Have you ever needed to go to the toilet but knew you weren’t going to be able to go for a while. Either there was no toilet available or you’ve been busy doing something else, like traveling or exercising. So… you just put it out of your mind and the urge to go seems to disappear.
Then, as you get closer to home or finishing what you are doing, the urge to go suddenly intensifies even though you haven’t consciously thought about it. Your subconscious however lets you bladder know the opportunity to go is getting closer.
The subconscious mind is a powerful thing.
Goal setting is considered one of the key strategies to success in life. Almost everyone who achieves greatness in life attributes their ability to get things done, to the fact that they set goals and then developed plans to achieve them.
In my book, If I’d only known I’d live this long… I talk about the importance of setting long term goals. In fact, I recommend you set a goal for you 100th birthday.
Why?
Setting a goal way in the distant future may seem futile, but just knowing that the goal is up ahead, no matter how far into the future, you are more likely to keep moving toward it.
Having a goal helps in a number of ways. I believe that one of the main reasons having a goal helps, is that it programs your subconscious mind that this is what you intend to achieve.
Your subconscious mind then starts to create opportunities and look for ways to support you in achieving your goal.
You’ll be more likely to stick to your exercise routine, you’ll push yourself that bit harder and you’ll find ways to be active that keep you fit enough to meet your goal.
Just like when you get near to home and the urge to go to the toilet increases, the urge to exercise and stay fit will increase as you get closer to the target date for your goal.
So why not set yourself a goal for your 100th birthday and some intermediate goals for the milestone birthdays between now and then. Start working toward achieving the first one and let your subconscious mind go to work on what you need to achieve the longer term ones.
