Feel the Emotion of Your Goals
Posted by Cathy Mahady on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
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Your goals need to be tangible.
So what does that mean?
Your goals need to be believable.
So what does that mean?
You need to be able to visualize your goals.
So what does that mean?
Most of us have a financial goal we are working toward. So how do you make that goal about money tangible, believable, and easy to visualize?
It’s really not about the MONEY per se; it’s about what the money can give you. What tangible objects (material assets) can the money provide? … A dream home, a high status automobile, a memorable family vacation, a prestigious piece of artwork, etc.
What feelings can the money provide? … Security, peace of mind, stability, flexibility, confidence, freedom, etc.
Is a million dollars something that is believable to you, do you see yourself realistically in possession of it? If not, you better either upgrade your thinking or find a goal that more reasonably meets your expectations. Your goals need to be some what of a stretch; you do need to expand your consciousness. But it also needs to be plausible in your mind. You surely don’t want to be thinking, “That would be nice, but I can’t possibly achieve that.”
How does one visualize a million dollars, what does that represent? You achieve visualization when you think about what that much money can give you, in terms of material assets or emotional well-being.
We know that the more emotion you attach to your goals, the better chance of attracting them to you. Thus goals need to be personal. You can’t get as excited about someone else’s goals; it has to be your intention and your vision.
So every night when I write out my financial goal twenty times, I don’t think about the money. I think about what the money will mean to my family. It’s like an exclamation mark on each sentence. The emotions grow with each time I write the same sentence over and over until I have done it twenty times. This also keeps the exercise fun, exciting and refreshing. The written words actually become something instead of just numbers, because again, I need to know what the numbers represent for me.
So as I physically write out, in the present tense, my financial goal, “I happily and consistently earn $12,345 a month,” I am mentally thinking that MEANS,
I have a sense of security
I have peace of mind
I can easily pay for my children’s college educations
I can effortlessly pay for our home improvement projects
I can turn my current home into another investment property and buy our dream home
I can take my family on vacation to Disney World
I am debt free
I control my destiny
Price doesn’t dictate my purchasing decisions
You get the point. With each statement I process in my mind, I grow more excited about what achieving my financial goal will mean to me. It’s now tangible, believable, and I can visualize the possibilities.
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