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How to Make Your Goals Happen

“If you don’t have a dream, and if I don’t have a dream, how are we going to make a dream come true?”

We can do so much more than we give ourselves credit for. We have an incredible, unlimited resource available to us. In fact, it would shock most people to find out just how much could be achieved in their lifetimes if only they had tried with what was immediately available to them. Because most people do not understand how much potential they have, they limit their aspirations to the level at which they know they can achieve.

Here are just four considerations I encourage you to study and put in place in your life as you begin to set – and achieve – your goals in the year ahead.

1) Let yourself dream!

A dream is one of the most powerful forces on the planet. Dreaming is often kicked out of us as children. We’re told, instead, to start paying attention! Remember, it was only a dream that freed black people from slavery. It was only a dream to send a man to the moon. It was only a dream to abolish Communism. It’s only a dream today to cure Cancer and Aids. Only a dream? Dreams are one of the most powerful forces known to man. Remember, every major accomplishment started with a dream.

At a leading university in the United States, a study was conducted to evaluate the power of dreams and necessity of dreams. The participants were attached to brainwave monitoring devices. The machines would indicate exactly when the patients began dreaming. Whenever a person began dreaming, he or she would be awakened, interrupting these thoughts and dreams. The results came as such a shock to the team that, after 7 days, they had to abandon the project because of the serious effects on the participants when they were not allowed to dream.

The patients became neurotic. There were signs of deep, emotional upset and imbalance due to dream deprivation. Some of the patients were on the verge of insanity. The experiment was abandoned; the risk was too high.

Dreaming is essential to mental health. It is even more important to the person who desires more of the good life.

Anyone who truly wants to open the world of wealth must become a certified dreamer!

2) Recognize that you have the power to overcome your obstacles.

I call them the Goal-Sabotaging Hurdles, and unless you conquer them, you will never achieve your goals. In fact, you won’t even get off the mark until you make some strong decisions about how you react to these deadly hurdles.

People often get really charged up about some goal or dream. They start planning and designing things, then give up because they fear it might fail. How sad! Every great and noble goal has a failure factor built in. If it didn’t, everyone would have already attained that goal!

It’s so easy to get lost in this trap of Goal-Sabotaging Hurdles. Refuse to be stopped. Refuse to abandon your goal just because it looks like it might fail. Don’t let anyone convince you to stop when you know inside that you will succeed.

3) Recognize the hurdles that try to keep you from your goals.

As you work toward your goal, understand these Goal-Sabotaging Hurdles so that you will recognize them for what they are – mere hurdles.

The Lack Hurdle
Ever wonder how many great ideas were rejected because the originator of that idea did not have the time, the money, or the manpower to bring the idea into fruition? Start building and creating a great life for yourself now. It doesn’t matter what you might THINK is missing – it’s all there for you. If you hold the image of your goal in your mind, you will attract everyone and everything you need for the fulfillment of that goal. You are like a magnet.

Refuse to concentrate on lack. If your goal is big enough, the money, time, and help will all appear. Remember, the mind is like a Polaroid camera. It sees an image – in this case the dream image – and produces the physical equivalent.

The Stretch Hurdle
People often give up on a big goal because they know they will have to stretch. Stretching, for the most part, is uncomfortable so they abandon the great idea or goal. If you are to win and win big in life, you will have to learn how to be flexible.

Everyone has a comfort zone determined by previous conditioning. The important thing is to be willing to grow and to change. Succeeding in life may require you to do things that are uncomfortable. Do it anyway! Success is the important thing, not whether you did it your way or not.

The Global Hurdle
When Columbus set sail, did he have the whole picture? When you placed a deposit to buy your first house, did you know exactly where the rest of the down payment would come from?

Most people feel they must reject dreams or goals because they don’t have the whole or global picture. They aren’t sure of all the composite parts, so they throw in the towel. Keep ideas flowing and give them time to germinate.

