Today I read a good post on a goal setting technique to help make goals more concrete to your subconscious. Sort of a twist on “fake it ’til you make it.” I found the post, of all places, on a real estate website. The article is actually a guest post by Mel Reed. Mel talks about wording your goals in such a way as to trick the mind into believing that they are a done deal. When the mind believes you are already successful, a lot of the barriers that come from anticipating the hard work coming on the road to success.
Mell goes further and says to write your goal down on a card, in past tense, date it with a future date by which you plan to achieve your goal, and sign it. He further mentions the attributes of a “SMART” goal, specific, measureable, attaintable, relevant, time-specific. I’ve discussed these (except maybe the point of goals needing to be attainable) in recent articles.
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