Are You Living Your Goal?

After Labor Day we enter a productive time of year. But sometimes we may find it challenging to stay on task.
Do you let your mind wander? Welcome interruptions? Get sucked into social media, extra coffee breaks or other?
If you find yourself slipping out of the “work mode” these motivational quotes may help get your mind where it needs to be.

Inspirational Quotes

• “It seems the harder I work, the more luck I have.” – Thomas Jefferson
• “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
• Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill
• Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein
• I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. –Florence Nightengale
• You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky
• The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart
• Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone
• The mind is everything. What you think you become. –Buddha
• Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs
• “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” ? Friedrich Nietzsche
• As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. –Johann Wolfgang von Goeth

Purpose and Perseverance Are Keys to Success

After thousands of efforts to make the electric light bulb, Thomas Edison said, “I haven’t failed, I’ve identified 10,000 ways that it doesn’t work.” Helen Keller, Abraham Lincoln, Marie Curie and an endless list of other contributors to humankind found that success inevitably arrives for all who persevere in pursuing their purpose.

Do you persevere? Or, after meeting rejection or difficulties, do you quit?

Tips for Persevering

- Clarify your goal. Base it on your purpose, needs and abilities. Know why you want this goal and how you and others will benefit.

- Intend to achieve your goal. Outline your goal, strategies and timeline. Identify people and resources that can help you attain it. Break the goal into small steps, working backward from your desired outcome and attainment date.

- Maintain optimism. Expect good things. Keep a daily diary of good experiences.

- Acknowledge accomplishments. Judge these against personal standards of self improvements. Have the courage of your convictions. Don’t change for others or compare yourself with them.

- Live in the present. Don’t dwell on the past or worry about what might happen. Let go of attachments. The more attached you are to something, the greater the fear of losing it.

- Try new experiences. Experiment with new ways of improving a product or service.. Investigate how successful individuals or teams have achieved similar goals.

- Care for mind, body, emotions and spirit. Schedule quiet times to think and reassess. Practice stress relievers such as deep breathing and exercise. Get sufficient sleep, eat healthy, and take time for fun and friends.

- Experience yourself living your goal today. Hold your desired outcome firmly in your mind. See, smell, touch, and hear aspects of your goal. Each morning upon rising, review your goal. Repeat the process at night.

- Persist. Focus on goals daily. At regular intervals, ask yourself whether your activities are moving you forward.