Accomplish your goals

Muhammad Ali famously said that he hated every minute of the training it took to win the world championship.

“𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, 𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩. 𝙎𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣,’” he said.

I think about that sometimes when all my hard work seems so pointless or boring, or frustrating.

Instead of letting that highjack my enthusiasm, I imagine what my life will be like when I reach my goal. 

👍🏽 Hᴏᴡ ʙʀɪɢʜᴛʟʏ ᴡɪʟʟ I sᴍɪʟᴇ, ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴏᴘᴇʀʟʏ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ I ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍʏ ᴋɪᴅs.

👍🏽Hᴏᴡ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴡɪʟʟ I ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ sʜɪɪɴɢ, ᴋᴀʏᴀᴋɪɴɢ, ʀᴜɴɴɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪꜰᴛɪɴɢ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ I Don’tᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʙʏ ʙᴏᴅʏ ʙᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ that’ll“

👍🏽Oʀ ʙ”ɪɴɢ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴀʏ YES ᴛᴏ ɴᴇᴡ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛɪᴇs ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴꜰɪᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ʙᴏᴅʏ.

Go ahead and try it. Don’t briefly think, like, “Yeah, that’ll be great.”😵‍💫

Fully invest your imagination. Get specific about the senses – touch, sight, smell, etc. 

• Wɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇ ɪɴ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴍᴏᴏᴅ ᴏʀ ᴀ ʙᴀᴅ ᴏɴᴇ? 

• Wɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴜᴅ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟғ ᴏʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʏ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ғᴇᴇʟ ʙᴀᴅ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟғ?

Let’s get real! Fire up that imagination. It’s sooooo close to “inspiration.”

Have you tried this to help accomplish your goals? 

Let me know in the comments below.