You can have the ‘best life ever’ 

Defining Goals

Let’s clarify some differences in what we perceive as a goal.
There are two types of goals, Emotional and Physical.

1.   The emotional type:

• I want to be rich
• I want a new house
• I want to be healthy

An emotional goal is ‘wishing’ and ‘wanting’.  It has no benchmark.  Like saying ‘I want to be rich’.  So What? Not to disregard the emotion, but it is what it is, until you define it.

A physical goal is a want or desire that has been defined and can be acted upon. 

2.   The physical type:

•   I intend to make $5,000 a month.
•    I intend to be smoke free.
•    I intend to build a retirement fund.
•   I intend to be healthy, Etc.

See the difference? Want versus Intent. To validate the meaning, ask and answer some relevant questions. WWHWW.  Why? Who? How? What? When?  Read the book ‘The Power Of Intention” by Dr. Wayne Dyer.

Here’s a big one; ‘I want to be rich!’ [emotional] Q:

·         Why do I want to be rich?

·         Who, besides myself, will benefit?

·         How would my life be different?

·         What tools do I need?

·         When will it happen?

The Answers change the focus to the physical part of the goal:

·         Why?  =security

·         Who?  =Family

·         How?  =Avenues

·         What? =Amounts

·         When? =set dates

The statement ‘I want to be healthy’ [emotional] 

As it’s written, is a ‘want’, it has no definition until you ask & answer:

• Why do I want to be healthy?
• Who will benefit from it?
• How will I get from here to there
• What does it mean to me?
• When will it happen?

It has no specific aim unless or until you NAME it.  The defining moment comes when you can say:

• ‘I intend to be smoke free’,
• ‘I intend to weigh — pounds’, etc.

NAME IT, CLAIM IT.  With an I CAN DO IT Attitude!