Step Two

Last post I wrote about setting goals so you should have a list of what you want and now it’s time to look for ways to hit your goals.

So get out a fresh sheet of paper and write as many ways as you can possibly think of to get what you want. Why are you doing this? Because you cannot realistically expect that you will decide the only and only way to get what you want and have that happen with no challenges.

For example, say that you want a college degree but you cannot afford the tuition. You could decide that you will get a student loan and have no alternate plan. But what if you can’t qualify for that loan? And that is why you do this exercise.

Still using this example, lets say you start this list and it goes something like this; get a student loan, get a grant, join the military full time or part time to get the money, get a job with tuition benefits, etc. Now you see that if one way doesn’t work out you don’t have to be discouraged because you already have ‘back up plans’.

I remember that when I got out of high school I had no interest in going to college until a few years later when I attended a friends college graduation and then I decided I wanted to go to college & that I would graduate with honors. But I had no idea of how I would do that because I could not afford the tuition and yet I had the desire. A few months later I got a phone call and was told about a job at a local private university & I was qualified for that position. Yes, I got the job and got the tuition remission so I got my degree-well I actually got two and with honors-for almost no money and it was a great job to boot.

This happened for me because I set a goal, I didn’t know how it would happen but I knew it would happen (belief), I kept my eyes open for opportunity and the universe showed me the way and I received that opportunity with open arms (action). More on belief and action in a future post.