I was on Clubhouse the other day & came across an interesting conversation. The host was explaining how everyone has goals, especially in the new year when people set resolutions. In January the gyms are packed, vision boards are on display, everybody’s focused and ready to tackle the new year with vigor!!
Then you get a few months into the year & the gym has thinned out and the vision boards (if they’re still on display) are being ignored.
When it’s a goal people tend to not try hard to achieve them, depending on the desired outcome. For example, going to the gym. Yeah, you may want a slimmer, more muscular or just healthier figure, but the body you have is aight enough break up with your gym membership after a few months.
Instead of setting goals I like the idea of making promises to people. Most people make promises to someone they try harder to keep them. This looks like promising your kids you’ll go to the gym so you can enjoy a longer, healthier life with them. Each time you miss a workout you have to tell your kids you let them down. Or that you prioritized something else over living a longer life with them. Yikes!
In business we talk a lot about pain points and using that to get get the potential customer to see their problem and that you have the solution to that problem. Take that same approach to your own goal setting. What pain point is going to strike a nerve in you to cause you to actually complete what you strive to do?
Instead of goals or resolutions try making promises to yourself & don’t let yourself down. What’s promise you can make to yourself today, whether business or or your personal life, that you will accomplish this month? Who will you be letting down if you don’t achieve it? Comment below!
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