10,000 Push Ups & Beyond!!!

Lets talk about Goal Setting!!!
Lets talk about all the things that can be!!!
Lets talk about Goal Achieving!!!

Ok so, I'm not a rapper but maybe a ranter.

My rant today has to do with Goal Setting... because the Goals YOU set are the Goals you GET!!!

Now there are Long Term and Short Term Goals. In this case I wanted to share with you this amazing feeling that I had the other day.

Now one of my short-term goals is pretty simple (Grin). I would like to achieve 10,000 Push Ups by January 31st!!! I know, seems like a lot right? Well there are several steps that must happen. These steps are most important to getting started and to following through with your goals.

#1 - Pick something you want to achieve and WRITE IT DOWN!!!
This makes your dream a reality by being written down on something tangible.
EXAMPLE - 10,000 Push Ups!!!

#2 - Set a Deadline or Day and Time that you want to achieve it.
This gives it a sense of urgency and time to make it happen.
EXAMPLE - By January 31st, 2009!!!

#3 - Create a Plan with Action Steps to make it happen.
This has to happen in order to take the steps to achieve it.
EXAMPLE - 10,000 / 31 Days = 323 (roughly) Push Ups per day!!! Now my plan actually involves doing less per day and building up to 323+ to compensate in the later weeks.

#4 - Tell Everyone About IT!!!!
This keeps you honest and gives you the extra motivation so that you have to prove your words right.
EXAMPLE - Well I've been telling my students about it. I'm telling you here, and I've even begun telling others in different customer service areas that I have visited.

Here is something pretty cool, by telling so many of these people, I have noticed a new fire in their eyes. The kind of spark that says they are ready to go achieve their goals too. Very cool!!!

Speaking of achieving your goals, you know the old saying... "it's not the end result but it's the journey or process to get there"? Well I've been doing about 150 push ups a day prior to January 1st. They all felt the same. Just push ups.

What was different was when I did my first set of 150 push ups in January. Now those felt completely different. So much that I was up lifted to a completely different plain. These push ups were not just regular push ups. They were the one's that counted towards something bigger. Oh what a feeling!!! These were they ones that counted towards my big goal, 10,000 push ups!!! Too bad we don't always think that way about our every day tasks huh?

Take these Simple Action Steps and you will have a chance to make it to your Goals. Now that is called Achievement. I'll see you at the Finish Line!!!