{"id":49,"date":"2014-04-30T02:45:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T02:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2014-04-30T02:45:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T02:45:31","slug":"steps-that-make-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"Steps That Make The Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pursuing Your Goal<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\u00a0A goal\u00a0is a huge, over-arching\u00a0statement\u00a0that sounds great and will get you going. However,\u00a0words alone will only\u00a0motivate you\u00a0for, maybe, a few days? A few weeks? A great way to accomplish your goal is to\u00a0<\/span>position<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>prioritize<\/strong>, and<\/span>have\u00a0<\/strong>accountability<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Prioritize:<\/strong>\u00a0“If it is important to you, you will FIND A WAY; if not you will find an EXCUSE.” – anonymous. Oddly enough, one of the most powerful things you can do for your goal is to start with a question. What is my WHY? You have to know what makes this goal important to you because that is what is going to keep you going when you don’t want to. Dig deeper than “because it’s what I want”. This is where you get to be that 5-year-old that exhausts others with that\u00a0simple question\u00a0“but why?”. An easy way to get to the bottom of your WHY is to have someone close to you be that 5-year old and help you dig.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Position:<\/strong>\u00a0You have a goal! You have your WHY! Awesome! Now what? Sit down and reverse\u00a0engineer your goal. What is going to get you there? You need a system of the “how’s” that are\u00a0in bite size pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ex: I want to lose 40 pounds:<\/strong>\u00a0HOW? > eat right and exercise\u00a0> HOW?\u00a0> meal plan, fitness routine, & accountability >\u00a0HOW<\/strong><\/span>?<\/strong>\u00a0> find a meal planner that works for you or develop\u00a0a system that works for you >HOW? > find someone who has done it or\u00a0google for an answer…etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

Get\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0idea? It should honestly take 30 min to an hour to break your goal\u00a0down. The purpose is to give yourself a\u00a0<\/span>game plan. It puts your goal in perspective and gives you the ability to chase after it without feeling overwhelmed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Accountability:\u00a0<\/strong>It makes a DIFFERENCE when you have someone you HAVE TO ANSWER TO. It can be as simple as weekly\/daily\u00a0text, asking friends for accountability by publicly sharing your goal, or having a check in once a week. Whatever you do, share your WHY, and your game plan with them. Then,\u00a0set up a specific time to check in every week. (Personal note:\u00a0This has been vital in my own journey. I have a dear friend who I check in with every Friday for 30 min and we report our week’s checkpoints for\u00a0our goals.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pursuing Your Goal \u00a0A goal\u00a0is a huge, over-arching\u00a0statement\u00a0that sounds great and will get you going. However,\u00a0words alone will only\u00a0motivate you\u00a0for, maybe, a few days? A few weeks? A great way…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50,"href":"https:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcanbestrong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}