Thursday, November 09, 2006

Easily Reach Your Goals With ASS

Easily Reach Your Goals With ASS by Rueben Carter

Goals are essential to creating a life filled with passion and prosperity. Whether it's obtaining financial freedom, mastering a foreign language, or being a great parent, goals provide a sense of purpose and achievement.

Okay, enough of the blabbering. You know the importance of goals, so why waste your precious time. This article was written to provide you with CONCRETE methods of goal fulfillment. By the time you've finished reading this article, you'll have learned how to reach your goals in a way that is both simple and convenient.

Reaching your goals is simple if you do it the right way. You're about to learn a method of goal reaching that'll make your goals easier to achieve, and will result in producing a sense of fulfillment and purpose. This system is based on the proven effectiveness of using your ASS.

If you aren't a complete idiot or pervert, you've probably guessed that ASS is an acronym.

So how do I use ASS to reach my goals? I'm glad you asked!

The first step in goal reaching is to ASPIRE.

Aspire to achieve something worthwhile. Something that will make a positive impact in your life or someone else's. Your goal must be noble enough to create a burning desire. You've got to be hungry for achievement. We often waste precious time by setting goals that we darn well know we won't accomplish. I hope you are at the point in your life where you know yourself well enough to know what motivates you, and what makes you excited.

I used to aspire to be a doctor. And that was one of the stupidest aspirations I've ever had. I really had no interest in all of the sciences and math that one must study in order to become a doctor. I did not want to be in school for all of my life. And I sure as hell didn't care about the ribosomes in the rough endoplasmic reticulum during protein synthesis. I was only interested in the financial benefits and social respect of becoming a doctor.

Be sure to choose a goal that you have a great interest in achieving. Most people set goals that they don't want to achieve. They only want the benefits of respect or monetary gain that comes from achieving such goals.

When you set your goal, make it something that you will be interested in a year from now. A year from now, will you still be interested in learning Spanish? Will it be relevant, useful, or worthwhile? Are you willing to work on it every day and will stop at nothing to achieve this goal? If not, you'll be wasting your time by pursuing this goal, because chances are you're not going to fulfill it.

Aspire to accomplish something that you will stop at nothing to achieve.

The next step in goal reaching is to SPECIFY.

What exactly do you want to achieve? What is your deadline for achieving it?

It's not very practical to set goals such as, "I want to have a lot of money by next year." You have to be very specific, and there's an important reason for this. The clearer you are in the definition of what you want to achieve, the easier it'll be for you to work towards achieving it. You wouldn't use a world atlas to find out how to get to Birmingham. You need a more specific map.

When you are specific in your mission, your brain is wired to become more aware of things relevant to your desires and the important things on your mind. Ever notice when you buy a new car, you start to notice all the other cars on the road just like yours? An effect similar to this is effectuated when you create specific goals. You are better able to identify the things that will help you reach your goals, and you will be more focused in achieving them.

Instead of setting general goals like "I will learn Spanish," set more specific goals with a time limit. "I will enroll in Berlitz Spanish classes by Friday of November 10th."

You will find that by creating more specific goals, a sense of urgency will ignite. This will increase your ambition and urge you to reach your goal before the deadline. A specific goal serves like your anal boss who tells you to have that project completed tomorrow if you like your job. With bills and kids to support, can you afford not to complete that project? Heck no!

Specify your goals and give yourself a time limit to accomplish them.

The last step in goal reaching is to SIMPLIFY.

Which would you rather do? Drink three gallons of breast milk, or drink 48 cups of breast milk? If you've actually answered that question, you're a weirdo.

It's often very convenient to break a large task into several smaller tasks. Let's say you have to write a term paper on the hazards of being stuck in an elevator with someone else's fart. Instead of doing the assignment all at once, you can break it down into smaller steps. First you can conduct scientific research on the properties of farts and the process of farting. Then you can weigh the significance of your findings. You might write an outline, rough draft, and then a final draft. You can even do this over a period of a few days.

Breaking tasks down not only makes the task get done quicker, but it also increases your confidence and your motivation once you accomplish each smaller task.

Simplifying your goals can also weaken the power of your number one enemy - procrastination. A very overwhelming goal can cause great procrastination, and stifle your motivation to ever attempt the goal. But a properly, simplified goal makes the venture seem not as big of a deal, and actually easier to accomplish. Henry Ford once said, "Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."

If you have the goal of losing 24 pounds, try simplifying it to make it less daunting. Instead, tell yourself that you will lose 2 pounds a week for the next two months. This makes the goal seem more realistic and makes getting started easier.

Simplify your goals into smaller, manageable tasks.

And there you have it folks. If you use your ASS to set your goals, you'll be a super butt-kicking, goal-achieving machine. Aspire to achieve something worthwhile that creates a burning desire to succeed. Specify what it is you want to accomplish, and give yourself a deadline. Simplify your goal into smaller, easier jobs.

The only thing standing in the way of you and your goal is a choice. Choose to succeed.


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