Thursday, April 23, 2009

What is the Next Step? - 4 Ideas For Personal Goals You Can Start on Today

Have you recently had a realization that you have been slacking a little in life? No matter. By setting yourself some personal goals you can regain that feeling of power again.

EXERCISE

Why not start a new exercise regime? If you are unfit then start taking really small baby steps and concentrate on cementing the habit of exercise before doing anything drastic. If you are already relatively healthy then set yourself some lofty goals for the next year. Sign up for a marathon and that can be your deadline.

POSITIVE THINKING

This one is underrated. Some of the most successful people around are positive thinkers. They do not think "I cannot do this", instead they think "how can I make this work?" and if something goes wrong they realize that all people make mistakes. Try and catch yourself thinking negatively and turn it into a positive by trying to see the bright side.

MEDITATION

Meditation has recently been shown scientifically to have a whole host of benefits. Physical, mental, emotional etc. Take 10 minutes each morning to sit down and simply concentrate on your breathing. If a thought comes up then just accept its presence and return to concentrating on your breathing.

This helps to reduce stress and increase concentration, helping you be more "in the moment" and not worrying about something that could happen.

CAREER

If you feel not totally satisfied with your career, you could set goals there. Why not start working harder or more efficiently and make sure that the boss notices. You can set a SMART goal to be promoted within a year and to increase your income by 10% for example.

Honestly though, what you need as the foundation for all of these goals is a good goal setting system. You can not build a house without the foundation right? What do most successful people do? They have a good goal setting system and work it consistently and reap the fantastic rewards.

Now the problem is, how do we set those goals and successfully achieve them? To get this essential part of your life sorted towards manifesting the life you love and deserve Click Here.

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