It really is amazing how many people just don’t know what they want. They know now what they have isn’t what they want, but if they had what they wanted, they’d just know. That sounds like a good theory, but that’s the idea that riches will just mysteriously fall into your lap. Most people that get what they want know about it before hand. Ask yourself now, what do you want?

I’m going to guess you gave something you want, which is great, but it’s extremely vague. You said something like “I want more muscles”, “I want to get by body percentage down”, etc. Those are much better than having nothing, but these goals are unmeasurable. Measuring is the key to success because it gives you a way to calibrate your method. If you’re trying to lower your body fat percentage, very little work can be done to lower that 1% or a lot of work for 5%. You have to ask yourself, what you want and be exact as you can. “I want to put on 5lbs of muscle”, “I want to drop my body fat to 15%”, etc.

Those goals are great and they’re getting better, but there is one more thing to put into it, a deadline. Deadlines have a very powerful effect on you. Think back to school when you had a term paper due. A week before it’s due, you may take a few attempts at it, and write a few paragraphs, but more than anything you will do the bulk of writing the night before it is due. Why? Because of the pressure of a deadline. IF you set deadlines for yourself than you’re going to unlock the key to pressuring yourself. “I want to gain 5lbs of muscle by next month”, “I want to drop my body fat percentage to 15% by June”, etc. These are how goals are supposed to look.

Write them down on a piece of paper and leave it by your nightstand. Read it a few times in the morning and a few times before you get to bed. We want you to permeate these goals in your mind.

Tomorrow I’ll post a nice article on figuring out how to reach these goals.