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1. Introduction : In this class, you'll
learn how to develop a clear vision and an
action plan for any goal. Whenever there is some
goal that you want to achieve or a dream that
you would like to obtain. The journey of going from
where you are currently to where you want to be is only
going to be 50% action. The other 50% is all
mindset and preparation. I'm tearing of fitness
and nutrition coach. And the skills that I'm
going to share with you in this class are the exact
same skills that I use and that have helped countless
of other individuals to achieve real results and to find success and not only
their fitness journey, but in other aspects of
their lives as well. If you want to reach your goals, you're going to need
the right mindset, a clear vision, and a great
plan to help you get there. Let's get started.
2. Class Project : This class is going to
be interactive with action steps for you to take
at the end of each lesson, in most of the action steps are going to be journaling
activities. So make sure that you have
your journal with you as you watch this
course, if you prefer. I've also attached
a document with the journaling assignments
and you can either print it out or work
through it digitally. And I'm going to really
encourage you to complete the class projects and do
all of the action steps. Because by putting
in the work now, by the end of this course, you will really have a good foundation of moving
forward towards your goals. And as always on Skillshare, be free to share your work.
3. Manifesting What You Want: First let's talk about
manifesting your desired results. And I want to be very
clear about what manifesting is and
isn't manifesting is not the same as
wishing or hoping for something when you wish
and hope for your dreams. You essentially put the power outside of yourself
and it even constantly reinforces your state of lack of that thing that you
want that you don't have yet. Manifesting is
quite the opposite. And it's empowering
because it declares that you are committed to taking
action towards your goals. Manifesting is a skill that
you already have and use. It just means to create
something into reality. It is how you've created
your current reality. And so if you'd like to change anything about your
current state, you can use different
manifesting techniques to help you intentionally
alter your reality. And in order to
change your reality, you have to start with
changes in your mind and that will lead to
changes in your actions. If you think about
manifesting as creating any process of creation is a combination of
thought and action. It's a continuous cycle of thinking thoughts and taking
action on those thoughts. And those actions will
lead you to new thoughts. And those new thoughts
will allow you to take even better actions. And this continuous journey, thought and action
over and over will eventually lead you to
reaching your goals. So it's really important
not to skip any of the mindset work
because you're going to need the clarity and
the right beliefs and the right ideas to help you get to where
you're trying to go. Manifesting is also really important because it
helps to remove a lot of the resistance and the
self-doubt and the feelings of overwhelm all of those fears that will be obstacles
along your journey. And it's really important to
remember that nothing will change unless you
believe that it can. And that's when manifesting
does it prepares your mind to help you
to take the action, to get the things that you want.
4. Develop Strong Desires: One of the biggest
reasons why people don't succeed in
getting what they want is because they just
don't want it bad enough. And maybe it's because deep down inside there's some fears and some insecurity
there that make us believe that what we want
is just not possible. But it's okay to give yourself permission to want
something really bad, even if you've never been able
to achieve it in the past, even if you don't know anyone personally who has
done it before, it's okay to want the
things that you want and to have a strong
desire for them. In fact, this is
talked about a lot in Napoleon Hill's
Think and Grow Rich. And he describes it as having a burning white hot desire
for the things that you want. Because if you
have weak desires, you will produce weak results. And so the trick is to always
increase your desires. And so the first step is to
just understand your why. And that's going to lead us into the first action
step for this class. Why is it that you desire your
particular dream or goal? For example, if
you want to go on a fitness journey and
transform your body, why is it that you desire
to go on this journey? Because I guarantee that
if you don't understand why you're doing something
somewhere along the line, you're going to stop doing it. Then the second question is, what do you intend to give in exchange for the
things that you want? So back to the fitness example, if you want to
transform your body, what would you intend to give in exchange for your new body? And the answer to that could
be working out three times a week and committing
to a healthier diet.
5. Clarify Your Vision : The first step to
getting what you want is to decide what you want. And that's why
throughout this course, we'll do a lot of journaling
activities because journaling is a great way
to figure it all out. So I want you to just think about the things that you want. No matter if you know whether or not how you will achieve it, or how long it will take
for you to achieve. Just imagine yourself
obtaining that thing. Take a moment to just freely
write about this desire. What do you hope to accomplish? Be specific about the vision
that you have for this goal. So let's say your
goal is to move into a new home by the
end of the summer. What is the home look like? How many rooms does it have? Where is this home located? If your goal is around
health and fitness, then what types of
exercises do you do? What does your body look like? Are you strong?
Are you flexible? Do you eat nutritious foods? Do you drink a lot of water? Acts yourself. How will obtaining this
goal make you feel? How will it improve your life? And more importantly, how
will it improve the lives of other people in your life as you're writing, just be free. Don t think about grammar. Don t think about
how you will obtain this goal or how long it's gonna take for you
to achieve it, or if it's even possible at all, it's just time to write and get clarity on the
things that you want.
