narcissist
Master Don Juan
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Firstly I would like to personally thank TMK for his words of encouragement! i appreciate it a lot brother. And seeing as you have problems with finance as well you must know how difficult it is to eradicate bad money habits. When I get my check from work Its almost gone within the first 2-3 days. No money saved at all. Its absolutely horrible haha. But Im only 21 and now is the absolute best time to change my money habits. Im thinking of starting out small. Only putting around 25% of my paycheck into savings. And then every month after increase by 5% until i reach 60-70%. I need to learn to live on NOTHING. Minimalism. Zen doctrine of simplistic living. Live on scraps. Only the bare necessities. I cannot be bound by materialistic dribble. The things I own do not define me. That is a HUGE thing I must come to realize. And thus it will allow me to spend way less and save the majority of my cash flow.
If you have any tips, please feel free to tell me. Anything to get me started on rewriting the financial coding in my brain.
Todays post is going to be on how to actually ACCOMPLISH goals that one sets out to do.
I have just spent around 45 mins reading articles on how to do JUST that, and have come to what i believe is a coherent plan to achieve goals that one has set out to accomplish.
here are some of the sites I looked at for inspiration and guidance:
http://www.wikihow.com/Accomplish-a-Goal
http://www.forbes.com/sites/glassheel/2013/03/14/6-ways-to-achieve-any-goal/
But this one was the most helpful:
http://humanresources.about.com/od/strategicplanning1/a/goal_setting.htm
The steps this author gives makes the most sense and keeps it simple and straight to the point. So I will be using mostly her steps to achieve my goals. I figure that if I am going to be serious about goal setting and goal achieving, it might be prudent to actually try some different approaches to accomplishing my set goals.
5 STEP PLAN TO ACCOMPLISHING SET GOALS
1) You need to deeply desire the goal or resolution
This is such an important factor in whether one will accomplish theirs goals and aspirations or whether they will fail miserably. In setting goals one has to deeply desire to reach that point when the goal is accomplished.
Do I deeply desire to have a superbly aesthetic physique? Absolutely.
Do I deeply desire to be financially free and have a stable financial mindstate? fvck yes.
Do I deeply desire to master the art of meditation in order to be calm and collected in all situations through out life? 100%
Do I deeply desire to read a plethora of books and novels to increase my intellectual capacity? More than anything.
I do not deeply desire the process but rather deeply desire the archetypal person I see in my mind as myself in 5-10 years. I have accomplish goals before and absolutely nothing feels greater than having your perseverance push you to heights you've never been before.
Its arguable that my deepest desire is to reach a point where My future self is actually indistinguishable from what I perceive as my archetypal self right now in my mind. Nothing, especially not women, can be more desirable than that.
2) Visualize yourself achieving the goal
This I also believe is a huge factor to whether one achieves or fails.
This is why I believe meditation is such a huge benefits to people. It is a time of recluse reflection. This is the time where I will visualize how different my life will be impacted by both spectrums of inevitability. Either I will fail or I will achieve. During meditation I like to visualize both lives, and how both lives are impacted by the outcome of my goals. Do I want to be someone who Is utterly destined for failure or do I want to be someone of greatness who goes out and makes his goals reality.
I believe that visualization is the heart of motivation.
3) Make a plan for the path you need to follow to accomplish the goal.
Leaving the abstract ideas behind for a second, in order to really achieve what you set out to achieve you have to have a concrete rational path to accomplish your set goals.
a. setting a deadline
One of the most important things to have for goals is a set deadline. A date when you plan on reaching the achievement of what you planned.
My deadline is december 31.
b. breaking it down in chunks
going beyond the deadline, one must break their goals into littler chunks in order to see progress. Ultimately this will generate internal motivation and increase ones perseverance.
c. Write down your goals and create the action plan.
This is the final step in you path. Write down all the goals you have decided to accomplish and create the action plan that it requires.
4) Establish times for checking your progress in your calendar system
This is not to become stagnate from your PROGRESS, but to look over your LACK OF PROGRESS. The author states that we should adopt a PESSIMISTS point of view. Look at every single thing we are doing wrong on these established times for progress checking and finetune the path accordingly.
5) Be positive.
One can adopt a pessimistic point of view on ones overall actions WHILE still being positive. This pessimistic point of view is not used to bring you down but to fine tune your path.
Positivity will allow you to be critical of your progress and not falter because of your failures.
It is of the utmost importance to stay positive through the whole process. For whats the point of achieving goals if it isn;t making you happy and life fulfilled? The process is supposed to overtime bring overall joy to your life. After all, you are moulding yourself into the person you want to become. It should be the most pleasurable thing in your life.
Perseverance
"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." - Calvin Coolidge
It is true that perseverance will out trump anything. those who persevere are those who accomplish what they want. It is the one thing that I will achieve. I will become a person who perseveres through every single thing i set my mind to. I truly believe that it is NOT an innate trait. People aren't born with the natural ability to persevere. It is an ACQUIRED trait. One that we can ALL adopt. I say that no matter what life fvcking throws at you, get up, and fvcking truck through it. Let life be complicated because we all know that with perseverance we can truck through anything and achieve what we set out to fvcking achieve.
The most fruitful thing any of us can do is to relentlessly tackle our goals and dreams. Enough with the pursuing of women. Its time we stand up and make our life fvcking PHENOMENAL. Its up to us though. Only we can make our own lives bliss.
