Sunday, January 19, 2020

Black Belt Success Cycle


Time is something you can never get back. Moments are just that, moments. If we are not stopping every so often, we miss things that we can never get back.

Having a dream is different than having a goal. But a goal is a dream if a success cycle isn’t implemented.

Step 1 - have a goal. Something that you want to achieve.
Step 2 - have a plan (and a success coach). Without this, step 1 remains a dream. A plan is also more than I will just do this and that. It requires defined steps, and perhaps some guidance from someone who has already taken that path. Say you want to be confident in a specific form. Your goal might be, to achieve this in 1 month. That’s nice, but how? It might start better as I will do this form 3 times every day. But life has a way of interfering so this probably isn’t enough. It might be best done by setting the alarm clock 15 minutes early so there aren’t any distractions and then it’s also done for the day and not getting pushed farther and farther away.
Step 3 - take CONSISTENT ACTION. This is the biggest key. If you only do 3 sets every few days at best, you aren’t going to see your goal. You must push yourself to follow your plan every day. No exceptions.
Step 4 - review your progress. If your plan maybe wasn’t super precise, you may wish to review it half way to your goal. You might not be where you think are if you haven’t taken consistent action. Or maybe 3 times a day isn’t enough to see any progress.
Step 5 - review your goal. Maybe you got confident way sooner than you thought, or you still aren’t even after the month of training. This tells you that either, the goal wasn’t challenging enough, or maybe it was too much in a short amount of time.

Dreams are just dreams unless you turn them into a goal. Time is fleeting, as are moments unless you try to hold onto them. Things change, moments disappear, and people leave.

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