It might sound ridiculous that goal setting could actually hold you back from completing tasks and dreams you may have. But it seems like everyone tells you should be setting goals for everything you want to accomplish, short tem and long term. Goals can help you sometimes, but in some cases they just lead to constant frustration and they actually bring you down.
Let's look at this a little closer with an example a lot of people might set forth as a goal. Many people jump online and are looking to start a business online as a way to make money from home and let's say they set a goal to make $10,000 in their first month. They do this because they seem tons of people making large sums of money in very little time so they think, $10,000 a month, that shouldn't be to hard.
But what happens when you only bring in $1,000 in your first 30 days online. If this is pure profit you might still be happy but this is no where near reaching the goal you originally set out to meet. So naturally you would feel like you failed to reach your goal and you may be a little disappointed in yourself.
If you continue to not reach this goal month in month out it starts to addup and really weigh on you. Goals have there place and I'm not saying that they are bad and you shouldn't set them but you need to realize that you should not be emotionally attached to your goals.
An alternative approach would be to set certain milestones for when you want to accomplish things and start out small. Build your confidence by accomplishing smaller feats and if you over produce then it will be a nice surprise. You have to have some sort of end result in mind but break it down in to a day by day task. This makes it a lot easier for you to handle by just knowing everyday you have to complete a few small tasks and over time the snowball into accomplishing great things.
Another helpful tip is to really imagine your lifestyle everyday as if you have already reached the lifestyle you want. His helps crystallize your vision and gives you the fortitude to continue even when you feel down.
