Thoughts and actions should be aligned

Yesterday we spoke about consolidating your dreams and goals. It's also called "taking stock" of where you are and what you are doing.

Now bearing in mind that you should have done some kind of planning over the last week or so, you will be able to see where you have some "slack" time, time you can use to work on your goals, and other areas where you need to lessen the workload. No, I don't mean "slack off" just take stock. Re-assign your priorities and decide what not to do.

So

Are you where you should be on your goal plan for the year?

We're in the middle of May, so take off most of December for mad Christmas type rushing and preparation and you have 6 months left of the year....6 months or 26 weeks left to do whatever it was you had planned for 2008.

If the answer is yes, actually I am a little ahead of my game plan - well then something tells me you didn't set the bar high enough. A goal should be something that is just out of reach - something that will make you grow as you move towards it. If you have already reached your goal for the year and haven't set a new challenge, well - what are you going to do until January rolls round again? Goof off, sit on a lounger by the pool and sip cocktails? Actually that sounds great.....

If the answer is no - you should carefully look at the goal item. Do you still want to achieve it? Do you need to lower the bar a little (sometimes we set ourselves goals that are so far ahead of where we should be, that we can get discouraged every time we look at the darn thing)....Please bear in mind this is not an excuse for not doing ALL that you can, just that for some people earning a couple of million is an unrealistic target figure....drop it to 10,000 or 100,000 and see if you can realistically expect to achieve that figure, and then work like mad to get there.

You see - for every thought, there must be an action associated with it.

It's no good saying you want to be a writer - if you don't sit down and write.
It's no good saying you want to run a marathon if you don't strap on your shoes and hit the pavement - consistently over many months to build up the muscles and the practice times....
You can't tell yourself you want to be a millionaire if you have no idea how you are going to get the money - or you're not willing to pick up the phone and ask for the sales.

So makes sure your actions are consistent with your thoughts...and if they're not, then try making some adjustments to align them.