Achieving

Question 1

The success process

Answer 1

1) “Ask” the Universe
2) Believe
3) Work your fucking ass off

Question 2

Three components of believing in the goal

Answer 2

1) Prepare
2) Visualize
3) Gratitude

Question 3

Preparing to actually meet a goal

Answer 3

1) Plan the Celebration
2) Cancel Contradictory Plans
3) Tell People all About it
4) Ask experts for their advice
5) Research the hell out of your concept
6) Buy everything you need to make it happen
7) Create a Schedule
8) Create an Outline
9) Pull Together all the tools you need

Question 4

Asking the Universe

Answer 4

1) Make a list of what you want
2) Tell people about each one
3) Pray for it to Happen

Question 5

Setting SMART Goals

Answer 5

1) S=Specific: Avoid making it so vague that you could compromise with falling short
2) M=Measurable: Have a quantitative number to strive for
3) A=Actionable: Within your control
4) R=Realistic: Must be
5) T=Time-Bound: Have a time in which you would like to reach this goal

Question 6

Visualizing an End Result

Answer 6

1) Vision Board: Cut outs of everything you want represented on one sheet of paper
2) Physical Symbols: Something you can hold in your hand or take with you that will remind you of the goal that you wanted to reach
3) Specific Picture in your mind: Something you can close your eyes and SEE in first person
4) Live a similar experience: Do something you can do already that feels like the thing you want to do

Question 7

Showing Gratitude for the Future Accomplishment of a Goal

Answer 7

1) Pray to God and Say Thank you

2) Always that the people that are helping you along the way

Question 8

Finding experts to ask for their advice

Answer 8

1) Contact a company and say you need to speak to the CEO, by name. Ask him/her for his input.
2) Find an expert on LinkedIn then ask for input
3) Go talk to a professor at a local college during their office hours
4) Use a service and then strike up a friendly conversation with a knowledgeable employee

Question 9

Researching a goal

Answer 9

1) Read about it online
2) Ask questions to the experts
3) Go out and find books
4) Consult the notes you’ve taken in the past
5) Interview people who have done it in the past

Question 10

Buying the things you need to reach a goal

Answer 10

1) Make a list of all the supplies, be specific
2) Get quotes on the prices
3) List the supplier
4) Contact all the supplier’s competitors to find the lowest rate
5) Ask for a discount
6) Purchase all of it from savings

Question 11

Scheduling Time for an Achievement

Answer 11

1) Put in the things you absolutely need: Work/Sleep
2) Select a day (time period) that you will devote to that project
3) Confirm that you have a day off/request off

Question 12

Outlining an Achievement

Answer 12

1) Start from the end goal: what are the characteristics of the finished product
2) Given those characteristics, what things can you say for sure about the design (informed by research)
3) Elaborate on those things, make them more specific
4) Peer Review, bring it to someone and make sure the whole thing is feasible…
5) Final Edit…. Make it Awesome

Question 13

Creating a Plan for Reaching the Goal

Answer 13

1) Start from the end: Would would be the absolute final step
2) What would you need to do to prepare for that step?
3) And before that, what needs to happen as the final phase of completion
4) What would you need to do to prepare for that step
5) Etc…. all informed by research

Question 14

Getting all the tools you need to reach your goal

Answer 14

1) Assume you will need more than you will.
2) List each item with a reason why you will need it
3) Contact people who might have those things avaliable
4) Ask if you can rent those things until your goal is reached
5) Buy only the things you need

Question 15

Thoughts for building passion

Answer 15

1) How will reaching this goal change my life?

2) Do I feel a burning desire to actually make this thing happen?

Question 16

Choosing Friends Based on Goals

Answer 16

All the people you spend time with will help you succeed

Question 17

The general principle of goal planning

Answer 17

“Begin with the end in mind.”

Start by working backward from the goal to the present

Question 18

More likely to reach goals

Answer 18

1) Work with a team of people with similar goals
2) Tell all the people you know about it
3) Written as SMART goals
4) Willing to make sacrifices to make it happen

Question 19

Effects of Keeping a Journal

Answer 19

Keeping a journal helps keep you accountable for your habits and the progress towards each goal

Question 20

Effects of using a chart

Answer 20

A chart helps you track progress towards a particular goal over time and identify reasons for failure or slowing down

Question 21

Effects of reviewing your habits

Answer 21

The more you read through the things you’re supposed to do, the more likely you are to do them that day

Question 22

Effects of preparing for the next day

Answer 22

If you put everything in place to make the thing happen, you’re more likely to actually do those tasks

Question 23

Keeping up good momentum toward accomplishing your tasks

Answer 23

FOLLOW a STREAK

Keep track of the days you’re doing the things you need to and make it last as long as possible

Question 24

W.L.B.

Answer 24

If you can’t be at one, be at the next one:

1) Work- In a Labor Job: Burn Calories, Make Money, See the people who are helping you
2) Library- Research Material, Wifi, People who can help you
3) Bed: Get Rest
* Maximizes weighloss, paycheck, and productivity

Question 25

The one thing you should never ever do if you want to accomplish something…?

Answer 25

Compromise… Compromise is a bad habit. As soon as you start to think that its okay to do something that breaks a habit, breaking habits becomes its own habit. If you find you have compromised…. Self correct immedietly