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Much of this will boil down to willpower. Also, the underst<strong>and</strong>ing between what you want <strong>and</strong><br />
what you need.<br />
You might want to sit <strong>and</strong> eat pizza every night or drink beer with your pals every night. However,<br />
what you need will be much different. So, making the right decision is essential. I’m not saying to be<br />
a bore <strong>and</strong> not enjoy life, I’m simply saying to think about making the correct choices based on<br />
what your current goals are.<br />
So, what is a goal?<br />
Footballers run up <strong>and</strong> down a field with a ball trying to put that ball into the back of a net. When<br />
they succeed they celebrate, return to the start <strong>and</strong> do it again. This is a consistent thing. This is<br />
what we do in life. We set a goal. Then Chase it. Once we have achieved it we celebrate it <strong>and</strong> then<br />
start a new goal.<br />
The key here is all about how to achieve that goal. It’s about underst<strong>and</strong>ing that to achieve your<br />
goals there will be barriers involved…like defenders in football. There is always something (or<br />
someone) trying to stop us from achieving them. So, ask yourself now, has there been a goal that<br />
you wanted to achieve but never managed because a barrier came into play <strong>and</strong> stopped you? It<br />
doesn’t matter how big or how small. I bet honestly …there was!<br />
You must prepare yourself when setting out new goals. You need to prepare yourself for all the<br />
barriers that will appear in front of you <strong>and</strong> all the reoccurring temptations that once ruled your life.<br />
Goals become dreams when consistency slips <strong>and</strong> when mentally you give up on that goal <strong>and</strong> that<br />
goal goes back to becoming the dream you once had.<br />
As I said, it’s easy to want to make a change because you must…. It’s much harder to maintain that<br />
vision to obtain the dream when things become tough or routine.<br />
Don’t be that person. Be patient <strong>and</strong> hard working.<br />
Or else all your goals become dreams.<br />
An easy way to adhere to your goals is to make them SMART <strong>and</strong> write them down!<br />
S - What is your specific goal?<br />
M – How do you measure your goals how meaningful or motivational are they?<br />
A – How achievable are your goals <strong>and</strong> attainable?<br />
R – How realistic are your goals?<br />
T – Time based <strong>and</strong> trackable. How will you track this?<br />
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