10 tools to achieve your goals

1. Choose the right goals

First, make sure the goal is yours. Not your parents, partner, or you ten years ago. Then check if the path to the goal is associated with pleasing actions. If you like making money, you will not whine every morning: "Oh my God, go again to turn around the damn millions, as much as you can!"

Those who love physical activity do not need to kick themselves into the gym. They reach the desired shape many times faster than those who, with a sincere hatred of physical education, train according to the same program.

Set only one goal for each area of your life. Otherwise, they can compete with each other. For example, starting a business and getting promoted should be separated in time. It is optimal to have two large targets at the same time. So you will not get stuck on just one goal or stupidly sprayed on several at once.

2. Focus on the process, not the results

Do you know why most of your dreams never turn into completed projects? The problem is purely result-oriented. It's one thing to want to be a rock star and be on stage in the spotlight. It’s quite another to want to rub your fingers into the blood on the strings, rehearsing the same solos every day.

Study Setting goals around tasks, not outcomes, is the best way to improve performance, a study shows. shows that people are more likely to achieve their goals when they focus on process rather than results.

In 1911, travelers Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen staged a race to the South Pole. Amundsen had a rule: every day, both in the sun and in a blizzard, his team walked 20 miles. In clear weather, when it was possible to walk 30 or even 50 miles, Amundsen stopped people after crossing 20 miles and arranged a halt. As a result, every morning, his team members were ready to move on.

Scott's team hid in tents when the blizzard began. And in sunny weather I tried to walk as much as possible - 30-40 miles. After such marathons, people fell off their feet, and the night's sleep was not enough to recover. Naturally, Amundsen's people came to the South Pole first. Robert Scott's group died on the way back.

Forcing yourself to do something when you don't feel like it is not the most difficult thing. The hardest part is to stop when everything works out, when you are in the flow. Use all your willpower to stop in time. To walk only 20 miles when you can walk twice as long. For every extra mile you have traveled, you will pay two missed mile when your body becomes sick from fatigue.

10. Build a healthy environment

Find people who believe in you, and not skeptically claim that you suffer from bullshit. Life is too short to waste on haters and couch critics. It's good if your loved ones go to their goals themselves. The environment example is contagious.

If there is a stupor, find a person who is walking towards a similar goal. Help him achieve it. Changing your perspective on a problem will have a huge impact on your productivity.

Reassess your social circle. Take a look at people 5-10 years older than you. Especially on those with whom you see weekly: with a huge probability this is your future. Are you satisfied with this state of affairs? On the way to new goals, the old, though beloved, environment is often weeded out. This is fine. Just go ahead, your like-minded people are already there.