natural biological drivers. Our natural
program is to avoid and move away from
Studies have shown that the most common
emotions people feel during the goal
achievement process are frustration, anxiety,
fear, boredom and apathy.
of our normal biological desires and behaviour.
rationalised it by making up a story around why
they couldn't do it. Most of the time they said it
was not their fault. i.e. `I will get back to this
goal when work calms down a bit'. When
analysed, their stories were inaccurate and
delusional.
examples of other people who were successful
at achieving a similar goal they saw the other
person's goal as being easier, or that the other
person was having more fun getting to their
goal. None of these things were true. In fact
those that stuck to their goals were as
challenged, bored, frustrated with their goals as
those that quit. They just didn't see those things
as a reason to quit.
3.
keep going. For example to get people to exercise
researchers got them just to walk for 10 minutes a
day, however once they were out and exercising
they continued to walk much longer.
4.
Those people that did achieve their goal didn't
analyse it too much, when it came time to do
their chosen activity, they just did it..
tension in their environment to make them keep
going. Tension from parents, coaches and
fellow students. All these sources of tension
keep them accountable. Announce your goals
to people and set up tension in your
environment to keep you accountable.
6.
small habits like the way they drove to work,
what wrist they wore their watch on, which
hand they brushed their teeth with, lost far more
weight than the people in the study who did not
change these small habits.
leading educators, researchers and
thought leaders in the area of human
performance! In addition to his work in
human performance he is also the CEO of
`The Glucose Club'
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