THE TOP 5 REASONS YOU RE NOT HITTING YOUR GOALS

We’re just over midway through the year. This is a great time to do a check in on your progress on the goals you set at New Years. While some of us are on target to hit them, for many, little progress has been made. In fact, statistics show that less than 10% of people who set goals actually achieve them no matter how motivated they are to do so. Somewhere along the way, usually very early on, we got off track. As an avid planner, I look forward to my annual goal setting sessions. I typically spend time during the weekend of the Thanksgiving holiday we have here in the U.S. Not only do I set my goals for the year but I identify the key milestones I need to hit and map out the actions I need to take to achieve exactly what I set out to accomplish. I must admit, I have missed the mark many, many times. As a result, I’ve discovered some patterns from the times I didn’t make it to the finish line. Today I want to share with you the top 5 reasons found that may be keeping you from moving from goal setter to goal getter.

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#1 Failure to adjust your vision

You have a vision in your mind of whatever it is you plan to do or of what we want it to look like when complete. However, when things don't go the way we anticipate, we won't make the adjustment with it. We don't shift along with the situation. I work with aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners, as a faith-based business coach. One of the first things my clients discover is the process of building a business is not linear. You don't just come up with your business idea, put it out there and everything goes the way you plan. When you launch, you're going to get feedback from the marketplace. If you don't take it, make some adjustments and implement it back into your product or service, you’ll end up not getting the results you wanted. This can leave you discouraged. Especially if you have to keep moving the deadline or you keep shifting a goal because you're not quite there. Life goals are the same way. Not just business goals. Maybe it's not the deadline, but it's the actual goal itself. Perhaps you need to make some adjustments there or change your metrics all together in order to attain your goal. Don't look at things not going the way you expect them to as a failure. Look at it as feedback. Take “failure” as feedback and then apply what you've learned from it.

#2 Quit too early

A few weeks ago, I shared on my podcast the four types of entrepreneurs, and one of them is the potted plant entrepreneur. This is the type of entrepreneur who won't stick with their ideas. They won't stick with it long enough to actually see it take root and grow. They shift from one idea to another simply because things aren’t progressing as fast as they anticipated. The rapid success that they think should come, doesn’t. So, they think it's not working and they move onto the next idea. But the underlying issue or concern is a lack of discipline. You lack the discipline or the consistency to actually see your idea come to fruition. You will not feel motivated every day. You're not going to be inspired every day. But you still have to show up and put in the work, in order for you to achieve what it is that you're going after.

It is the force of consistency that will help you to achieve your goals. You’ve got to stick with it long enough to see the fruit of your labor.

#3 You desire the outcome more than the process

What do I mean by that? You love the idea of having whatever the end result is. For example, you might like the idea of fame and fortune, working for yourself or living the laptop lifestyle where you can travel the world and do business from wherever we are. No longer chained to a nine to five waiting for someone else to tell us when we can take time off. However, what happens is we are more wrapped up in daydreaming about the end result and aren’t interested in the process of becoming the type of person who can actually hit the goal. I believe Jim Rohn is attributed to the quote “the major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be far greater value than what you get. Essentially the highest purpose of the goal is to become the type of person who can actually achieve the goal. So it is a focus on becoming rather than achieving.

#4 Don’t recognize the lessons in failure

A lot of us, when we have failures or things don't go the way that we anticipate them, we look at it as a failure. The trouble is we don't look at the actual situation as a failure. We label ourselves as a failure because our plan didn't work out. The truth is you are not a failure. That particular plan failed. Rather than putting on the label of I'm a failure, we need to look at that particular plan as the failure or not even as a failure, but an opportunity. An opportunity to be innovative and come up with a new plan, a new strategy for how we attain the desired outcome.

#5 Fear of judgment

What happens is, because we're afraid people are going to judge us, we end up sabotaging ourselves. The reason we self-sabotage is we

want to avoid the rejection. We can see afar off that failure is eminent or we can see the handwriting on the wall. Subsequently we can prepare ourselves for the failure. We can concoct a story to tell people, “Well, it wasn't my fault. It was because of X, Y, and Z.” We're able to better prepare and deflect the judgment. So instead of being judged and rejected, we just self-sabotage. It is more comfortable to be in control of the outcome so we can have an excuse or have a reason, where we can place blame, as opposed to something from without. So those are our top 5 reasons that you're not hitting your goals. However, if you take some of the strategies I shared with you and implement them into your goal setting and your lifestyle, then you will find yourself hitting your goals much more often.

If You Can’t Save a Dollar...

By: Kendell Lenice Transformational Expert, Life and Financial Coach, Author

If you can't save a dollar, you will never be able to save two. If you can't save $10, you'll never be able to save $100.

As a financial coach, I hear time and time again that people are unable to save money. I get it. It's real in these streets. As soon as you save, something comes up. Although I get that, I'm also sure that you waste a lot of money. Right? Right! If you have it, you spend it. That's what most do. People also tend to say, "I'm not saving a dollar, what's that going to do? I respond, "Grow!" It all adds up.