They can’t grow if you yank them out of the ground simply because you don’t know exactly how the whole thing will pan out.

The Success Hurdle
People fear failure … but many also fear success. As human beings, our very nature is to be afraid of that which we do not understand. The reason many fear success is due to the fact that they have never experienced it. You will often hear these people say, “Money will make you greedy and evil,” when in truth, money has nothing to do with it. Poor and rich alike suffer from greed and/or evil behavior.

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir man’s blood
and probably will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and in work, remembering that a noble and logical diagram will not die.

People will get you to reject an idea or goal because there may be something wrong with it. There’s something wrong with every good idea. What’s wrong with these folks?! Let’s keep the goal, even with its imperfections. So you don’t have the whole solution today, so what? Our good friend, Dr. Robert Schuller, said it best: “There are no problems, there’s only a shortage of ideas.”

The Impossible Hurdle
Nothing is impossible! Erase that word from your vocabulary. Thomas Edison was branded as being “slow” by his teachers. He left school after only three months of formal education. He burned down his father’s barn and used to sit on eggs to try to make them hatch. He was branded a misfit by society, yet he went on to become one of the greatest inventors of all time, creating over 1,000 inventions including the electric light, phonograph and movie camera.

People are limited by their own beliefs. They give up because they perceive something is impossible. What was Edison told when he wanted to invent a light bulb? He did it anyway! They told Henry Ford that it was impossible to mass- produce the automobile, but he did it. They told Alexander Graham Bell that he could not create the telephone, but he did it. While one person is deciding why something will not work, another is making it work!

The Hard Work Hurdle
Never reject an idea, dream or goal simply because it will be hard work. Success rarely comes without it. The thing is to keep the idea alive long enough to be able to devote enough energy and/or resources toward the goal to see it comes to pass.

The world of welfare and broken dreams is full of people who refuse to advance themselves because they won’t work hard. If you want to move ahead and design the life you want, then stick with it and keep moving forward, one step at a time.

All too often, people abandon their goals because of the work it requires at the beginning. Reaching a goal is like pushing a snowball down a hill. You push and push at the start, until you make it so big that the snowball starts to roll on its own.

4) Understand the difference between goal setting vs. goal achieving.

Stop for a moment and consider the world of difference between goal setting and goal achieving. I think both are necessary but people rarely understand the vast difference between the two.

Goal setting is largely an intellectual process of determining the direction of your goals. It involves using your mental faculties to create a picture on the screen of your mind.

Goal achieving is the process of getting emotionally involved in that idea and moving in the direction of that picture through your actions.

Here are some practical action steps you can take today to move the mental picture of your goal into practical form:

• Identify a major goal that is challenging and emotional to you. By that, I mean a goal that you are genuinely excited about.
• Write the date for the attainment of your goal.
• Choose a goal that you’ve never achieved before. To set a goal to lose 20 pounds in 90 days is not a goal if you’ve achieved this same goal in the past.
• Develop a specific plan for attaining your goal.
• Make a list of people, organizations and publications that might assist you in achieving your goal.
• Begin thinking, feeling, and acting as if you already have the goal in your possession. This is where real dreaming comes in!
• Consider solely how the goal can be reached; refuse to accept, even for a second, that is cannot be reached. Retreat is not an option.
• Carry your goal with you on a Goal Card and read it several times each day.

If you could have anything you wanted in life, what would it be? If you could do anything you wanted, or be whatever you wanted, what would you choose?

Understand this: You can have, do or be, anything you want! It’s a choice and it’s your choice. Begin today! I’ve given you the compass – now stay on course.

