As it’s the first part of January, the blogosphere is filled with posts about New Year’s resolutions, how to set them, and how to achieve them. It’s interesting to read so many different perspectives. It’s a subject that saturates blogs at the beginning of every year, but to tell you the truth, I can’t get enough of them. I even wrote my own of sorts, and just want to remind all of you of my own viewpoint on the matter. If you want to achieve any goal in life, keep these things in mind:
- Take constant action each and every day towards your goal
- Be patient. Big goals take time. It will be hard, but it will be worth it!
- Be prepared for setbacks, and know how you will deal with them.
- Finally, my friends, simply be phenomenal. You all have the potential in you. Find it. Live it.
Now get those fists in the air, it’s time to give a shout out to my favorite posts of the week.
Posts That Make Me Fist Pump
- Finding Accountability from Red Debted Stepchild
- Are You Busy, or Are You Making Progress? from Money Crush
- The #1 Culprit Behind Your Goal Failures from The Heavy Purse
- How Does Travel Hacking Affect Your Credit? from The Broke and Beautiful Life
- How To Turn Your Resolution Into A Goal (And Actually Accomplish Something!) from I Heart Budgets
I definitely struggle with patience, but I have persistence down pat, which I’ve found is totally key in achieving success.
Persistence is a great attribute, Stefanie. Just keep hammering away until you succeed!
Be patient is a good reminder. Sometimes things are out of your control, no sense wasting time and energy on these things.
The problem with not having patience, Brian, is that many people don’t get the success as fast as they want it, and then just give up. If you want something bad enough, it shouldn’t matter how long it takes to achieve it!
Thank you for the shout-out, Travis. I appreciate the support! Have a great weekend!
Anytime, Shannon – thanks for dropping in, and for your support!
“simply be phenomenal. You all have the potential in you. Find it. Live it” I learned this lesson last month when we kept our grocery budget at $215 dollars last month. We all do indeed have the potential in us to be phenomenal! Inspiring words, my friend. Thank you. 🙂
$215 for the whole month, Laurie? That IS phenomenal – way to go!
Being patient and knowing you are going to fail on your goals are important. I make it a point to explain to others that you will fail, but that doesn’t mean you should give up. Rather, it means you need to look back on where you went wrong, make the changes and try again.
Failing is a learning process. As long as you keep trying, you will eventually get it right. You have to keep pushing and growing as a person and when you do, you will fail, simply because you are trying something new. Don’t see it as the end, see it as an opportunity to shine.
I’m not sure I agree that you should know that you’re going to fail, Don. Make mistakes along the way, or have setbacks, yes….but I think you should go in expecting to succeed. I do agree that failure is a learning process, and to continue hammering away until you succeed – thanks for sharing your thoughts, Don!