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The DESIRE to Achieve
adamleo
Published on June 12, 2012
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This is just my opinion but.....
Setting goals without first having a desire to achieve something specific and something that excites you is like bangin your head against a brick wall. If you have no desire to achieve something exciting, what point is there in setting goals in the first place?
I really believe that having a DESIRE that will bring you excitement or happiness in some way, shape or form, is the best driving force to help you carry on through tough times. If your just working towards making heaps of money online like most of us are, and that is your one and only goal, take a step back and try to figure out why your doing it... whats something that excites you?
It could be anything, like traveling somewhere, or something exciting you would love to do with your family, or an item you've always wanted to buy but have never been able to afford. Like I said it could be anything, but just make sure that it is something that that EXCITES you, or something that will bring you HAPPINESS.
I found that having the DESIRE to achieve something that excites me has really helped me start taking action. Taking action to both better myself personally and financially. Its given me a reason to work hard to achieve what I want to achieve.
I used to have one desire and one desire only. To make money.. and lots of it, whether it was online or offline, i didn't care. But I've come to realize that having heaps and heaps of money doesn't have to equal happiness or success. And just desiring to have MONEY was not focusing my efforts on taking one definite path towards the attainment of my goals.
I really was all over the place... trying to learn how to make money online, how to make money offline, learning about buying real estate for profits, trading the share-market. In other words I was just trying to find a way to get rich NOW. Its just not the way the world works.. unfortunately.
I was trying to learn about everything and getting nowhere in the meantime.
Focusing my efforts and actions on one path toward the attainment of my goals has made me more productive and less stressed.
So whats my big exciting desire i hear you ask....??
I want to buy a caravan and take my family traveling around Australia for a year or two. I've always wanted to do it and I get excited just thinking about it. That's why I WILL learn to earn a decent income online... so we can travel and not worry about finding jobs along the way. FREEDOM BABY...FREEDOM!!!
I know its not going to happen for at least another couple years yet but that's OK, that just means I've got time to learn the ropes of internet marketing and be able to make enough money to not have to work a 9 - 5 job while we are traveling.
Setting goals without first having a desire to achieve something specific and something that excites you is like bangin your head against a brick wall. If you have no desire to achieve something exciting, what point is there in setting goals in the first place?
I really believe that having a DESIRE that will bring you excitement or happiness in some way, shape or form, is the best driving force to help you carry on through tough times. If your just working towards making heaps of money online like most of us are, and that is your one and only goal, take a step back and try to figure out why your doing it... whats something that excites you?
It could be anything, like traveling somewhere, or something exciting you would love to do with your family, or an item you've always wanted to buy but have never been able to afford. Like I said it could be anything, but just make sure that it is something that that EXCITES you, or something that will bring you HAPPINESS.
I found that having the DESIRE to achieve something that excites me has really helped me start taking action. Taking action to both better myself personally and financially. Its given me a reason to work hard to achieve what I want to achieve.
I used to have one desire and one desire only. To make money.. and lots of it, whether it was online or offline, i didn't care. But I've come to realize that having heaps and heaps of money doesn't have to equal happiness or success. And just desiring to have MONEY was not focusing my efforts on taking one definite path towards the attainment of my goals.
I really was all over the place... trying to learn how to make money online, how to make money offline, learning about buying real estate for profits, trading the share-market. In other words I was just trying to find a way to get rich NOW. Its just not the way the world works.. unfortunately.
I was trying to learn about everything and getting nowhere in the meantime.
Focusing my efforts and actions on one path toward the attainment of my goals has made me more productive and less stressed.
So whats my big exciting desire i hear you ask....??
I want to buy a caravan and take my family traveling around Australia for a year or two. I've always wanted to do it and I get excited just thinking about it. That's why I WILL learn to earn a decent income online... so we can travel and not worry about finding jobs along the way. FREEDOM BABY...FREEDOM!!!
I know its not going to happen for at least another couple years yet but that's OK, that just means I've got time to learn the ropes of internet marketing and be able to make enough money to not have to work a 9 - 5 job while we are traveling.
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