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Zing Up Your Life With These Positive Thinking Exercises

It is said that tough times never last, but tough people do. One often wonders what is the driving force behind their infallibility. Come to think of it, one reason could be optimism. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for people to come out trumps after dealing with difficult situations in their lives. Almost all have encountered tough and frustrating phases in their lives. However, it is necessary to cut out the negativity, and this can be achieved by indulging in some positive affirmations. It is not to say that only if one is going through a period of wreckage everywhere, one should follow these techniques and it would get them out of the mess. Instead, these exercises have to be done regularly to enable one to tackle the good as well as bad times and that too with a balanced state of mind.

It is believed that one's thoughts govern one's words, which reaches the brain, and then, the brain converts those into actions. Hence, one should guide his/her thoughts towards something positive if they are tending towards depression and negativity, because that would have an impact on how one behaves. One can visualize a positive image and think about the things that make one happy, and try to keep the negativity in check.

One should always try to use positive words while talking. Never say 'I can't'. One should just believe that he/she can or he/she would try their hardest or give their best. Thus, one would have to push themselves towards it. Constantly say things to yourself like, 'I can', 'I will', 'I believe in myself'. Another aspect is to play around with words that make one happy and instils confidence in them. Make sure that the words used evoke power and a sense of achievement.

If one mutters affirmations just for the sake of doing so, it would all be futile. For these affirmations to work, one would have to believe in themselves. One should have the faith that he/she would succeed and that one would get what he/she wants. Better still, just believe that one has got there.

Usually, people tend to crib about what went wrong. Instead, one should be grateful for all the good things that he/she has got and then see the difference. One should begin their day with a big thank you in advance, for the wonderful day that has come. This is a very effective method to infuse positivity in our lives. 

One should make a list of all the things that one wants in their life and visualize how he/she is going to get them. One should justify to himself/herself as to why one deserve these things and why one is going to get these things. One should focus on the reasons for him/her getting it, instead of why he/she might not get it.

Usually, people tend to crib about what went wrong. Instead, one should be grateful for all the good things that he/she has got and then see the difference. One should begin their day with a big thank you in advance, for the wonderful day that has come. This is a very effective method to infuse positivity in our lives.

They say that every coin has two sides. Each situation of one's life is also like that. It is just that sometimes only one side is perceived. Of course, unfortunate things do happen. However, one should try to see what could have happened and what has been a positive outcome of that unfortunate incident. See the good part, as every cloud has a silver lining.

One should indulge in some activity everyday, which would makes him/her happy and aid in forgetting about all the worldly worries and tensions of mere mortals. It could be hitting a gym, joining a dance or music class, listening to music, reading a book, cooking or anything under the sun. Once the relaxing effect of these activities, trickles down, one would get into that positive mode. This is one of the most easiest tips.

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What's Stopping You? Getting Rid of the Barriers

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What Is Really Stopping You From Achieving Your Goals?

You may not be lazy, incapable or lacking ambition. Sometimes the thing standing between you and the life you want is something far more understandable — and far more possible to change.

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A Note From the Elite VIP Circle Editorial Team

At Elite VIP Circle, we don't believe there is always one book, one idea or one expert with every answer.

When we research an area of personal growth, we often find that different authors are describing the same underlying struggle from different angles. One may help you understand the beliefs shaping your behaviour. Another may help you understand fear. Another may give you practical tools for taking action when confidence hasn't arrived yet.

That is why we occasionally recommend a small collection of two or three books rather than presenting one book as the complete answer. Read together, the right books can become a collaboration of ideas — helping you see the same problem differently and gradually move your mindset into a stronger place for real, lasting change.

This article is designed to help you reflect, identify what may be keeping you stuck and choose a practical next step. It is not a judgement on where you are today.

There are people walking around right now with dreams they have carried for years.

A business they wanted to start.

A healthier life they promised themselves they would create.

A career change they keep thinking about.

A qualification they would love to achieve.

A new chapter they know, somewhere deep down, they are capable of beginning.

And yet nothing changes.

After a while, it becomes tempting to come to a painful conclusion:

“Maybe I'm just not disciplined enough.”

“Maybe I'm lazy.”

