One Thing You Must Do If You Ever Want to Achieve Things Beyond the Ordinary

Many of us have gone through the process of setting goals.  Perhaps we followed the adage old advice to determine what you want and set realistic goals that you are capable of working hard toward and achieving.

I am all for setting realistic goals and working hard to accomplish them.  There is by no means anything wrong with that approach.

But…

What if we really want to push ourselves and do more than we ever thought was possible? What if we want to go beyond what we would consider the ordinary or the expected?

The alternaview

The alternaview is that if we really want to do things that are extraordinary, we need to do more than the ordinary goal setting.  We need to add one more type of goal to our list and go after it.

We need to put a goal on our list that we consider to be HUGE and AMAZING.  Instead of being worried about being realistic, we will make certain only that we are dreaming big and taking into consideration what we really want.

For just this one goal, we will allow ourselves to let go of any preconceived notions that we need to be practical.  We will not allow our limiting thoughts or what we think is possible to influence this goal and we will not impose our normal linear and rational thinking when it comes to setting this goal.

AND…

After we have set this goal and added it to our list, we will then start working toward it. We will not look at this goal as a “stretch” goal, but instead a goal like any other that will just require continued dedication, focus and progress one step at a time. We understand this goal may be realized well into the future, but we will position things in our life and our efforts so we can begin taking steps in the right direction.

We will begin the daily process of eliminating any and every thought that this is something beyond what we are capable of accomplishing.  We will work at chipping away any hidden doubts. We will continually envision how great we will feel when we accomplish this goal.

We will add this extra goal to our list because it will expand our thinking and what we thought would ever be possible. Just by adding this goal to the list sets us up to reach for something amazing that we may have previously decided was unrealistic or unreachable.  And, because we are reaching and working for something that is so amazing and so in line with our desires and what we feel deep down we were meant to do, there is additional positive energy and momentum added to our life overall.

So, if you haven’t done so already, why not add an AMAZING goal to your list and go after it?  Will it possibly evolve or change overtime?  Yes, most likely, but that is the way the process works.  As we work toward something, we gain more clarity and understanding and often times what we seek is refined in a way to fit perfectly into our life. However, in order to even begin the process, you have to set an AMAZING goal and start moving in the right direction…that is the alternaview.

Do you have an AMAZING goal? Do you agree with this alternaview?