Lets not confuse thinking about what could go wrong and being prepared. Thats the hardest goal of them all and one that mostly I feel I am alone in my pursued. I hold no lofty goals but I don't have any that would harm anyone. We all strive to be successful in our environment, sometimes its more important to know and understand where you are than where you want to go. Change isn't always bad and perhaps that is what it would take to reach a goal even if it is just to be happy. Hard to be happy when you have nothing to compare in your surroundings.
30 days of doing something that seems odd and wrong. 30 days to change 49 years worth of environmental impact. 30 days to dig out of a rut that feels as comfortable as your best friends arms.
Wake up, Jake.. The Matrix has you The red pill awaits shall we see how deep this rabbit hole gets? Operator. - I need an exit, fast
I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid. You're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world ... without you. A world without rules or controls, without borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.
I'm not a big fan of "motivational" tracts, but there has been a lot of experimental evidence accumulated in social psychology since the 1970s supporting the fundamental idea that the clearer your mental image of your goals the more likely you are to achieve them.
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I'm still having trouble deciding on a specific goal (which in and of itself is revealing)but I'll figure it out ...
I'll contribute a short mnemonic about objectives that I picked up at a management conference 30 years ago and have found useful ever since:
Objectives should be SMART:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Timely
It almost goes without saying that objectives should involve things in which you can directly affect the outcome. It does no good to set an objective that is outside the scope of your control. For example, you and I would probably agree that "World Peace" is an admirable objective, but it is hardly within the realm of direct control of most individuals; it also fails every one of the SMART criteria.
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Originally posted by Boostdreamer:
Once my wife asked me why I suggest sex so often.
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On my first day, I have been thinking about the program quite a bit. I still have not written out my notes from the recording or made my goal card but I have clearly defined what my goal is and have told several people about the program.
I also weighed myself and was happy to find that I had over-estimated my beginning weight. I was just 177 so there's one less pound to worry about! That plus the total consciousness I've been promised on my death bed are the two things that I have going for me right now!
OK, 2 days in my website has gotten more views in 2 days then the past 4 weeks combined. It took 3 e-mails to do it, plus one hour of "finesse" editing.
I have also managed to go a LONG way to have ONE (not near all) of the criminals removed from from the board of directors of a trade asssociation. THAT just took one e-mail and GETTING OFF MY AZZ to do it. LOL, kinda limits THAT fraud artists chances at future victims. (Rumor knows what I am talkin about)----funny thing about that is I already know the director of the originization from back in my 20's. Back then he was mayor and on his way to a political career, and I was Assistant manager of an airfield on my way to an Aviation career. LMAO, niether of us made it past age 35 or so on our career paths.
I wanted to share that link with someone just now, and came back to this thread to get it, but now when I click it, I get: "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Nightingale-Conant." Waaaah!
I wanted to share that link with someone just now, and came back to this thread to get it, but now when I click it, I get: "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Nightingale-Conant." Waaaah!
I have decided my goal will be to get my weight down to 160lbs. I have wanted to be there for a long time and diet and exercise just have not been enough to make it. The closest I've been has been 168. Sadly, this is the number that SHOULD be my upper limit before I get serious about it.
Today is my last day of vacation so I'll be on the road. No more huge crab leg dinners to worry about! Not having my bathroom scales with me, I'm going to estimate my current weight at 178lbs.
Here we go!!
It took a bit more than 30 days but I never lost the desire to reach my goal. I weighed myself yesterday morning and it was 157.4 LBS. Now that I'm here, I can see it isn't enough. I'm going to continue my basic strategy that I have been using but I won't have to be quite so focused on it anymore. I re-started my self-induced shoulder rehab to try to regain my diminished range of motion and to eliminate the discomfort that I have in certain positions. When I'm back to 100% or I'm satisfied that I've improved as much as possible, I'll begin lifting weights again.
