It's that time of year when I hear from so many people the dreams they have for what's next. With a new year approaching (and in this case, a new decade too), the excitement and possibilities for finally making goals happen is typically highest now.
Being in this high energy place around goals and dreams isn't a bad thing. In fact, it's great! Dreaming up what's next is so important for making new goals and dreams happen. It's so important that we see beyond our current reality and think of things beyond what we can see today. It's the first step to change!
Then, these same people spend the remainder of the year wondering why their dreams and goals aren't happening or why it feels so hard to make change happen. So they (80% in fact) give up on their annual goals by mid-February and strive to start again next year just for the cycle of dreaming and giving up to start again.
Many assume there may just be something "wrong" with them to not make their goals and dreams happen or they blame external circumstances in their life for making it too hard.
Both thoughts aren't correct though. There's likely nothing wrong with them and there are very few circumstances in the world that can keep someone from their goals (when they really want them).
The problem with the people stuck in the "I can't make my goals happen" cycle is that they're failing to recognize and complete the second (and most important) step in the goal-setting process.
In this "cutting the crap" phase, you look at all the things that are holding you back from making your goals and dreams happen. You look at things like your mindset, your relationships, and your day-to-day activities in order to understand WHY you haven't already made your dreams and goals happen today.
It's a vital process to complete to make your goals happen and it's a process that isn't always fun or easy to feel. (It's no wonder we avoid it!)
I'm currently going through my own "cut the crap" phase with a goal in my marriage. My husband and I made a recent goal to take our slightly above-average marriage and make it an exceptional marriage instead.
We've never seen (in our eyes) an exceptional marriage, so this is a big dream that we both wonder at times is even possible. I ask myself at times, "Can we do this?", "Am I crazy to even think this is possible?", "Why can't I just be happy with what we have?"
However, despite my occasional disbelief, I know I'm a goal-setting and accomplishing queen who has helped hundreds of women make their own once impossible goals and make them possible today. I know the phase we're in right now is just a phase and we'll "cut the crap" soon enough to be on the other side of things.
I believe in and know the results that the "cutting the crap" phase of goal-setting can create though so I stick with it and I know within a few months if not weeks, we'll be well on our way to making this dream a reality.
We're not a part of that 80% club anymore that quits on their goals because we know how to "cut the crap."
I want this for you too. I want you to accomplish ALL of your big goals and dreams next year. I want you to experience first-hand the beauty and magic of what it feels like to be alive in a way where you know how to make change happen.
So today on the podcast, I'm teaching you 3 steps on how to "cut the crap" in your own life so you can make your goals and dreams happen continuously in your life.
This is a powerful episode that I hope you'll listen to. It may be uncomfortable to hear some of the things that you'll need to do to "cut the crap" in your own life, but I promise the rewards will be worth it.
