Comments on: One Surprisingly Simple Rule that Will Make Your Goals Happen Faster

By: Giulia

Giulia — Sat, 27 May 2017 15:56:47 +0000

You know when you hear something at just the right time – this was it! Thanks so much 🙂 It was good to read that goals can be overwhelming and when we focus on them too much it ends up getting really heavy. We put so much pressure on ourselves. I focus so much on the end goal that it ends up tiring me out before I even start. I’ll be starting with small rituals tomorrow 🙂

By: Deeae

Deeae — Tue, 23 May 2017 21:06:27 +0000

In reply to John Downes. A week has passed - how is it going, John? (I commiserate.)

By: Marg Trollope

Marg Trollope — Mon, 22 May 2017 15:01:49 +0000

My broker once said, ‘Just do the work, and the rest will follow’.

By: Marc Chernoff

Marc Chernoff — Sun, 21 May 2017 19:02:57 +0000

In reply to Megan. Thanks for supporting our work, Megan!

By: Marc Chernoff

Marc Chernoff — Sun, 21 May 2017 19:02:15 +0000

In reply to Jason Daily. Thanks for the video feedback. We'll be making more of these.

By: Marc Chernoff

Marc Chernoff — Sun, 21 May 2017 19:01:01 +0000

In reply to Gale. You're very welcome, Gale. And well done with all the progress you've made. We're proud of you. :-)

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 19 May 2017 14:46:33 +0000

Losing trust in myself. Thanks for pointing that out.

By: The Tepid Tamale

The Tepid Tamale — Thu, 18 May 2017 15:59:50 +0000

A reminder that I need. I have been making progress, sliding back, doing the right things, then not. I need to break the cycle with one small change at a time that I then do not forget, but make sure I maintain. Then I can add another change. Thanks so much for the reminder!

By: Deano

Deano — Thu, 18 May 2017 10:16:30 +0000

I definitely over-think things a lot of the time! I guess it’s time for me to shift that thinking time to something else while remaining on track. Great post guys, interesting one.

By: RIZZA

RIZZA — Thu, 18 May 2017 05:20:33 +0000

Hi guys!

I’m bipolar and depressive. This article helped me a lot in maneuvering my daily tasks as a wife and a mother of two boys.
I’ve just started a daily routine of walking an hour in the morning and in the afternoon. I’ve also started working part time from home. I teach English to Chinese kids and adults. Since I started following you I would always read articles you post when I have time. THANK YOU FOR SUCH INSPIRING ARTICLES!!!!!

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 17 May 2017 21:06:21 +0000

Extremely important topic. Thank you, guys.

I’m reminded of the typical sports interview where the players say “We’re going to take this one game at a time.” As cliché as it sounds, they are completely right.

Most chase goals but fail to see what makes the goals happen. It isn’t a large, overbearing change that brings the goals to fruition. No, as you so beautifully pointed out, it is the small things that we do each day that cause the goals to happen. Change those, and life begins to change.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 17 May 2017 12:34:53 +0000

I loved the video addition guys! You need to do more of these!

By: Shqiprim

Shqiprim — Wed, 17 May 2017 09:39:19 +0000

“Quitting your day job and building a business requires you to figure out your finances, design and test products and services, write marketing material, set up a website, design sales funnels, etc. … all of this can be very daunting at the beginning. But if building this business is a goal you truly want to achieve, you have to do these things, and you have to start before you feel “ready.” The key, again, is leveraging daily rituals to ease into these uncomfortable requirements. Start with figuring our your finances – paying off debt, saving up a year’s worth of living expenses, etc. Then, once you’re comfortable in that area, decide on a product or service idea (daily market research), then set up your website (in small daily steps), write some marketing copy (again, in small daily steps), learn about Facebook marketing, run some ads on Facebook to test the marketability of your product or service, etc. Ease into each part of your new business and all it’s requirements gradually become part of the conditions that you’re familiar with – your new and expanded “normal.”
I am a marketing student so in the future I hope i will have a business of mine and that’s why that part resonated me.
Thank you guys!

By: Tambu

Tambu — Wed, 17 May 2017 02:23:11 +0000

Thank you! thank you for this article, it changed my perspective on life completely, you have no idea. I will give a testimony soon, watch the space Marc and Angel love you guys.

By: Ms. Jordan

Ms. Jordan — Tue, 16 May 2017 20:32:08 +0000

In reply to Gale. The article makes a lot of sense, and it came at a Great time since I just started A+ training for IT, and my Goal is to pass the course. Great Info.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 16 May 2017 18:05:48 +0000

Thank you for this article, I needed this. The biggest dream of my life is creating beautiful music, but after reading this post I realized that quite often I dream my life away instead of practicing guitar, writing lyrics, composing melodies learning how to use recording software etc. Now I know what to do 🙂

P.S

I’ve been reading your blog for three years and it hugely improved my English abilities (because I’m not native speaker) and my life attitude towards better. So from the depth of my heart thank you 🙂

God bless you! 🙂 (Yours blog is best thing in the Internet!)

By: Vernon

Vernon — Tue, 16 May 2017 10:56:35 +0000

There’s a lot of hope in this post. I love how you shared your experience with setting goals.
Keeping it simple as daily rituals remove the fear of one wrong move will destroy everything.
A lot of times we don’t want to commit to a new way of living because of our past failures.
We must change our focus visualizing ourselves doing these rituals instead of seeing ourselves failing.

By: Ujjwal

Ujjwal — Tue, 16 May 2017 05:57:07 +0000

In reply to Gale.

Yes, I loved the advice of focusing? on rituals than on goals.
As Aristotle said,
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

Thank you!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 15 May 2017 22:37:02 +0000

Goals don’t make positive changes happen, daily rituals do. Resonates with me. Found this article very useful. Thank you.

By: Bruce A

Bruce A — Mon, 15 May 2017 19:50:59 +0000

Another great article – thanks guys! I agree with your comments about setting daily (and weekly goals) to complete tasks. I have a daily “To do” list in my kitchen which I tick off as I complete each one – this in itself boosts my self esteem. Paul H wrote about daily push-ups and exercises. I started doing push ups about a year ago and now set a weekly target of over 1000 which I now easily achieve – because of my age (70) I do the cheat’s version with my knees on the floor! Six months ago I started doing more walking and found my Fitbit (any other pedometer brand will do) so motivational in helping me achieve my daily goal of 12,000 steps. I have been known to get out of bed around 11pm and walk around the block when I discover I have not quite reached my target!