Archive for: August 2009

By Anthony D Carter

Goal setting involves dreaming, planning, and work. When you use these three components of goal setting you lay the foundation for your success.

By Anthony D Carter

Harboring thoughts of past failures. Dwelling on failure only brings more of it. When you waste your time obsessing over your past failures you will miss present opportunities. Your focus on your failures will drain all of your initiative. You are not motivated to try again when you feel if will result in continued failure.

By Anthony D Carter

Too many targets. When you try to hit too many goals you wind up hitting none. You can stretch yourself too thin when you strive to hit multiple goals at the same time. You will become frustrated. You will also experience minimal success with each goal. Lack of success and confusion will sap your motivation.

By Anthony D Carter

Picking the wrong goal. When we choose a goal because everyone else is doing it or because we think it would be something that is nice to have then we set ourselves up for failure before we even start. When the going gets tough we will not continue with the required dedication that is necessary accomplish the goal.

By Anthony D Carter

“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” ~ Mark Victor Hansen.

By Anthony D Carter

Impersonal. A goal that someone gives you is not the same as having your own goal. Going after a goal simply because someone else is going after that goal doesn’t offer you the same fulfillment that striving to hit your own does.

By Anthony Carter

Misplaced Focus. When you focus on the problems more than you focus on your objectives you are doomed to eventually fail. Failure springs from confusion and doubt. You set yourself up to receive both of these when you allow thoughts of problems and potential obstacles to fill your mind.

By Anthony D Carter

Not Writing It Down. Goals that are not written tend to get forgotten. In the normal day to day activities our goals get lost. Because we don’t have them written down we don’t see them enough to impress them upon our thoughts. Out of sight out of mind.

By Anthony D Carter

When attempting to get motivated half of the battle is won by just getting started. A big part of the other half is won by the act of keeping on keeping on.

By Anthony D Carter

In order to succeed it is best to surround yourself with successful people. People who are going somewhere and doing things with their lives provide you with inspiration. They also give you a model to pattern your work habits after.