"What do I need to do now to be where I want to be tomorrow?"
- Stephen Covey
Reading this morning and this quote rang true to me. It is sometimes a difficult question to answer.
How do we evaluate if we are making progress? Draw back on who you want to be and your goals. Think about your recent accomplishments - what did you do yesterday? What have done in the past week or month?
Have you ever made goals, whether it be short-term or long-term goals, and at the time of creating them you were extremely motivated or driven to achieve?
This happens all the time. We so often lose sight of our goals because of a few missing components. One of the most common elements that, when absent, prevents forward progress is the reason why.
The goals you have trouble making progress towards.... why did you set them in the first place? If for vain or selfish reasons it is often extremely difficult to continue making steps towards their achievement. If you lack a concrete reason why you hope to achieve each particular goal, it is extremely easy to spin your wheels.
When this is the case, go back to the drawing board. Perhaps you want to either change the goal itself, or think deeply about the meaning behind it. How would accomplishing that goal make you feel? How would it improve your life? Would it positively influence people other than yourself? How and why? Attach deep meaning and really evaluate your purpose.
Once you've clearly defined your objectives - you will start to have more purposed driven daily activities. Successful habits and practicing gratitude become much more natural and self-fulfilling.
Remember, it is okay to be ambitious. Everyone should have their own mountain to climb. Everyone should feel a daily sense of challenge. Life is about to the journey. We must remind ourselves of this journey as often as we can. And we must also pause to reflect on the steps we've taken to become who we are today.
If you look back at who you were last year, two years ago, 5 years ago... and view yourself today. Are you proud of what you see? Celebrate the path you've traveled upon to land where you are now. I guarantee everyone has had their own challenges, road blocks, and adventures.
Reflect often. Evaluate the choices and decisions you've made in the recent past. As we grow older and our time becomes more valuable, your mind must mature as you acquire the wisdom of years. We must become more aware of how we spend our time, or we risk losing it to meaningless events, people, and actions.
Now hopefully these posts have been thought provoking. My goal is to empower at least one person's thoughts enough so that he or she passes along the same empowerment to another individual, and together we can create a larger ripple upon this world.
So - what are you going to do today that will take you one step forward towards your ultimate destination?
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