When you have been journaling about areas of your life that you would like to change in your journaling sessions, several topics may surge up to the top with just as much frustration. This makes it difficult to choose between both topics. You’ll probably be tempted to try and work on both at the same time. This is the number one reason why people fail when working on personal growth. You need to choose one top priority. Everything else has to come in second.
Why Choose Just One?
Choosing just one area of improvement at a time is vital for success. Why? Because many times you will be confronted between the two things that you want to change. And only one of them can be number one. You can only physically do one major action at a time. In order to succeed in one specific area of your life, you need to choose which actions will consistently help you to follow through in that area.
Let’s take an example. Say you want to improve your health through exercise. You really want to set up an exercise program and stick with it. At the same time, you are unhappy in your job and want to start up and new business. Both will require time and dedication on your part. At times you will be confronted with needing to do both, and you can only choose to do one thing at a time. When push comes to shove, which one do you choose? This is why you must decide in advance that only one subject will be your primal focus for a specified duration.
The Snowball Effect
This is how you get really clear about your intentions and which next actions you’ll need to take. By consistently choosing one area of focus for growth and improvement, you’ll build up success, see results and generate motivation and momentum. If you keep switching from one area to the next, you dilute your actions and motivation. You’ll see fewer results and motivation will plummet.
Also, you send out a very clear purpose to the world. By saying, “I choose this area of growth over any other”, you let it be known (to the universe and your subconscious mind) that this is what you really, really want. This is where the magic of dedication begins to filter in. You create a snowball effect where you make a tough decision, you stick with it, you succeed gain some satisfaction from it, which motivates you to take some more action. And so on. Before you know it, the actions required get easier and easier. It starts to get really fun. This won’t happen if you change your focus every other minute.
Life Will Get in the Way
When you set up a specific goal, an area of personal development, it sounds great in the beginning. Then life gets in the way. Whatever it is, when you set out a goal, a specific area of life to change, life will then serve you up a whole bunch of conflicting actions. You will have to take care of the mundane, the daily tasks, the kids and the shopping. That is life. It will get in the way of you goals to improve and grow.
This is where it gets difficult to be committed to two goals. You have to take it in stride to enjoy the journey. That is why it’s important to have only one Top Priority of Self-Improvement. It makes the whole process easier and life more fun.
Pick one area of improvement; set a goal to do just one thing in that area each day. Then go live your life. Don’t make the mistake of thinking you can choose two areas of your life for improvement at the same time. You can only have one that is the Number One Goal For My Self-Improvement. When you get really clear about this area, then when it comes down to “push or shove” you will always stand firm: I have already chosen My Top Priority.
Tomorrow, you can always change your focus, but for now, relish in the satisfaction of moving at least one dream, one desire forward on this journey to success.
“Anne Dessens is the editor/founder of the Anne Dessens.com website about success through personal development. Learn how to speed up your own success through journaling: http://www.annedessens.com/journaling.html
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