Benefits of Goal Setting: The ABC’s of Success Mindset

In the spirit of this time of year and in service to your resolutions, I wanted to provide you with some intrinsic incentives to help you commit to your goals.  Since we are bombarded with messages of how “hard” it is to be successful and “how much we have to give up” to reach our goals; I thought this a good time to provide you with a lighthearted view of all you have to gain as you stay true to your course towards success. Looking for what you have to gain in your journey to success is the meaning of a Success Mindset.

A Success Mindset also doesn’t take itself too seriously and looks to find joy in the process of goal attainment.  In that vein, I’ve pulled together 26 fun and fabulous reasons to make a plan in 2018 and stick to it!

Enjoy!
With love,
Gretchen


​Appreciating Action - To achieve, you must act.  When we stick to an action plan, we have the opportunity to see the fruits of our labor add up. This creates deep appreciation for who you are, the reason why your goals are coming to fruition. Appreciating action has a compound effect, initiating the understanding that your action matters and can be applied to any goal you set.

Big Belief - Never thought you could do it, right?  But here you are...working towards it and getting it done!  Open up to BIG belief in yourself and notice how empowered you feel, knowing that all you desire is on its way to you!

Consistently Committed - Fidelity to your steps to success enables you to know that you can and will ward off distractions. Warding off distractions releases you from self-doubt and replaces it with self-trust.  Self-trust fosters faith that you can make your dreams come true because you care enough to stay consistent and committed.

Enhancing Esteem - Stay true to your plan and you become proud of yourself.  Being proud of yourself enhances your self esteem.  High self esteem positively impacts all aspects of your life.

Fabulous Freedom - What is more freeing than knowing that you are the master of your own destiny?  By staying aligned with your course of action, you prove to yourself that you are free to design your own fate…

Greatness Generator - Every day that you act in accordance with your highest will, you are aligned with your own personal greatness.

Healthy Habits - Healthy habits are not just for food and exercise! Nothing articulates healthy habits more than acting from a place of self-discipline.  Making conscious choices to stay on track is a skill to apply to any area of your life.  

Impeccable Integrity - The ultimate litmus test of integrity is how well you keep your promises to yourself.  You cultivate impeccable integrity when you commit to the work your success requires of you.  Everyone loves someone who does what they say they will do; and so it will be easy to love yourself as you grow this quality for yourself.

Joyful Journey - Success is a journey, not a destination.  Each action step is moving toward a greater version of ourselves, so the process of success is a journey where we learn more about ourselves and the possibility that life holds for us.

Keen Knowledge - Self-awareness is the biggest gift you can give yourself and all of your relationships.  Working towards goals allows you to use challenge and change to discover more about yourself and your aptitudes.  

​Love of Learning - Staying true to your success allows you to learn about yourself and your world at a very deep level.  This education unveils new thoughts and ideas, inspires creativity, and brings about a deep sense of satisfaction.  

Meaningful Mistakes -  A “growth mindset” is a success mindset as it encourages mistakes.  One way to approach this idea is to ask yourself “what did I learn from this mistake?” or “how might I do it differently.”  This mistake-meaning is an easy way to take the sting out of your mistakes, enabling you to redirect your action and get back to work.   

Nourish and Nurture - Your dreams are yours to protect.  Your dreams are yours to honor.  When you do so, you nourish and nurture your mind, your body, and your soul.

Purposeful and Planned - Want to connect with your purpose in life?  Live purposefully by planning your success driven activities.  You see, purpose doesn’t show up on your doorstep “happenstance” - it shows up when you are aligned and ready. We become aligned and ready when we are in action.

Quiet Quest - A quiet mind hears the calling of the heart.  The quest for success is aided by quiet times connecting with your heart and soul.  

Range of Resilience - Every road you travel in life includes ease and difficulty.  The more you travel in the direction of your dreams, the more resilient you become to the bumps in the road.  You acknowledge and understand that ups and downs are part of the process.  You increase your range of resilience.  

Safe to Succeed - Sometimes it is foreign territory to imagine yourself fully successful. It may feel vulnerable to imagine yourself shining bright. However, triumph will come as we see that we are safe to succeed!  

Tethered to Tenacity - You embody a desire to achieve, so you are willing to move forward despite tough terrain.  This tenacious mentality anchors you to success.  You have tasted success and you are ready to go for it.  

Utterly Unique - That is what you are!  Relish in the fact that no two people will come to the same result in the same way.  Isn’t that awesome? That means your way IS the right way, as it is as utterly unique as you!

Valiant and Versatile - You are able to switch gears, shift plans, and try out new things.  You take calculated risks and know that this takes bravery.  You congratulate yourself on your ability to be courageous and flexible!

Warranty on Your Wants - Your capacity for action is your warranty for getting what you want!  This confidence in your ability to manifest your dreams through action is your warranty that you will never have to wait for someone to give you permission to aspire.

X Marks the Spot - You are the cartographer, you are the explorer, and you create your own map.  As you accustom yourself to steadfast action, you work your way each day to your destiny - X marks the spot!

Yearning for You - You have determined that your goals are worth pursuing and you focus your intent on achieving them.  No longer does the opinion of others have the same hold on you.  You yearn for your own approval and this becomes your focus in your pursuits.

Zeal and Zest - Zeal and zest are the wind beneath the wings of success.  Allow these attributes to shine through you and life becomes joy.

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