“Maybe successful people simply have something I don't.”

But that explanation is often far too simple.

Sometimes people don't move forward because they lack ambition.

Sometimes they don't move forward because they are frightened.

Sometimes the goal feels so large that they don't know where to begin.

Sometimes they have spent years repeating the same internal story about who they are and what they are capable of.

And sometimes they are waiting for confidence before taking action — without realising that confidence often comes after we begin, not before.

The good news is this:

You don't have to fix your entire life today.

You simply need to become more honest about what is really stopping you — because once you can see the obstacle clearly, you have a much better chance of finding a way around it.

1. You Are Afraid of Failing

Fear has stopped more dreams than a lack of talent ever will.

You may not even describe yourself as frightened. Instead, fear can disguise itself as procrastination, overthinking, perfectionism or endlessly waiting for the “right time”.

You might think:

• What if I try and fail?
• What will people think?
• What if I've wasted my money?
• What if I discover I'm not good enough?
• What if everyone else can do this better than me?

The problem is that avoiding the goal can feel safer in the short term.

If you don't apply, you can't be rejected.

If you don't launch the business, nobody can criticise it.

If you don't try, you never have to discover whether you might fail.

But there is a cost to that safety.

A different question to ask yourself:

“What might I learn if I allowed myself to make a small attempt?”

Your first attempt does not have to define you.

It can simply be information.

An experiment.

A first step that teaches you something you didn't know before.

2. Your Goal Has Become Too Big in Your Mind

Some goals are so large that they become emotionally exhausting before we have even started.

“Start a business.”

“Change my career.”

“Get healthy.”

“Sort my finances out.”

The problem with goals like these is that they don't tell you what to do on Tuesday morning.

Your brain sees the entire mountain at once.

And sometimes the mountain feels impossible.

Try changing the question.

Instead of asking, “How am I going to achieve this?” ask, “What is the next small thing I can physically do?”

Perhaps the next step is:

• Researching one business idea for 20 minutes.
• Going for one walk.
• Opening the document you have been avoiding.
• Making one phone call.
• Clearing one drawer.
• Learning one new skill.

You do not need to complete the whole journey today.

You only need to stop standing at the beginning of it.

3. You Have Started Believing Your Own Story About Yourself

This is where mindset becomes incredibly important.

Most of us have internal stories we repeat without even noticing.

Perhaps yours sound familiar:

• “I'm not a confident person.”
• “I'm terrible with money.”
• “I'm not good with technology.”
• “People like me don't start businesses.”
• “I'm too old to start again.”
• “I've never been disciplined.”

The danger is that eventually these statements stop sounding like opinions.

They start sounding like facts.

But a belief you have repeated for years is not automatically the truth.

Try replacing identity statements with learning statements.

Instead of “I'm not good with technology,” try:

“I haven't learned how to do this yet.”

That one word — yet — creates room for growth.

You don't have to pretend you already know how to do something.

You simply have to allow yourself to become someone who can learn.

4. You Are Waiting to Feel Confident Before You Begin

This is one of the biggest traps.

People often believe confidence must come first.

They think:

“Once I feel confident, I'll apply for the job.”

“Once I feel confident, I'll start the business.”

“Once I feel confident, I'll finally put myself out there.”

But confidence can be difficult to create without evidence.

And where does that evidence come from?

From doing something.

You take a small step.

You survive it.

You learn something.

You take another step.

And slowly, almost without noticing, your relationship with yourself begins to change.

Confidence is not always the ticket you need before entering the room. Sometimes it is what you build by walking through the door.

5. You Are Trying to Change Without Changing the System Around You

Motivation is wonderful when it arrives.

But motivation is not a reliable long-term business plan for your life.

There will be days when you are tired.

Days when life gets complicated.

Days when you don't feel inspired.

That is why systems matter.

A system asks:

• When will I do this?
• Where will I do it?
• What will make it easier?
• What will I do when I don't feel motivated?
• How will I know that I'm making progress?