6. Cultivate Positive Self-talk: Along the journey in
achieving our goals, it's gonna be really
important that we observe what we say when
we talk to ourselves. Because self-talk
gives us a way to change what we would
like to change, even if we haven't been able to make those
changes in the past. And it's important to
remember that there are two different
types of self-talk. There's positive
self-talk that serves us, and then there is
negative self-talk that obviously doesn't serve us in
actually works against us. Negative self-talk starts
with things like I can't, or I wish or I don't have
statements like this are really low in vibration
and they make us question our capabilities. Another type of
negative self-talk include statements like
I should or ought to. So for example, if you say
I should go to the gym, or I ought to eat a salad, or I ought to start working
on that business plan, or I ought to start writing
that book that I want, or I ought to start
looking at new apartments. When you make those
types of statements like I should or ought to is almost even worse
than saying I can't because it recognizes
that there is a problem, but it creates no solution. So if I say, I ought to
go to the gym today, but I don't actually go, is going to cause you to be more disappointed in yourself
and to have a lack of trust and a lack of confidence
because your week going down this negative spiral of knowing that you
should do better, but for whatever
reason, you just can't get out of the negative spiral. And so we want to
really focus on the positive self-talk
that serves us. And those types of
statements start with, I am, I am statements declares that this is how you choose
to be going forward. It declares your
decision to change. So if I say I am
going to the gym, I am becoming a
healthier person. I am working on my new book that I'm writing or I am working
on finding a new home, or I am becoming
a happier person, whatever your goal is, whatever the thing is that you desire if you start to create, I am statements around
the thing that you want. Gonna be so much more powerful than any of
the negative self-talk. For this action step,
you're going to list three positive I am affirmations
surrounding your goal and then read them to
yourself each morning.
7. Create a Vision Board : Now let's talk vision boards because this has to be one of my favorite things
to do to help me to get clarity on the
things that I want. They can also be a great source of inspiration and motivation. And this is a technique that even professional athletes use. The power of visualizing the desired outcomes is
super, super powerful. The first step to creating an
awesome vision board is to just get some ideas
in your mind first. And then you can create
your actual vision board, and you can create a
physical vision board. However, I prefer
to use Pinterest. That way you always
have it with you. You can always add
new photos to it or change photos as
your desires change. For this action step, you're going to
create a vision board specifically for your goal. If your goal is to
transform your body, then you're going to create
a specific vision board for health and fitness. And then find pictures of your body goals of
different workout outfits, of quotes, different things that inspire you
surrounding that goal. And then you're going to revisit
this vision board daily, constantly adding new
pictures and getting more and more inspiration as
you go along your journey.
8. Practice Gratitude : Now let's talk gratitude
because gratitude is needed in the process
of goal setting. People who keep gratitude
journals are more likely to make progress
towards their goals. And maybe it's because practicing
gratitude helps you to release a lot of those negative emotions
and negative self-talk. We want all positivity in good thoughts
surrounding our goals. We spent a lot of time criticizing our
imperfections and thinking about changing the things in our lives that were
not satisfied with. And so it's a good
habit to also take the time to appreciate
the things that are actually working for is currently the things that
are going good so far. It's too easy to ignore those small little details
that we take for granted. But the reality of it is, is that our situation
could always be worse, but we want to focus on what's
good and what's working so that we can amplify it for
this journaling activity, list, three things that you are grateful for in
relation to your goal. So for example, if your
goal is to make more money, maybe you can be appreciative of the job that you
currently have. Maybe you can be
appreciative for the money that you
have currently, the bank accounts that you have. You can even be grateful
for the ideas and the desires to want something bigger and
better for yourself. By taking the time to
appreciate these things, it is going to bring you closer to that thing that you want.
9. Goal Setting : Now that you have some
clarity on the things that you want is time
to set some goals. And setting goals is only
going to be significant if it inspires and
energetic commitment. And that's why it's important to have really detailed goals. Of a goal like I want
to make more money, may seem really
motivating at first, but will quickly lose steam, because it doesn't
really give you a clear understanding to know when you've actually
succeeded on the goal. Your goal should be very
specific and measurable. Goals can be broken down with this one question. How much? And by when? Remember that vague goals
produce vague results. For this action
step, you're going to write down your goal in a how much by when statement. And it can look
something like this. Instead of saying, I want to
lose weight, you can say, I want to fit into my size
six genes by this June, once you've written
your goal in detail, your subconscious mind
will automatically know what to work on to help
you achieve this goal. So after you've written it, be sure to reread your
goal everyday and don't underestimate the power of revisiting your
goal over and over.