Peace.
Firstly I would like to personally thank TMK for his words of encouragement! i appreciate it a lot brother. And seeing as you have problems with finance as well you must know how difficult it is to eradicate bad money habits. When I get my check from work Its almost gone within the first 2-3 days. No money saved at all. Its absolutely horrible haha. But Im only 21 and now is the absolute best time to change my money habits. Im thinking of starting out small. Only putting around 25% of my paycheck into savings. And then every month after increase by 5% until i reach 60-70%. I need to learn to live on NOTHING. Minimalism. Zen doctrine of simplistic living. Live on scraps. Only the bare necessities. I cannot be bound by materialistic dribble. The things I own do not define me. That is a HUGE thing I must come to realize. And thus it will allow me to spend way less and save the majority of my cash flow.
If you have any tips, please feel free to tell me. Anything to get me started on rewriting the financial coding in my brain.
Todays post is going to be on how to actually ACCOMPLISH goals that one sets out to do.
I have just spent around 45 mins reading articles on how to do JUST that, and have come to what i believe is a coherent plan to achieve goals that one has set out to accomplish.
here are some of the sites I looked at for inspiration and guidance:
http://www.wikihow.com/Accomplish-a-Goal
http://www.forbes.com/sites/glassheel/2013/03/14/6-ways-to-achieve-any-goal/
But this one was the most helpful:
http://humanresources.about.com/od/strategicplanning1/a/goal_setting.htm
The steps this author gives makes the most sense and keeps it simple and straight to the point. So I will be using mostly her steps to achieve my goals. I figure that if I am going to be serious about goal setting and goal achieving, it might be prudent to actually try some different approaches to accomplishing my set goals.
5 STEP PLAN TO ACCOMPLISHING SET GOALS
1) You need to deeply desire the goal or resolution
This is such an important factor in whether one will accomplish theirs goals and aspirations or whether they will fail miserably. In setting goals one has to deeply desire to reach that point when the goal is accomplished.
Do I deeply desire to have a superbly aesthetic physique? Absolutely.
Do I deeply desire to be financially free and have a stable financial mindstate? fvck yes.
Do I deeply desire to master the art of meditation in order to be calm and collected in all situations through out life? 100%
Do I deeply desire to read a plethora of books and novels to increase my intellectual capacity? More than anything.
I do not deeply desire the process but rather deeply desire the archetypal person I see in my mind as myself in 5-10 years. I have accomplish goals before and absolutely nothing feels greater than having your perseverance push you to heights you've never been before.
Its arguable that my deepest desire is to reach a point where My future self is actually indistinguishable from what I perceive as my archetypal self right now in my mind. Nothing, especially not women, can be more desirable than that.
2) Visualize yourself achieving the goal
This I also believe is a huge factor to whether one achieves or fails.
This is why I believe meditation is such a huge benefits to people. It is a time of recluse reflection. This is the time where I will visualize how different my life will be impacted by both spectrums of inevitability. Either I will fail or I will achieve. During meditation I like to visualize both lives, and how both lives are impacted by the outcome of my goals. Do I want to be someone who Is utterly destined for failure or do I want to be someone of greatness who goes out and makes his goals reality.
I believe that visualization is the heart of motivation.
3) Make a plan for the path you need to follow to accomplish the goal.
Leaving the abstract ideas behind for a second, in order to really achieve what you set out to achieve you have to have a concrete rational path to accomplish your set goals.
a. setting a deadline
One of the most important things to have for goals is a set deadline. A date when you plan on reaching the achievement of what you planned.
My deadline is december 31.
b. breaking it down in chunks
going beyond the deadline, one must break their goals into littler chunks in order to see progress. Ultimately this will generate internal motivation and increase ones perseverance.
c. Write down your goals and create the action plan.
This is the final step in you path. Write down all the goals you have decided to accomplish and create the action plan that it requires.
4) Establish times for checking your progress in your calendar system
This is not to become stagnate from your PROGRESS, but to look over your LACK OF PROGRESS. The author states that we should adopt a PESSIMISTS point of view. Look at every single thing we are doing wrong on these established times for progress checking and finetune the path accordingly.
5) Be positive.
One can adopt a pessimistic point of view on ones overall actions WHILE still being positive. This pessimistic point of view is not used to bring you down but to fine tune your path.
Positivity will allow you to be critical of your progress and not falter because of your failures.
It is of the utmost importance to stay positive through the whole process. For whats the point of achieving goals if it isn;t making you happy and life fulfilled? The process is supposed to overtime bring overall joy to your life. After all, you are moulding yourself into the person you want to become. It should be the most pleasurable thing in your life.
Perseverance
"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." - Calvin Coolidge
It is true that perseverance will out trump anything. those who persevere are those who accomplish what they want. It is the one thing that I will achieve. I will become a person who perseveres through every single thing i set my mind to. I truly believe that it is NOT an innate trait. People aren't born with the natural ability to persevere. It is an ACQUIRED trait. One that we can ALL adopt. I say that no matter what life fvcking throws at you, get up, and fvcking truck through it. Let life be complicated because we all know that with perseverance we can truck through anything and achieve what we set out to fvcking achieve.
The most fruitful thing any of us can do is to relentlessly tackle our goals and dreams. Enough with the pursuing of women. Its time we stand up and make our life fvcking PHENOMENAL. Its up to us though. Only we can make our own lives bliss.
Peace.