Simple, Tested, Technique To Achieve Your Most Important Goal

Hello goal getter! 

I have a question for you today: If I could share something so simple it almost seems crazy that it could just be the secret to achieving more of your goals, would you be interested? 

I thought so!

It’s hard to say who first taught me this technique. It could have been any of the great goal masters – Zig Ziglar, Bob Proctor, Judy Moreo, or Mark Victor Hansen – but it’s fair to say they have all used this successfully and then written and taught about it.

There’s an old saying – don’t reinvent the wheel.  As much as possible I try to learn what other successful people are doing and then try it out for myself. 

That is what I have done with this technique.

Several years ago, 2016 to be exact, I was inspired to write a book for children to expose them at an early age to the power and the magic of setting goals.  My first grandson, Jacob, was about a year old, and every time I was around him, which was often, I settled into a state of complete joy, love and comfort. Babies do that to me, ya’ know?

Anyway, being in a relaxed state allows more of the creative side of my brain to take hold, and it came to me that I could write a story about future Jacob, and insert simple goal setting steps within it.

That was in August, 2016.  By the following April, I published (eeeeek!) The Goal House: Jacob’s Super Summer of Success.

Wrote it, edited it, worked with a designer on the cover, investigated publishing options, and eventually, settled on one that could help me get it done. 

Let me tell you, in some ways, I amazed myself that it all worked out.

There was a point though, where I was done writing and stuck on exactly how to get the draft from paper to published.

That’s when I decided to employ this technique. 

Very simply, I wrote out my goal on an index card as though it were completed.  I carried that index card with me daily until the day I published the book. Every day, I read the words on the card out loud, and spent a moment imagining how great it would feel on the day my book was published.

Why does this work?

Several things. 

Writing it down on the index card firmly established the goal in my brain, engaging the reticular activating system. 

Seeing it every day, and furthermore, speaking it out loud every day, reaffirmed my commitment and brought to mind actions that I needed to take each day to make progress. 

Taking a brief moment to feel how it would be to accomplish the goal connected it from my brain to my heart, and therefore, my emotions 

One thing I have found over time is that anything we emotionally engage in becomes an important part of our life. As a result, my little book, inspired by Jacob and written from a place of love, will exist in print for as long as books are available!

Index cards aren’t sexy – far from it. But you owe it to your goals to give this technique a try. 

Write it down. Carry it with you. Read it out loud daily. Take a mental moment to feel yourself reaching the goal. 

Then, come back here and let me know your goal success story!