that first step.<\/p>\n

The rest will follow.<\/p>\n

By David Rawlings<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"rawlings-vb2\"Email: david@changeworkcoaching.com<\/em><\/p>\n

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