Ready – AIM - Fire

…review of the READY phase…

So far in this series I have written that leaders set the pace.  If that is the case, then part of setting the pace is setting goals. 

In the READY phase I wrote that in order to achieve a goal it must be your goal and it must be written down.

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AIM

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As you take AIM at your goals I invite you to avoid the most common pitfall most people make when setting goals and that is creating excuses based on external conditions.

If you want to achieve a goal, realize you CANNOT wait for external conditions to change but you must start where you are!!

Ok Ron… “what do you mean by external conditions and starting where I am?”

Answer:

I will make this as simple as I can.  The number one most set goal in the world is to lose weight.  As for me, it is easy to say things like this…

“As soon as I learn to eat better I will exercise.”

“I will start to eat better when I have time to exercise.”

“It is to hot to run.”

“It is to cold to run.”

You see, eating, exercising, running in the heat, or running in the cold are all EXTERNAL CONDITIONS.  And where I am, well, I am fat!

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The moral of the story… if I choose to wait for the perfect conditions to form, I will never start working toward my goal.

Monday Challenge…

1. Identify your goals.
2. Write them down.
3. Own them.

Identify the external conditions that will not change but only serve as excuses not to begin.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!