Be the Goal
Be the Goal
by Charles Lamm
External goals are the enemy, a prescription for failure. Giving your personal power away to the prison of goals guarantees defeat. Why put yourself through it?
Be the goal.
Think about all the problems you have in life that stimulate you to create goals. You even work hard to make sure your goals are measurable and have a deadline.
Few of us have not succumbed to ambitious objectives much like these:
· Lose 20 pounds before the class reunion next month.
· Become a millionaire in 5 years.
· Workout at the gym 3 times a week.
· Cut out all junk food from your diet.
· Spend 1 hour a night helping the kids with their homework.
Then, life gets in the way.
Your boss needs a proposal for your major client by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. You brew a pot of coffee, open a box of donuts, forget the gym, leave the kids to their own devices, and start to work – on your own time.
If you define success with external goals, life will assure your failure.
Be the goal.
If you are to be the financially successful, physically fit, nurturing parent you have created in your mind, no one interruption from reality can stop you from being you.
All “problems” have one common denominator – you.
Your problems do not exist without you. You and you alone are responsible for everything that happens in your life. The situation may not be your fault, but you are responsible.
How can anyone else be responsible for you?
Boss requires you to work late? It’s your responsibility.
Kids failing in school? It’s your responsibility.
Gasping for air walking up a flight of stairs? It’s your responsibility.
Allow your mind to simmer and create the solutions.
Be the goal.
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Charles Lamm is a retired attorney and a lifelong scanner who recently discovered his “affliction”. You can read this and other articles – on a variety of topics, of course – on his blog at http://www.virtualjoefriday.com or contact him by email at focus@vitaclix.com.
