When you put into written form your goals, your dreams, and desires include as much detail as possible. Include exactly what it is that you hope to achieve or attain and describe it in terms of a portrait that you see in your mind.
You should see yourself acting the way you aspire to perform; establish a measurable quantity of what it is you want to attain; and give yourself a specific date when you see yourself in possession of your goal. You most likely have heard all of this before, but if you want more specific strategy, stay connected here and you will hopefully receive more than you expected.
My intent here is to take you beyond that place of achievement or attainment. What I am referring to is “what happens after you believe that you have arrived?” We have a sense of finally arriving when we get that thing or that feeling that we’ve been striving all along to get or to feel. This may be money, love, a new car, or success in sport.
Whatever it is that gives you a sense of fulfillment or pleasure, you will hopefully ask yourself, “Is this all there is?” What happens you’ve reached you goal? What direction do you take and what is your next move?
Here are some other questions to ask yourself. What can I take from this positive experience that I can use with future challenges? What about this experience made the biggest difference with my success? If I had to do this again, what would I change to possibly have a greater impact? How could I duplicate these results and arrive at the result sooner?
More questions would be what new skills did I learn or which old skills did I cultivate to help me succeed? How do I take this to another level?
After you have successfully achieved or attained a goal or a desire, you haven’t really arrived. What I mean by this is that you have not reached the terminal and you are ready to get off the train. There is always more and this is not about greed or dissatisfaction.
After you have discovered, revealed, and developed your new personal tools and strategies, you have only taken another step in your personal journey. T.S. Eliot explains it so clearly in this passage,
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
One of the things Eliot is saying is that we always start anew after having achieved a personal victory. Once we believe that we have arrived at something, it is time to begin the process again with a new challenge or a new exploration. We are always renewed after having achieved something, yet, we are always at the beginning when are ready to explore again. Yes, we have new tools, new insights, and new strategies but when we begin a new direction, it is as if we are beginning again. We bring with us all that we have learned and any wisdom from our previous journeys, but the thrill of taking a new road is as if we are moving for the very first time.
Make it a great day and stay connected,
Leo Llonch