Everyone wants that.
At least, if you are ambitious and want to achieve goals.
Achieving goals, on a sporting, business and personal level.
For example, if someone has lost 15 kilos.
Then that result must be sustainably anchored in order to live a long and happy life.
For many people, the fear of relapse continues to dominate.
They do not yet have the confidence in themselves that they have lost those kilos sustainably.
Or that they have permanently improved their condition.
How can you anchor that feeling?
Well actually very simple.
By asking yourself a few questions.
“What does what I have achieved mean to me now?”
You have embarked on quite a journey.
All change is difficult in the beginning.
Messy in the middle.
But fantastic in the end.
That messy middle part is where we often find ourselves in a lot of trouble.
Things don't go our way, we have a relapse.
There remains a fear of injuries, for example, or in this case a relapse to gain those pounds again.
How do you anchor that?
By asking yourself the simple question:
“What does this result mean for me as a person, athlete, man, woman, employee?”
“What does it mean for me as an entrepreneur?” If you have a business.
“What does it mean for my children?”
“What do I radiate?”
“How have I grown?”
“What is the situation six months ago compared to now?”
Because to be honest, we humans often look at the short term.
Short term means that you look at what has changed from day to day.
We always overestimate what we can achieve in a short time.
And we always underestimate what we can achieve in the long term.
Not much changes from day to day.
But if you look a whole year from now, everything will be different.
So think long term in achieving results.
Anchor that if you cannot evoke it in yourself.
Ask someone else: “Hey, what have you noticed about my development over the past six months?”
Ask your employees, colleagues, friends, partner.
These are usually great conversations.
Suppose you can't figure it out.
You continue to fear relapse.
You remain unsure about the results you have achieved.
Then realize that there is such a thing as the 'Achievers Paradox'.
Achievers are people who want to achieve something in life.
These are ambitious people.
They set high goals for themselves.
Have a high commitment to working on this.
And at the same time, they don't know whether they will achieve those goals.
Very honest: if you start a journey towards a marathon,
then that route is not 100% guaranteed.
Then there is no guarantee of success.
For 70% we can frame things.
But there always remains a residual risk and uncertainty.
That uncertainty is not a reason why you shouldn't do it.
You will have to realize for yourself that that uncertainty is part of the process.
So an Achiever, an ambitious person, will not always achieve his goals.
And you know that in advance, but that is not the reason to postpone action.
If you don't achieve your goal, is that such a disaster?
No.
As long as there is growth.
So I would definitely advise you not to focus on the first measurable end result.
Because that paralyzes, it prevents you from taking action.
Also look at the journey you have taken.
If you are aware of this, that you are taking steps to get where you want to go, then you are doing well.
Then you remain creative, you continue to think in terms of improvement instead of aiming for a certain final level.
You and I both know that there is no absolute end point you can reach.
There is always a next level.
Take consistent steps to reach the next level.
Then you will become really successful in your life.
Jeroen van den Nieuwelaar
Co-owner & Franchise master Enforce Belgium
jeroen@enforce.nl
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