When you set a goal, and also every time when you write down you goal or speak it to yourself, you are giving instructions to goal seeking part of your brain called reticular activating system. This part of your brain cannot tell difference between 'truth' and 'fiction'. Your mind will help you achieve your goal regardless of time deadlines.

Second, most goals gurus say that you should set goals which, in your own mind, are realistically achievable. The other opinion is that you should set goals which are possible but extremely unlikely. I prefer to set goals which I consider to be realistically achievable. Your mind will only help you if your self image believes that goal is possible. You can read more about this in my article on psycho-cybernetics

You might also find it useful to read my article on setting goals which gives advice on other elements of goal setting.

But this word “disillusionment”… it makes me wonder… It makes me wonder how I came to be disillusioned. Because to come to a place of “disillusionment” must mean I had an “illusion” in first place. And I guess that this illusion might have been shaped by wonders of Disney and hopes of romance and magic in a future and values set by society of time: work hard for a living and marry for life – in other words grow up, be a hero and marry a princess.

But what are your illusions, my new friend? What did you hope to have found in life before you stumbled on my article? Who did you hope to be? Who did you hope to love? And where did it all go wrong?

But I have some other questions for you before you go: what if all that experience has come to you for your greater good? What if you could understand it? What if you could use it? What if you could rise above it? What if you could now become that hero you always dreamed you would be and reconnect with that world of romance, adventure and wonder?

What if everything in your life had a purpose? What if you have a life purpose? What if that life purpose were to set out with an illusion, find opposite of that illusion – disillusionment – and then rediscover original illusion so you could ultimately experience true magic and wonder of life and live happily ever after?

Perhaps all difficulty is worthwhile. Perhaps all our troubles have true meaning, my friend and perhaps we are now ready to experience magic this world has to offer. I guess we must also remember that even Walt Disney himself had his challenges: I understand he slept rough in his office because he couldn’t afford accommodation and even had no shoes left to wear when he finally got invited to a meeting that changed his life, and all of ours. What will you do improve in your life? Novelist and personal development writer, Neil Millar invites you to join his free newsletter at Unstoppable Life and get his free e-book Greater Steps to Happiness as a thank you for joining his readership. www.unstoppablelife.com