AMY HANSEN

If you’ve hit a road block when it comes to achieving your goals then you’re not alone.  It happens so often!  But you can’t let that stop you from achieving what you want in life.  Here is how you can get back to working towards you goal so that you can finally achieve it!

Feeling

Start by asking yourself why you’re not taking action towards your goal.  A feeling should come up for you that’s causing you to put off working towards your goal.  It could be that the goal feels too overwhelming, you don’t know how to get there, or fear is taking over.  All of these are legitimate reasons that prevent you from achieving your goal.  But, you cannot let them win.  Acknowledge what feeling is coming up for you and then journal about why you feel that way.  Recognizing what’s causing you to stop taking action towards your goal is the first step in getting back on track.

Notice Procrastination

Instead of working on your goals, you might find yourself distracted and procrastinating by ...

Sometimes you fall off the band wagon while working towards your goal.  Obstacles come up that throw you off course.  The truth is, challenges will always occur but it’s important to not let them prevent you from achieving your goal.  It can be easy to give up when you hit a roadblock and start feeling down about your progress.  But, that’s not going to be you.  Sometimes you just need to recommit to your goal.

Give Yourself Permission

When you do feel down and out about your progress towards achieving your goal, give yourself permission to take a break.  Take a step back and give yourself some breathing room to regroup.  Go for a walk outside to clear your head.  Turn on some music and dance it out.  Maybe you need a short nap or a relaxing meditation to get you back into a positive head space.  Give yourself permission to take a break and come back to your goal with a renewed mindset.

Stay Committed

Taking a break doesn’t mean putting your goal on the back burner and lettin...

When you set a new goal for yourself, you often begin by doing some research on the topic.  You start studying in order to gain a lot of expertise in this area.  Perhaps you’ve read all the books, watched all the videos, and absorbed everything you could on this particular topic.  You are the educated expert.  If someone were to ask you any question about this topic, you will most likely have an answer.  But, do you really know everything there is to know about this topic?  Honestly, it’s impossible to learn everything there is about a certain area.  Things change, new concepts are discovered, and more content keeps being added.  You get sucked into trying to consume it all in order to feel like you know everything there is to know.  You believe that once you know it all, then you will be able to start making progress towards your goals.  Yet, why do you feel like you need to continue educating yourself on this topic before you start taking action, when you already have a decent grasp ...

If you’re stuck and having a hard time achieving your goals then maybe some additional expertise might help.  Perhaps that’s getting a higher degree, learning a new skill, or simply trying something different.  Gaining more knowledge to become an expert can give you the extra confidence you need in order to finally take action and achieve your goals.

Knowledge

As someone who loves to learn, you crave more knowledge.  Knowledge gives you power.  It makes you feel smart.  You learn and grow through educating yourself with more knowledge.  However, there is a difference between someone who just consumes all the information for mental awareness versus someone who actually applies the knowledge and becomes an experienced expert in that particular field.

Educated Expert

The educated expert is someone who has read all the books, watched the videos, listened to audios and can talk about the methods and strategies associated with the topic.  However, the educated expert has very limit...

You have many beliefs.  Some serve you and help you to achieve your goals while others hinder you and prevent you from achieving your goals.  The key is to change the beliefs that are keeping you stuck to beliefs that will better serve you.  Forming new beliefs can be difficult.  But, there are a few things you can do to make your new belief stick.

Recognize The Belief

The hardest part is recognizing the limiting belief in the first place.  You need to be consciously aware of what thoughts are going through your mind.  Catch the thoughts that are causing you to believe something that isn’t true and that’s stopping you from making progress towards achieving your goals.  Once you begin to notice these beliefs when they occur, you’ll be better prepared to change the belief.

State Your New Belief

When you catch your limiting belief, state your new belief in that moment.  Teach yourself that this is not the belief you want to have and state your new desired belief.  It’s also bene...

One of the biggest things that holds you back from achieving your goals is yourself.  Your mind wants to keep you safe in your current comfort zone.  When you try something new that’s unfamiliar your mind starts telling you all the reasons why you shouldn’t continue.  This is when you give up on your goals.  The self doubt becomes too overpowering and ends up winning.  You are left stuck in your current comfort zone, never achieving your goals.  Learn a process to help you break through the self doubt by changing the beliefs that are preventing you from achieving your goals.

Identify The Beliefs

The first step is to figure out what beliefs are holding you back.  The best way to do this is by journaling about what you want to achieve and what’s getting in your way.  Think about the blocks that come up in your mind that are preventing you from moving forward.  Perhaps that’s you’re not good enough to achieve such a thing.  Some of these beliefs may be deep in your subconscious.  You...

The hardest part about achieving goals is having the discipline to stay motivated and continue to take action toward reaching your goals.  Life often throws things your way to get you off track.  It is said, expect the unexpected.  Life is full of unexpected events.  If you knew everything that was going to happen, life wouldn’t be that fun to live.  This is why you must have the discipline to keep working towards your goals even when times get tough.  Do not let roadblocks, hurdles, or simply life events stop you from going after what you want most in life.  If it’s important enough to you, you will find a way to make it happen.  Life throws challenges at you to see if you’ll give up.  Keep going and never give up!  Here are three areas on how to have discipline to achieve your goals.

Daily Action

You must have the discipline to take daily action towards your goals.  Do at least one thing every day to move you closer to your end result.  This not only keeps you motivated because ...

Often times when you create a vision board it’s about the end result.  It’s getting the fancy car or dream house.  But, that’s not always very motivating.

For instance, if you have a vision board with six pack abs and then look in the mirror at yourself with no abs, you most likely feel unmotivated.  Six pack abs may feel almost impossible even after all the hard work you’ve but in by eating healthy and exercising.  You’re not seeing immediate results and that may cause you to give up and throw in the towel.  This is why you should create a motivation vision board instead.

Rather than creating a vision board about the end result, make a motivation vision board that includes who you need to be and what action steps you need to take in order to achieve the desired end result.  Here are four things you need to include on your motivation vision board.

Future You

The first step in creating your motivation vision board is to get really clear on who you need to be in order to ach...

You are a few weeks into the new year.  By now, some of the new year’s resolutions are getting thrown out the window.  It’s hard to start something new.  But, if you want any chance of achieving your goals this year, you’re going to need a process and be willing to stick to it.  Use this four step process on how to achieve massive success this year.

1. Identify Your Goal

The first step is to get really clear on what your goal is.  Think about what exactly it is that you want to accomplish and make happen this year.  Make your goal specific.  For example, don’t just say you want to lose weight.  Give the goal some measure by saying you want to weigh x number of pounds or lose this many pounds by a particular set date.  The true test is that anyone would be able to know if you’ve achieved your goal because you’ve made it specific and given it measure.  Then, write your goal down.  Studies have shown that you’re more likely to achieve your goal when it’s written down on paper.  This ...

A new year is the perfect time to reconnect to your dreams and set some new goals for yourself.  Last year may not have gone as planned, but this year can be the start of something amazing.  Sometimes you just need believe it is possible.  In order to help you do so, here are four steps to dream big in the new year.

1. Permission To Dream

Give yourself permission to dream.  Schedule in time to be fully present where you visualize your future goals and dreams.  Take time to get really quiet.  You could sit in silence and close your eyes or go outside for a slow walk.  Allow your mind to wander and dream about everything you want to create and make happen your life.  Nothing is too big or too small.  Give yourself permission to let the ideas flow.

2. Journal

After you’ve taken time to dream, grab your journal and write down what came up for you.  Make notes of your ideas and future goals.  Let your creativity spark and flow without interruption.  Now that you have your dreams w...