You Reached Your Goal, You Made It! - Now What?
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First thing is you need an idea, then you have to set your goals, then you have to focus and stay productive, it’s also about goals getting, and then you reach your goal, it worked, and you’re successful and then…
then what?
…..blank……
Since everybody seems to be writing articles/post and giving tips on how to achieve success, and goals setting and how to stay focused and all. My question is: What to do once you reached your goal? What’s after?
Well of course you gotta celebrate! You worked damn hard to get there! But then again, what’s after? You feel you “made it“, and then that amazing feeling of accomplishment starts to fade away, then it’s back to the drawing board.
Yeah, What’s Up With That Drawing Board?
It can be difficult to get back on track and set new goals, especially if the goal you just reached was a really important one. But someone has to do it. Some people seem to never run out of ideas, but for most people it’s not easy to get back at it.
Having some sort of drawing board, mind map or simply a note pad where you wrote all your ideas (even the silly ones), will be really useful once you “feel” the time is right.
You can go over these notes, and decide what project you wanna work on, or what brilliant idea you had a year ago that you want to work on now.
Your Turn To Talk
Ok, so what do you do when you reach your goal, and you’re back on Earth? Do you take on whatever new project? Do you wait for someone to invites you? Please share your experiences with us! Most people will feel empty shortly after reaching very important goals. What can you do to overcome that?
Take care! :)
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Goals are great and necessary. I have written quite a bit about them as well. They are critical to our success.
On any road trip you have a preliminary destination, then another, then another and so on. The journey may be long, perhaps a lifetime.
Earl Nightingale said that “success is in the journey, not the destination,” so it seems obvious that that we must remain actively focused upon the journey to be successful!
A goal achieved is wonderful and exciting, but not the end all; it’s only one of many destinations on our road trip. As soon as we reach that first destination, we can rest and celebrate that first evening, but need to get back on the journey to the next destination in the morning! We cant afford to boast of our past achievments, it’s what we do now that matters.
Daniel, thanx for replying, I read your blog and you posted many articles on the topic, so I’m happy you took the time to reply, appreciate it :)
I think you’re right on the money “We cant afford to boast of our past achievments, it’s what we do now that matters” - If you just sit there and enjoy the success, it won’t help achieve other goals you may have, gotta take some time to celebrate, but then go back to work.
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Thanks for the reminder. I need to review my Q2 goals for the year.
I can really relate to the empty feeling that you have once you have achieved your goals. That’s when its time to move on to the next one.
Adam, good point, best way to overcome that feeling is to start working towards reaching another goal :)
Hey JP,
I have no problem finding new goals, I have the healthy problems of having too many goals that I would love to achieve but not enough time. So I have to prioritize them. :)
But if anyone really hit a blank then I’ll suggest that they look at hard at where they want to be or what they want to have 5 years, 10 years or 20 years down the road. Once they can answer that, they will have so many goals that they need to prioritize! :)
Cheers
Hey James, hehe yep I can totally relate to that “too many goals” :)
The ability to see the big picture and think in terms of 5, or 25 years is great, this way you can keep you focus and break things down into smaller goals.
Set another goal!
The great thing about success is that it’s like a rabbit … you can roll it right into making another rabbit. Then another. Then … well, we all know what rabbits do.
Capitalizing on a success right away is always the best plan. Not easy sometimes though … that’s why we have the phrase “one hit wonders”, but the quicker we get to it, the better. Keep the momentum going.
haha, Shane your metaphors are awesome! rabbits he? :)
It’s really not easy to “ride the wave” and keep the momentum going, but I guess that’s the main difference between a successful company or a successful entrepreneur/individual and someone who always seems to “try”.
IF you are driven, your goals will be constant variables. It’s human nature :)
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Scot, I totally agree with you bro! When you have passion and purpose, and you’re driven, you kinda won’t run out of goals to achieve :)
I agree that there are so many people that set goals, but I think very few actually follow through with them. They are not patience or persistent enough to continue to set goals and achieve them daily and then regroup from there to set more goals. Great post.
Hi Mark, thanks! Well I think once you find passion and purpose, it’s a lot easier to set goals and achieve them, and then move to new goals.
:)
Oh, I am a great goal setter. I make detailed list and work up mental plans. I talk to other people about my goals. Now, the problems seems to be actually following through. Yikes, I suck at it.
Angie, oh I’m a great goal setter also, I just have to keep the momentum going once I reach a goal :)
I am now at that stage where I have accomplished many goals at a rather young age. I retired when I was 43 years old. I am now 48. So, since I retired young I thought first things first. We will build a home of our dreams, then travel the world, finally take the time to lead a healthy life style to enjoy retirement hopefully longer, spend time with family and friends, learn Spanish, and I’ve had numerous other major goals which have already been accomplished. And yes…oddly enough (and I am not looking for sympathy or anything, since I know it appears that I’d be the envy of many), but actually I DO feel VERY empty after accomplishing many goals. And…I have dozens more listed for the rest of my life. As a matter of fact, if I lived to 120 years old, I still will not be able to accomplish everything I have listed. So…I am sort of at a turning point right now. I’m thinking about the times I was the happiest in my life. And it wasn’t when I was really rch and free to do whatever I had on ‘the list’. It was when I was doing a job that I just loved and could see myself do it every day for the rest of my life. (although it abruptly ended with a fire –long story short). Another time was when I had some profound spiritual experiances. And yet again, another time was when I did things that really helped out other people and improved and changed their lives significantly. I suppose when it come times for me to leave this life, these are the things I will cherish the most, and perhaps what I ought to be more focused on.