We all want to get there in as little time and pain, as possible. No matter what it is, our logic tells us to take the path of least resistance.
If you haven’t noticed, that path leads no where. It takes you directly to the place where you don’t want to be or back to square one – with the other average people.
The entire point is to get to your goal. You start and you hit an obstacle. That’s what happens. You figure it out (hooray!) and then you continue. Something happens that sets you back two steps. You deal with it.
Your belief in reaching your goal is strong, but a few months in, your faith begins to get a little shaky. “There has to be a better way,” you think.
Doing your best, you come up with a plan and switch your game up. That seems to help! Once again, you’re making progress. You can see the top of the mountain and you’re getting closer and closer.
After turning down dinner with friends, working through the weekends and remaining disciplined and focused, you finally reach your goal!
Congratulations! This is what it takes. Too many of us want the quick and easy way to the end. We want to see it before we even start to move towards it, just to be sure it’ll get us to where we want to be. The only way is to start and feel your way until you get there.
Everyone wants to see the path before they take it.
The Goalden Lady
We can plan that path, but understand that it will not always lead to the desired destination. It’s up to us to not quit – go back to the drawing board and create a new path.
Change the path, not the goal.
Let’s take football, for example. The object of the game is to get to your side of the field, with the football and score a touchdown. Every play that your team makes is important. Sometimes, your team will fumble the football and set you back 20 yards.
Then, you use another plan to throw the ball down the field. It could get intercepted or your team mate could catch it and run as far as they can, without getting tackled.
Or, you could pass the football to the running back for them to run as far as they can, while avoiding getting tackled by the other team.
Your team never stops, even if the ball is turned over to the opposing team – they keep trying with a different plan, to score a touchdown.
Even if the odds are against you to make a touchdown, you can still make an attempt to kick a field goal to get some points (which is still progress).
Both teams change their plans many times to reach their goal, but they never stop. When someone gets hurt, the game may stop for a while, but it continues. The goal still has to be accomplished.
This is how it is with your goals. Have a mindset that never quits. People will ‘tackle’ you and try to push you out of bounds (or away from your goal). Like the relentless football player, you must keep moving down the field until you score a touchdown. There’s no other way.
It’s time to play ‘football’ with your life. Never stop reaching for success. The clock hasn’t run out. Until then, you can keep changing and adjusting your plan an infinite number of times.
Change your path and adjust as often as you need to, but remember to keep the goal in front of you, at all times.
#BeGoalden