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"How To Reach Any Goal You Set Without Lowering Your Expectations"

- by Veronica Lim

(c) Veronica Lim. All Rights Reserved. http://www.daregoals.com

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In 1986, Stu Mittleman set a world record for 1,000-Mile Run, covering distance in 11 days. When asked how he achieved it, Stu said that he hadn't run 1,000 miles; he had run just one mile a thousand times.

And that is how to reach any goal you set without lowering your expectations - by breaking down your goal into mini- goals to which you have no internal resistance.

You see, when we set ourselves a goal, especially "the big one" that we feel we really want, it can be daunting. Too much internal resistance comes up with thoughts along lines of, "But how?"

As a result, we feel "discouraged" or some other "not-so- good" feeling, and because we don't like that feeling, we can end up lowering our expectations or giving up on our goal altogether.

So, start by breaking down your goal into a mini-goal - something that you can handle and that you feel is achievable; a mini-goal that you feel good about. Then set yourself a deadline and go for it.

Defining exactly what you want is first step to manifesting it in your life.

If you could become anything you wanted, or succeed at anything you wanted in life, what would it be?

This first step is not a time to be "sensible." Ask yourself, "If money, relationships, time, etc. were not an issue, what would I be doing?"

Don't just talk to yourself in your head...write it down!

Write question down on a sheet of paper, then just let your mind go wild with all possibilites you've dreamed of for yourself over years.

Don't worry about HOW these possibilities may come to be. Just write until you get a sense that you're onto something.