How Do You Know You Are Going to Achieve Your Goals?
Goals: What are your goals? Have you changed your goals since all these crazy times have come into being - or are you on the same path that you were already on?
I have to say that yesterday was an interesting day for me because I didn't do much of what was on my agenda - a rare occurrence for me especially of late. However, the one thing that I was very happy to finally do was to get my flight to the Dominican Republic purchased. Because this was something that was on my mind - something that needed to be done just so that I knew that I was on my way over there once I am complete here. Why 4 months in advance? Because the prices were very inexpensive compared to what it cost me to get here to Isreal 1.5 years ago, so I figured that was a great deal. With the increases in oil prices hitting the gas pumps in the US, it didn't make sense to wait.
Tad James always taught the process of "Putting Your Goal Into Your Future." The first step is to note your goal and the second step is to know what had to happen 'to know' that you had met your goal? For me, whenever it comes to air travel I know that I have made my goal was when I purchased the flight. So, it was important for my mind to settle down to get that done.
I would have to say that since my conversation with my professor here at the University of Haifa last October (at the beginning of my Master's program), that my goals have stayed the same. I knew from that point that going into peace and conflict resolution wasn't going to bring about much income as well as the fact that it is a very difficult place to see forward movement.
The beauty of the work I do in hypnotism is being able to see the shifts in my clients as they go from feeling lost and many times depressed and/or anxiety-ridden to feeling self-confident with a clear enough path to bring their compelling future into their lives. It is most gratifying and not something that one would easily leave.
However, there has always - well since I started on my journey of learning NLP and learning the various levels of proficiency in 2003 to become a trainer of hypnosis and NLP. I got my certifications back in 2007. There were a couple times I tried to put the training together, however, one needs to have partners that sends the folks to fill the seats - that's just the reality. I hadn't really built those connections till now and because of that the opportunities to really get it off the ground have only come into my personal reality very recently for which I am most grateful - doing everything in my power to allow it to unfold in a most wonderful manner.
Learning: Goals are sometimes delayed coming to you and that is okay. Sometimes we take a deter from our goals when things get a bit more difficult and come back when things open up a bit more. The main thing though is to know the step right before the goal is achieved that lets you know that your goal will be attained.
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