7 Big Mistakes In Goal-Setting - #6: "Taking too much on" and Getting Discouraged
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Send to a friend by YMThere are 7 big mistakes in goal-setting, that will lead to failure and disappointment time after time. Taking too much on and getting discouraged is one of those big mistakes. Here's how to avoid it...
It can be very easy to set a big, compelling goal – and then feel overwhelmed by the perceived slog of getting there. The goal is so big, and so different from how things are now, that getting there by the deadline you have set will surely demand too much of you. And the more you think about the legwork it will take, the more discouraged you feel.
There are two things you have to do to regain your motivation.
Sometimes it isn't easy to see what you should be doing first. The smart way to decide on the sub-tasks that will form your route to the goal is to start from imagining the position of having achieved the goal already. From that perspective, ask yourself:
"What conditions had to be in place in order for this goal to be able to happen?"
Ask the same question for each of these conditions – and so on, working backwards through time until you arrive at the very first step you have to take. This gives you your route to the goal (or routes as there may be more than one way to get there).
If the first task still seems overwhelming, break it down into smaller tasks until the first step is one that you can definitely, no question, accomplish.
Remember what management guru Peter Drucker said:
"We overestimate what we can accomplish in one year, but we underestimate what we can accomplish in five".
The key is to get started.
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