3 Secrets to Reach Your Goals Faster

3 Secrets to Help You Reach Your Goals Faster  If you haven't caught our recent tweets with links to secret goal setting, follow us! What I love about having Emer on my team is that she is a goal setting shortcut sleuth. Here's just a few secrets she recently found: 1. Imagination Focuses Your Brain Better to Hit the Target New research published in Psychological Science shows that people who imagined a visual target before having to pick it out of a group of distracting items were faster at finding the target than those who did an actual practice run beforehand.  How can you apply this finding to your own goals? When you draw a picture of yourself achieving a goal and roll the tape of it in your imagination, seeing yourself walking through all the things you IMAGINE it will take to get there, you encode your neural pathways with the most direct route to achieve it. Don't take my word for it!  Try it! Before you are getting ready to do something, do that old tried and true "visualize success" technique! 2.  Be grateful and your goal achievement level goes up. Students asked to keep a gratitude journal were found to have a higher satisfaction level, ability to engage better socially with peers, and better overall performance. Leaders who expressed gratitude to staff had better working relationships and fostered a culture of support and appreciation.  Try keeping a gratitude journal. Write down 3 things you are grateful for before you fall asleep at night.  Research shows that after only two weeks of writing your gratitudes, you'll begin to see a change. 3.  Believe you'll achieve it, and you will. Belief plays a huge role in your ability to achieve success. Not belief that something could happen, but belief that you can make it happen. Albert Bandura proposed that individuals’  expectations are a major factor in determining goal setting, activity choice, willingness to expend effort, and persistence. What do you truly believe about that goal you have drawn on your paper?  Unpack it to make sure your belief in your own capability is solid. If you are wanting to make a change of some kind then now is the time to get focused on you and that dream you have been thinking about.  If you need a reboot, check out our FB page or twitter feed. We're offering you consistent tips to help you step into that reality you have been dreaming about. Big summer love to you! Tip Of The Week Be a Go Giver, not a Go Getter! Follow us on Vimeo, Youtube, or Facebook  and never miss a tip or a Creative Genius interview! $99 Toolkit The Snapshot of the Big Picture is still on sale for just $99. Ready to step your Creative Genius up to the next level? This toolkit contains everything you need to lead change in your organization, or with your clients. GET IT   FREE ICON GUIDE Have you downloaded your free icon guide yet? It's filled with ideas to get you inspired so you can DRAW YOUR FUTURE! DOWNLOAD

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Up your Creative Genius

After 10 years of working with my fantastic partners, Chris Chopyak and Lois Todd in our company Alchemy: The Art of Transforming Business, I have decided to do something different. (Not that I don't always do something different, but this time I wanted to do something REALLY different.)

I have turned over the reins for Alchemy to them and launched a new venture, Up your Creative Genius.

What most of you have been asking me is "How can I be more creative in my life, with my teams and in my company? How can I do that?"

Up your Creative Genius is my answer.  Since I'm all about sending links or tips on how you can get what you want, here's a few to start you thinking about how you can Up your Creative Genius today:

1. Pay attention to what parts of your world are in a state of status quo and when (and why) you choose to let them remain there.
2. Step out of your comfort zone every single day.
3. Push yourself beyond what feels easy to do. (If you are a runner, sprint 3x in your workouts. If you are in IT, learn to paint. If you are a creative, balance your checkbook.)
4. Play as much as you can - if you need to use your kids as an excuse, play games, sports, and silly childish games that make you laugh with them often.
5. Draw your ideas on a whiteboard or napkin or on the back of your hand.

And when you find yourself getting stuck, give a call. Up your Creative Genius has tons of ideas for how you can accelerate what you are doing right now to take it up a notch into the stratosphere of your choosing.