If you find a penny on the street, pick it up. Don't walk over it as if it isn't money. Pennies make dollars. I was taught this growing up. Thanks Mom! I took that concept into adulthood and into my profession, unknowingly. It's a concept I teach and live by. Don't turn your nose up at a penny or a dollar because with simple math, that money will grow. Pick up that penny. If you don't, you may not be blessed with more.

If you can't save $10 you'll never be able to save $100.

Everyone must start somewhere, start with a dollar and each day add a dollar. Challenge yourself to do better for yourself. That's where you'll find growth and financial freedom.

People who are financially secure, save money. They aren't worrying about where their next dollar is coming from. They are living financially free. That term is not just for "rich" people. That's a theory that works for everyone, even if you make little money. You must change your way of thinking and move about in your lane. If you make less than a friend or family member, then you save what you can. While they may be able to save $50, you may have to save $5. Nevertheless, you're still saving and that's the focus.

You must start somewhere. Meet your finances where they are.

Financially discipline yourself or book an appointment with me. :) I will help you see money as a tool and not a necessity. I want to see you win. I'm tired of seeing people stretched to the seams each month. Most of us have been there and it's not fun. When you have more money, you can relax more... feeling the breeze against your skin. There is comfort in knowing your bills are paid and you still have money left. If you work for your money, it should never go to all your bills. What kind of life is that? You cannot live your best life stressed out over money.

Having a surplus gives you financial relief, so you can do what you want. Don't just save for one thing, save for everything. Meaning, if you have savings you can do what you want, when you need or want to do it. FREEDOM.

Example: If your car breaks down, you don't have to worry. When you have it, you take your car in with ease and sip a latte, while you wait. Another example: If a friend says, "Hey, I’m looking at this vacation destination for us, all you have to do is pay $500." You don't want to say, "I don't have the money because I have to pay these bills. I want to go, but I don't have it." You want to be able to be financially ready and not strapped to a hamster wheel of FINANCIAL STRAPITY. (Yup, made

Don't turn your nose up at a penny or a dollar because with simple math, that money will grow.

that up.) You don't want to be strapped for cash, missing opportunities to live your life on purpose.

Everyone must start somewhere, start with a dollar and each day add a dollar. Challenge yourself to do better for yourself. That's where you'll find growth and financial freedom. Don't allow anyone to tell you, you can't do. If you decide to listen to the negative talk, allow it to motivate your life.

If you don't cherish what you have, God will not grant you more. Work with what you have, and God will multiply the rest. Do your part and take ownership of your financial life. Leave a legacy behind... a legacy of upward thinking and a healthy relationship with money.

AUTHORS AND READERS

MEET AUTHOR: Ann Marie Bryan

From #1 Amazon Bestselling author Ann Marie Bryan comes the highly anticipated final installment in the Encounters of the Heart series—a riveting story about rising from the ashes, unlocking love, and learning to create and maintain an atmosphere of faith.

“Hearts over the Line” will be released on Thursday, 5/30/2019, and it is now available for pre-orders. Don't miss out on this captivating love story that will stir your emotions on many levels, before coming to a satisfying conclusion. Pre-order now: Amazon

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Chandler Peynard has it all—family, fame, fortune, and salvation. This A-list celebrity has come a long way from his philandering days. That’s no longer his style. He’s head-over-heels in love with Sabrina, his wife, and in full pursuit of God’s calling on his life. But when shadows of the past beckon, he panics. Eventually, he has no choice but to face his previous indiscretions, but will Chandler’s past activities be more than his wife can handle?

Larry and Rozene Kanate have moved beyond the consequences of their mirrored sin. The birth of twin daughters helped to seal their happily-ever-after. Life is wonderful, until it’s not. After the beaded curtain falls, Rozene scrambles to put the pieces together and avoid public humiliation. As the past crosses paths with the present, will their marriage survive?

Madison Bradshaw has moved past her inability to trust and love. But when Tyler, her husband, makes a special request, she hides the truth from him. What could go wrong?

In this captivating conclusion to the bestselling Encounters of the Heart series, unresolved issues make unwelcome visits to test the resiliency of love. Will the characters learn to reset the atmosphere in which they live? Will they live in a place where God finds it easy to bless them? In a season that brings many challenges, they

must summon the courage to forgive, heal and fall in love again.

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Standalone books in the Encounters of the Heart series:

Book 1 -Shades of the Heart (The story of Blake & Gabrielle Montgomery)

Book 2 -Mirrored Heart: Sealed by Fire (The story of Larry & Rozene Kanate)

Book 3 -A Place for my Heart (The story of Chandler Peynard & Sabrina Benjamin)

Book 4 -Where My Heart Belongs (The story of Tyler Bradshaw & Madison Kanate) Book 5 (Coming 5/30/2019) -Hearts over the Line (The conclusion)