Keep a steady pace,

[OntarioVanMan]

We know you want you want to be successful. We know you want it more than anything in the world. But sometimes, setting your goals too high can have the opposite effect of what you intended.

There's nothing wrong with having lofty goals. But when they're so unreachable that you'd have to be superhuman to hit them, it can make it all the more frustrating when you don't. That's one of the biggest reasons why people fail: they set their goals too high, and give up when they can't achieve them—even though they were unrealistic goals in the first place.

So keep putting one foot in front of the other to reach your goal, and avoid taking huge jumps or skipping steps to get there faster. You might think you're doing yourself a favor by speeding things up-but ultimately, you could be doing the exact opposite.

Have a Great day....Ken...OVM..

 

[TeamCaffee]

One day at a time... Something I just read on goals made me stop and think. I am good about beating myself up when I do not reach a goal I have set and I often do not see the positive.

Harry Che:

When we judge our goal achievement, we tend to think in absolute terms, but disregard the partial successes.
For example, if our goal is to lose 10 pounds, when we only lost two pounds, we tend to think this is a failure because we didn't reach the goal. But in reality we actually lost two pounds. We've ended up better than if we hadn't set and worked on this goal at all.


Harry's positive thoughts really help me get over the sense of failure I feel when am not where I think I should be on a goal. I have reset my goals for February knowing that I fell a little short in January but I am not giving up is the key. My goals for February will take into consideration our schedule and I hope be more realistic!

 

[LDB]

The tortoise makes a much better hero than the hare.