{"id":87,"date":"2016-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foreo.com\/mysa\/?p=87"},"modified":"2022-03-02T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T10:42:00","slug":"secret-achieving-your-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foreo.com\/mysa\/secret-achieving-your-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret to Achieving Your Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the importance of short-term goals<\/p>\n

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Goals might be intimidating. They might seem far away and even impossible. It\u2019s easy to look around your current company and see no hope for advancement. It\u2019s easy to peek into the gym and see nothing but scary machines and fit exercisers. It\u2019s easy to look at your credit card balance and see no chance for future saving.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s why they say achieving your goals isn\u2019t easy. Forming new habits<\/a> isn\u2019t easy, but it\u2019s the only way to get what you want<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Part of the secret to forming new habits successfully is to start small. Keep focused on the task immediately at hand. Achieve what needs to be achieved next. It\u2019s much easier to run a marathon when you\u2019re simply putting one foot in front of the other.<\/p>\n

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Conventional wisdom advises to start with the end in mind. While that might help, don\u2019t let your ultimate end goal discourage you, either. Big goals aren\u2019t realized over night. They\u2019re accomplished when you realize a series of short-term goals, one after the other after the other.<\/p>\n

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How long will your goal really <\/em>take?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Before setting out towards an identified goal, first take a realistic view on how long that goal will take you to achieve. The reason that crash diets don\u2019t work in the long run is because they\u2019re not sustainable – not to mention the damage they\u2019re liable to do to your health. In fact, even if you experience initial significant weight loss, you\u2019re actually likely to put even more weight back on than you had lost – that\u2019s why they\u2019re called yo-yo diets.<\/p>\n

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If finding a healthy weight for your body is your goal, be realistic about how long that is likely to take. If you\u2019re a woman who wants to lose about 30 pounds of fat and gain 5 to 10 pounds of muscle, you\u2019re not going to get there in a month, three months or even six months. This kind of physical progress takes at least a year of dedicated, hard work. It takes an overhaul of your lifestyle.<\/p>\n

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Same goes for searching for a new job, moving up at your current company, or saving for a big expense like a pet, a car or a diamond ring. Job hunts can take a year of improving your resume (get a friend who works in HR to help you edit it), working with head-hunters and agencies, scouring LinkedIn, reaching out to friends and former classmates and attending networking events. Moving up at your current company means making your goals clearly known to your supervisors and getting and implementing their feedback on how you can improve yourself and your chances of getting ahead. Saving for a big expense means putting some money aside every month for the sake of achieving a significant sum at the end of the year (or the next year).<\/p>\n

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The bottom line is: be realistic about the timeline of your goals.<\/p>\n

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Goals are really just a series of short-term goals<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Once you\u2019ve come to the terms with the fact that your Rome-sized goal won\u2019t be built in a day, don\u2019t lose hope. Identifying a do-able timeline is a crucial step to achieving a goal.<\/p>\n

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Simply acknowledging that your goal will take a long time is only the first step, though. After that, it\u2019s time to break down your big goal into what it really is: a series of short-term goals.<\/p>\n

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Achieving extraordinary things means big changes in your lifestyle, and changes in lifestyle mean starting with your day-to-day habits.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s why the secret to achieving anything big begins with your smallest daily habits. As the saying goes, take it one day at a time, stay patient and you\u2019ll be much more likely to see results.<\/p>\n

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Make yourself a new schedule<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Change your day by taking control of your time. Often we\u2019re too busy to sit down and assess if we\u2019re using our time as wisely as we could be, but remember: your time is one of your most valuable possessions.<\/p>\n

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Invest a half hour into sitting down and planning out how you will restructure your day. For example:<\/p>\n

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