Setting Goals *AND* Achieving Them!
THE KEY ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS
One of the most valuable suggestions which can be implanted through hypnosis consists of only eight words: ?What your mind can conceive, YOU can achieve!? There is no message more important, for the statement can be applied to any goal, physical, mental, or spiritual.
The mind is a powerhouse, capable of accomplishments beyond the most vivid imagination. To achieve the potential implied by the above statement, four key elements are necessary:
Given the above elements, the fact remains: ?What your mind can conceive, you can achieve.? The mind conceives through visualization, which comes easier for some people than others. Yet it can be learned and acquired ? hypnotism can help in this?and the benefits last a lifetime. But it is essential to learn how to set and achieve goals. Implanting the procedures and techniques through hypnosis is very helpful.
THE PROBLEM WITH GOAL SETTING
Most people have dreams?of success, wealth, love, career advancement, resolution of problems or whatever. Few carry them through planning to achievement. Learning special techniques under the retention power of hypnosis can help in the achievement of dreams.
One of the major problems in setting goals and achieving career advancement has been described as the ?Playpen Syndrome.? It begins virtually at birth, when young children are naturally very suggestible. They want to be liked. They learn from parents, teachers and authority figures that if they do what they are told, they will be liked. If they create problems, they won?t be liked.
Young children are placed by parents in a playpen where they are considered safe and out of trouble. They become comfortable in that environment. They are out of the way, they are fed, changed, watched?taken care of. And they are liked because they do not create problems. They are left in the playpen where their needs are met, they don?t get into trouble, and they are liked. But they are not encouraged to learn or advance.
Many children grow up in a playpen. In sports activities, they are allowed to play on teams regardless of their proficiency at the sport, without real motivation to improve. Later, in a working environment, unions cater to their needs, save their jobs regardless of their skills (or lack thereof), determine their wages and benefits, fight their battles, etc. And the government itself provides the biggest playpen of all, attempting to meet needs and plan the future, without any incentive to become self-sufficient. The playpen syndrome fosters mediocrity, and it is promoted by people and agencies who want to avoid being bothered by ambition, creativity, new ideas or progress.
PLAN FOR PERSONAL GROWTH & TAKE ACTION
ESCAPE FROM THE PLAYPEN
Hypnosis, through special programming that features goal setting and achievement, provides a way out of the playpen. Effective goal setting requires both a sense of completion and a reward. The major problem most people encounter in setting goals is that the goals are long-term in nature. A young, new employee decides to be president of the company. A student wants to become a doctor, lawyer, politician, even president. A goal-setter even less oriented decides the goal is to become a millionaire. These are accomplishment goals. Most people set them; excuses are easy, failure is frequent, there is no accountability.
Activity goals form the foundations of success. They consist of what must be done to reach an accomplishment goal. They are short term in nature. They are the steps to success. The student sets his first goal as achieving a creditable grade on his first test. Another goal might be passing a mid-term examination. Still another could be preparation of a final term paper that is outstanding ? steps in earning entrance into medical school, from which, after completing numerous other activity goals, the accomplishment goal of doctor may be realized.
THE ULTIMATE PRIZE: AVOIDANCE OF MEDIOCRITY!
Each short-term activity goal, once accomplished, provides the essential sense of completion, and motivation to undertake the next step. And each such completion should be accompanied by self-recognition, a reward of the successful step. The step-by-step process of sequential short-term activity goals completed and rewarded forms the pathway to achievement.
A model for success might be as follows: 1) Set one realistic, achievable accomplishment goal. 2) Access its benefits for emotional motivation. 3) Analyze the obstacles?if they exceed benefits, failure is assured. 4) Determine the knowledge and skills required. 5) Make a list of resources who can help. 6) Design your plan of action?outline the sequence of steps you need to take to reach your goal. 7) Set a deadline, which establishes accountability. 8) Take the next action step on your plan! Without action, it is just a plan and nothing is gained. 9) After several actions, assess results, and either stay the course or make adjust for better success. 10) Repeat steps 8 and 9 until the goal is achieved. 11) Acknowledge and reward yourself.
Goal setting can provide the ladder to escape from the playpen. Hypnosis can provide new perspective, boost motivation, release limiting beliefs, increase confidence, raise energy, sharpen mental toughness and resilience, and harness creativity to form innovative solutions. All success starts in the mind.
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