’twas a long, long time ago.
I was listening to an audio series in my car when I first heard the phrase. And I was stunned by the imagery that came to mind.
The self-development speaker said, “If you don’t set goals that scare you, you’re not thinking big enough.”
Set goals that SCARE you? I thought to myself. That doesn’t make any sense at all.
Over the years I’ve heard this “set goals that scare you” refrain repeated by numerous motivational speakers. I wholeheartedly disagree.
Why?
Because fear paralyzes people. When you’re afraid it’s pretty hard to take action, to truly give a task your all.
Fear causes you to move in the opposite direction of what you want.
Instead of setting goals that “scare” you, how about setting goals that EXCITE you, goals that inspire you so much you feel compelled to get up and go?
More importantly, how about setting goals that you consciously believe in?
If you consciously believe you can achieve an objective, you’re going to successfully persuade the subconscious part of your brain to believe it, too. But if you’re “scared” when you ponder your goal, you better lose the fear if you expect to get what you want.
So many people are setting goals that frighten them – and this is one of the main reasons that these same people, year after year, feel frustrated about where they are in life.
The Zero Resistance Living way of achieving goals teaches you to eliminate negative emotions from your visualization practice. You learn to set daily goals, which are the hallmark of the super achiever.
Having a 20, 10, 5 or 1-year goal only works when you are securing plenty of daily victories that create unstoppable forward momentum.
And that’s what both you and I want to see and experience.
Set daily goals that INSPIRE you and you’ll create momentum. With daily momentum, your long-term goals can be accomplished.
See it. Feel it. Be it.
Matt Furey
