I Don't Want . . .

Here's a piece of goal setting advice from The Grasshopper that will get you more hits than misses.

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Transcript

I Don't Want . . . 

Here's a piece of goal setting advice from The Grasshopper: "DON’T WANT is a difficult target to hit.”

If you pay careful attention to your language, you may notice that you give voice to what you don’t want rather than what you do want quite often. That’s a fuzzy target.

Just a slight shift in your approach puts you on a clearer path toward your aspirations. So, here’s a pro tip: Grab that gear shift knob and shift in the direction of declaring what you “do want.”

There’s no guarantee you’ll get what want by making this shift, but the odds shift in your favor when you do.

Your odds increase because your mind works better when it has one target to shoot for rather than several to avoid. “Do want” is an exercise in focus, and a focused person gets more hits than misses.

Begin to notice how unfocused you are when you use “don’t want” language. You’re meandering all over the map rather than planting your flag.

“Do want” is a clear statement or vision of what you desire. There’s very little wiggle room in a “do want” declaration. Train yourself to focus on what you do want and notice how clear the goal becomes.

Final thought on dos and don'ts: You improve your chances to get what you do want when you let what you don’t want go out of focus.

All the best,

John