When was the last time you REALLY celebrated how far you have come instead of worrying about how much further you have to go? Are you overly critical of your progress in life? Remember that cheesy saying – “progress not perfection” – Sometimes we mistake our unconscious need for perfection for a healthy and natural drive toward progress.
I can admit that I have struggled for a long time with successful goal-setting, and I started to reflect this year on why that could be. Slowly over time, I’ve realized that the goals I start with often feel too lofty and unachievable. In other words, I don’t believe deep down that I can accomplish said goal. And in this article, I’ll talk of the importance of scaling back and starting smaller because the loftier the goal, the more time it will take for you to accomplish it. And the more time it takes to accomplish a particular goal, the more room there is for many hurdles along the way. And the more hurdles there are, the more chances you have to give up. This can have a really negative impact on your self-esteem in the long run and will discourage you from setting goals in the future. But I think there’s a reason many of us are locked into operating this way that maybe you haven’t considered…
I am absolutely one of those people whose bookshelf is filled to the brim with 50% unread material. Yet I continues to make lists of books that I MUST read day in and day out. My mind tends to grab on to and obsess over a certain subject for weeks at a time but the novelty wears off and I’m on to the next subject. NO MORE! Here is my 2017 checklist of what I will be feeding my brain(and mastering!) in the new year.