3 Habits to Achieve Your Greatest Goals
3 Habits to Achieve Your Greatest Goals
Before you can work new habits into your life, I believe you must first experience a mental paradigm shift. You need to experience an event so powerfully motivating to you, that your beliefs, thoughts, ideals and behaviors are changed for good. In other words, your motivation must be so strong, that you want to create new thoughts and behaviors into your daily routines.
You might accomplish this naturally through different life-altering events or you might experience this change at a seminar, workshop, or through a motivational resource. However you acheive this mental shift is fine, but the end result must be a strong motivation for change.
Here are 3 of Covey's habits which I believe will effectively get your closer to your greatest goals:
Be Proactive - A proactive person's behavior stems from thoughts and values. A reactive person's behavior stems from conditions and emotions. Creating a habit of being proactive will help you handle obstacles and challenges by thinking them through. By being proactive, you will also take more actions that are directly related to your values and the principles that define who you are.
People who are reactive don't think their actions through enough. They also make decisions and take actions based on impulses and "feelings of the moment". This can result in poor decisions and negative outcomes.
First Things First - You must have a system for managing yourself and for focusing on your priorities. I highly recommend a system for tracking your actions hour-by-hour that will help you ask yourself, "How is what I'm doing right now effecting my mission and my goals?" Stephen Covey's time-management matrix is simple, quick and easy way to do just this.
Sharpen the Saw - Have you ever been so busy driving, that you forget to get gas? If you can give yourself at least 20-45 minutes every day for something physical, this will rejuvenate you in ways you aren't aware. In addition to physical exercise, you should take 15 minutes each day to visualize your goals as if you've already achieved them. You should also make time for the leisurely things that make you happy.
I recommend you practice these 3 habits everyday.
3 Habits to Achieve Your Greatest Goals - To learn more about this author, visit Michael O'Grady's Website.
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I'm a goal-oriented person. I enjoy teaching others how to go after their greatest personal and professional goals. I find that it's impossible to talk about how to achieve your goals without talking about habits. Stephen Covey, Author of "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" teaches us that habits are the overlapping of knowledge, skill and attitude. Creating good habits will help you manage your time and yourself more productively.
Before you can work new habits into your life, I believe you must first experience a mental paradigm shift. You need to experience an event so powerfully motivating to you, that your beliefs, thoughts, ideals and behaviors are changed for good. In other words, your motivation must be so strong, that you want to create new thoughts and behaviors into your daily routines.
You might accomplish this naturally through different life-altering events or you might experience this change at a seminar, workshop, or through a motivational resource. However you acheive this mental shift is fine, but the end result must be a strong motivation for change.
Here are 3 of Covey's habits which I believe will effectively get your closer to your greatest goals:
Be Proactive - A proactive person's behavior stems from thoughts and values. A reactive person's behavior stems from conditions and emotions. Creating a habit of being proactive will help you handle obstacles and challenges by thinking them through. By being proactive, you will also take more actions that are directly related to your values and the principles that define who you are.
People who are reactive don't think their actions through enough. They also make decisions and take actions based on impulses and "feelings of the moment". This can result in poor decisions and negative outcomes.
First Things First - You must have a system for managing yourself and for focusing on your priorities. I highly recommend a system for tracking your actions hour-by-hour that will help you ask yourself, "How is what I'm doing right now effecting my mission and my goals?" Stephen Covey's time-management matrix is simple, quick and easy way to do just this.
Sharpen the Saw - Have you ever been so busy driving, that you forget to get gas? If you can give yourself at least 20-45 minutes every day for something physical, this will rejuvenate you in ways you aren't aware. In addition to physical exercise, you should take 15 minutes each day to visualize your goals as if you've already achieved them. You should also make time for the leisurely things that make you happy.
I recommend you practice these 3 habits everyday.
3 Habits to Achieve Your Greatest Goals - To learn more about this author, visit Michael O'Grady's Website.
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