Instead of relying on a burst of enthusiasm, you create something that can carry you through ordinary life.

A simple example:

Instead of saying:

“I need to work on my future more.”

Try:

“Every Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm, I will spend 30 minutes working on one task that moves my future forward.”

A Simple Goal Reset You Can Start Today

If you have been feeling stuck for a long time, don't try to reinvent yourself overnight.

Start here instead.

1. Choose one thing that genuinely matters to you.

2. Write down what has honestly been stopping you.

3. Make the next step small enough that you could do it even on a difficult day.

4. Decide exactly when you will do it.

5. Repeat before you judge yourself.

That last part matters.

We are often far too quick to turn one missed day into a story about who we are.

You miss a workout and decide you're not disciplined.

You delay a project and decide you're lazy.

You make a mistake and decide you're not capable.

But one difficult day is not your identity.

One mistake is not your future.

And being stuck today does not mean you will always be stuck.

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Three Books We Recommend Reading Together

These three books approach personal change from different directions — but together they create a powerful conversation about belief, fear, confidence and action.

Mindset — Dr Carol S. Dweck

This is the book to begin with if you want to understand how your beliefs about ability and potential can influence the way you approach challenges.

If you have spent years believing that you are simply “not the kind of person” who succeeds at something, Mindset can help you question whether that story has become a limitation you no longer need to carry.

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The Confidence Gap — Russ Harris

This book tackles one of the biggest misunderstandings about confidence: the belief that you have to feel ready before you take action.

For anyone who has been waiting to feel more certain, more capable or less afraid before moving forward, this book offers a different perspective — that meaningful action can happen alongside uncertainty.

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Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway — Susan Jeffers

This classic book speaks directly to the experience so many people have when they know they want something different — but fear keeps appearing every time they consider taking the next step.

Its message is refreshingly human: you may not need to eliminate fear before you move forward. Sometimes the real work is learning how to stop allowing fear to make every important decision for you.

View Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway here →

Why We Think These Three Books Work Well Together

Mindset helps you question the beliefs you have formed about yourself. The Confidence Gap helps you understand why waiting to feel confident can keep you stuck. Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway brings the conversation back to one essential truth: fear may still be present when you decide to move forward.

Together, they offer three different perspectives on the same journey — changing how you think, changing how you relate to fear and changing what you are willing to do next.

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It Is Not Too Late

If you have been stuck for months — or even years — please don't use that fact as evidence against yourself.

The fact that something hasn't happened yet does not automatically mean it never will.

Perhaps you needed more information.

Perhaps you needed time.

Perhaps you needed to understand what was really happening beneath the surface.

Or perhaps you simply needed to stop demanding that you become fearless before allowing yourself to begin.

You don't need to know exactly how your whole future will unfold.

You just need to become willing to take one honest step towards it.

Your life can change in ways that are difficult to imagine from the place where you are standing today.

Not because everything will suddenly become easy.

But because the moment you begin to see yourself differently, you may start making different decisions.

And different decisions, repeated over time, can take you somewhere completely new.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do I keep setting goals but never achieving them?

The problem is not always a lack of motivation. Goals can fail because they are too vague, too overwhelming, emotionally difficult to begin or unsupported by a practical system. Identifying the real barrier is often more useful than blaming yourself.

How do I stop being afraid of failure?

Rather than waiting for fear to disappear completely, try making the next step smaller. Treat early attempts as opportunities to learn rather than tests of your worth. Small action can gradually build experience and confidence.

Do I need confidence before I start?

Not necessarily. Confidence often develops through experience. Taking small, manageable actions can help you build evidence that you are capable of learning and moving forward.

What is the best first step when I feel completely overwhelmed?

Make the goal smaller. Ask yourself what physical action you could complete in the next 10 or 15 minutes. The aim is not to solve your whole life today — it is to create movement.

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