Goals! - Where to Stick them!
Goal-setting is the single most productive action you can take in pursuing a successful life (however you personally define success). The thing about setting goals, however, is that you can’t set them and forget them. They must be engraved into your mind so that your subconscious can get to work on them for you. Even if you have 10 goals at one time, you need to be able to rhyme them off the top of your head (including dates) in order to expect success.
A Little bit of NLP
This is because we all receive about two million pieces of data through our sensory channels each second. That’s a lot! We then delete, generalize and distort this information so that we only process seven (plus or minus two) ‘chunks’ of data, which comes to around 134 pieces per second. This means that out of everything that is happening, we only focus, and therefore only experience a very, very small portion of what’s actually going on around us. If you h
aven’t programmed your goals into your mind deep enough, your brain simply doesn’t know what to look out for and bring to your attention.
If you have succeeded in anchoring your goals into your subconscious mind you will find that help is appearing everywhere! That’s right, the universe is conspiring to help you achieve your goals. I once heard that described as being paranoid in reverse! “Whoops, just found $20, there goes the universe trying to help me again!”
9 Ways to Program your Goals into you Subconscious Mind
Okay, so it’s a given that we would all like to take advantage of this in order to ensure the attainment of our goals. So here goes, here’s 9 ways I have come up with to carve your goals the bark of your brain for good!
1. Put your Goals on your Computer’s Desktop - One of my favorite! I simply take a picture I like from the net, open it in image editing software like Photoshop or even Paint and write my goals onto it. Then when I choose this image as my desktop background I am confronted by my goals every time I’m on my computer (which is a lot! 
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2. Stick your Goals to a Mirror- Very simple. Whichever mirror you use most e.g. the one in the bathroom that you wash your face and brush your teeth in front of, that’s where your goals will go. You’ll then see your goals at least once in the morning and again at night.
3. Your desk at work - If you work in an office it makes sense to have your goals on cards or even taped to your desk. This, of course, only applies if you don’t mind others seeing them.
4. On your mobile phone - Edit your mobile phone background or screen saver to display your goals. You might only get one goal on there so make it a good one.
5. Stick your goals on your Notice Board - Some times referred to as a Dream Board by some Personal Development enthusiasts. Yes it’s very important to have a written version of your goals up beside all of those pictures.
6. Create a Vision Statement - If you still haven’t done this you are missing out. Add your goals to your vision statement to make it compelling. To find out how to make one see here.
7. The Ceiling of your Bedroom- This way your goals will be the first thing you see when you wake up. If you sleep on your side, put them on the wall beside you. It’s what Jack Canfield did with his goal for making $100,000 in a year. He achieved his goal and then went on to make a million (and millions more since).
8. Carry ‘Goal Cards’ - Write your goals on little cards and carry them in your pocket. When you’ve some free time simply take them out and read them. Even if the only free time you get at work is when you’re ‘dropping the kids off at the pool’ - use it! What else are you going to look at in this situation anyway?
9. Create Neuro-Associations - If you know your goals, you don’t need to physically see them to be reminded of them. You can easily create an association for any goal to any object. Let’s say that you want to earn $70,000 this year, you can repeat the goal over and over again while looking at your car keys or even visualizing them. Then state, “Every time I see my car keys I will know that I will earn $70,000 by December 31 2008.” The association will stick and you won’t be able to pick up your car keys without re-enforcing your goal.
If any of you guys use any methods for implanting your goals into your mind please let me know.
Mark McManus
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