Breaking Goals Into Mini-Goals…
I was watching some more videos on YouTube last night, can’t remember which one I heard this on, but it stuck out. I meant to blog it last night but got too tired 
One of the things I’ve been working on doing lately is breaking my goals into “mini-goals.” The video I watched, the speaker mentioned the same thing. It’s much easier to meet smaller goals than it is to sit there and say you want to make a BIG goal.
For example, let’s say you want to be able to run 10 miles. Starting off with that goal is very scary and also seems rather impossible. However, if you make MINI-goals that lead up to that goal, it seems all the more possible.
So, in this case, I’d say I want to run 1 mile. Once I meet that goal, I want to run 3 miles, then 5, then 7, then 10!
This way, I’m never thinking about 10 miles, just thinking about that 1 mile goal. Slowly but surely you hit your big goal anyways!
So, here’s a challenge for you. Look at your big goal in your life right now, can you break it down? Feel free to comment it below!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 12:47 am
This is an excellent point.
Put another way:
“How do you eat an elephant?”
“One bite at a time…”
Being a millionaire, a Zen master, or the holder of a PhD are all lofty goals, but they can all be accomplished… if you can break the process down into achievable pieces.
How much can you increase your income right now?
How long can you meditate right now?
What step toward your education can you take right now?
The more we break huge goals down into realistic, achievable pieces, the more we will tend to achieve them!
keep smiling,
ben
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Fighter reply on September 2, 2008 8:14 am:
Hey Ben,
You’re absolutely right! Hahah I like the elephant example…
Fighter
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