10. Build Routines and Systems: So now let's talk about
building routines and systems. If goals are the targets
that you want to achieve, then systems are the processes that you put in place to
help you reach that goal. And it's really simple because when systems are
repeated enough, you will produce those
desired results. And one tip for building great systems
around your goal is to accomplish the toughest
tasks early in the day. It really sets the tone for the rest of your day and helps
you to be more productive. So achieve those harder things. First, when building
a great system, you want to lay out
three specific things. What, when and where. Let's say my goal is
to fit into my size six genes by this June. Then my what, when and where statement might look
something like this. Every Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday. I'm going to work out
at the gym at seven AM. And as a bonus, you also want to include an IF statements, right? Because we know sometimes we
fall off of our routines, things come up and we
have to be flexible. So it's important to already
have some strategies in place for what to do
in case of obstacles, being prepared for those
obstacles is going to help prevent you from
falling off your plans. So let's go back to my
original statement. Every Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, I'm going to work out
at seven AM at the gym. If I miss my workout
for any reason, then I will work
out after work at 06:00 PM so you can get
started on your own. What, where and when statement. That will really
help you to build a strong system for
achieving your goal. But don't forget to
include the if as well, so you can overcome
those obstacles.
11. Document Your Journey : Documenting the journey. The interesting thing about progress without
documentation is that you can only see where you are today without any record. You can't see how
far you've come. And that's why documenting
your journey in your journal or with photos and videos
is super important. Documenting that only
allows you to keep score of your gains
and your wins. But it also helps
you to learn more about yourself and
to learn about the mistakes that you've made
in the past and help you to prevent making those same
mistakes in the future. It can be really simple
and easy to just keep track of your
actions in your journal. But we'll maybe even
more powerful than just keeping a
productivity tracker in your journal is
having actual photo and video documentation
of your journey. Everyone loves a
transformation journey. It's why we love those reality shows like Shark Tank
or the biggest loser, or any show that displays
people's transformation. We love to see the
before and the after. So imagine how powerful
it will be for you to witness your
own transformation. This is something
that I noticed when I started my YouTube channel. I was able to reflect and
learn so much about myself because I was able to go back
and watch videos of myself. And it can just be
really motivating to see how far you've come. And then maybe one of
the biggest benefits of documenting your
journey is that it allows you to be your
own accountability partner. We all know that sometimes accountability partners
can be unreliable, but you can hold
yourself accountable by maybe making one
short video a week, just explaining where
you are in the process, showing how much you've
achieved so far, or maybe showing yourself as you're working
through your goals. For this action
step, you're going to go back to your what, where, when and if statements. That's the actions
that need to be done. And so now you can build a
tracker in your journal, just making a check
mark next to every day that you accomplish the task
that you set out to do. But it's also a really
great time to start taking some pictures and getting
some video footage of where you are
today when you're starting your journey so that you'll have
it for the future.
12. Persist: The only way to transform
is through persistence. As long as you don't quit and you continue
to grow and learn, you will see results and it's not always
going to be easy. Sometimes you will have to persist in the
face of obstacles, and I guarantee you there will be obstacles along your journey. It's almost as if the
universe will test you to make sure that you really want the thing that
you say that you want, there's gonna be
lots of obstacles along the way towards
getting that. Remember that persistence is
easier, stronger desires. So you want to keep
adding fuel to the flame. If you find yourself
lacking persistence and build a stronger fire
under your desires. And a great way to add
fuel to those flames is to make the experience
more enjoyable. For me with fitness, I'm always looking for ways
to make it more enjoyable. Maybe it can be the fact that I'm getting some new
workout clothes. They make me feel
like I look better. Maybe instead of just
training in the gym, I could go to a yoga class or
go for a run out in nature, whatever it is you want
to find ways to make that experience more enjoyable
for this action step, find and list ways
that you can make your experience in obtaining
your goal more enjoyable. How can you have more fun
in obtaining this goal?
13. Take Action Now: Remember that this journey of going from where you
are to where you want to be is just
a continuous cycle of thought and action. And then one course,
one training, one shot at taking action
is not gonna be enough. This journey requires
constant work and learning and growing. As the saying goes,
you can either deal with the pain
of the discipline now or you can deal with
the pain of regret later. Remember that the future you is dependent on the present you, and then any pain or
sacrifice that you experience on your way to obtaining
your goal is only temporary, but the benefits will last
forever for this action step, there's no journaling
assignment is just for you to just
get started today. Start today by committing to just ten days of executing on the habits that will
get you closer to your goal and make sure that you document yourself
along your journey. Feel free to share
your experience with the Skillshare
community so we can continue to inspire each other. And I wish you the best of
luck on achieving your goals. And I thank you for
watching this course.
Terran Dailey, Content Creator
