Imagine you wouldn’t have had deadlines in school. Your teacher would have never told you to
finish your homework until a certain day. Would have been nice, right? But you probably
would have never learned anything.
As soon someone gives you instructions and puts you under pressure with a deadline,
you all of a sudden feel accountable and start to work.
When it comes to our personal
goals, it seems that we often don't take it as serious as we do in school or in the
business world.
Isn`t it ironic? The things that are closest to us, like our own
dreams, are easy to postpone. But we wouldn`t do so if our boss wants a presentation next
Friday, even if we are personally way less affected by this work.
We set priorities
differently when it comes to our own goals. We think it`s not that important and we can also
do it “tomorrow”. Or next week. Or next year. And then time flies and you’re wondering where
all those years have gone…
Sometimes we even act like there is infinite time. But this is a lie, just saying -
You will die at some point. That’s why I often say that life is too long to realize that
your time here on earth is limited. So please:
Take your dreams a bit more serious and start pursuing them more actively! -
Before it’s too late!
You will do yourself a really big favor if you set yourself a deadline! Think about
until when you want to have reached your dream?! Or even more important: always set a
deadline for the next small steps you want to take. Because those automatically will bring
you closer to your dream.
I always set the deadline for my dreams at the end of a month.
For example, I
wanted to take an ice bath for 10+ minutes before the end of February.
This is the
trick I am using to help my mind.
This means, when February starts, I know, there are
only a few more weeks left to accomplish this goal. So, I get to work and start planning on
how to make it happen.
Maybe it helps you as well to always pick some small simple steps that you want to
accomplish by the end of the week.
What I like to do is writing those steps on Post-Its
and stick them all over my apartment where I can see them every day. So, I`ve been always
reminded what I wanna accomplish that week.
You can find a function within the TUES which will help you to organize your next
steps and make you therefore more productive. There are so many useful business books on how
to be more productive, more efficient, and more impactful. But keep in mind: whether you try
to get the best possible result for a company, or your dream is to climb Mount Everest. The
principles are the same and the methods too.
You might be more accountable if you work on a business project for someone else like
a client or your boss. But if you manage to take your personal dreams just as serious,
you’ll notice that you can achieve almost everything.
The person that values your
work the most is yourself because you’re the only one who has to live your life.
Autor: Joel Eggimann // Editor: Tracy Ray
