Goal-Setters vs. Goal-Achievers

We have too many experts in the world that are goal-setters. They know how to come up with something they passively want to accomplish and write it down on a piece of paper. That piece of paper becomes lost and forgotten as does the goal itself.

I believe the world needs expert goal-achievers. There are two key ingredients I believe that can help us become goal-achievers. I'll share these two elements with two questions.

1.  What is your level of commitment?
2.  What is your level of character?

Dive deep into your goal and answer these two questions:

• How bad do you want it?
• What are you willing to sacrifice? 

I heard someone say for the new year that their goal was "to hit the gym hard." Being the literal person that I am, I imagined them standing outside the gym, looking at the building, and putting all of their strength into their fist as they smashed it into the wall. Goal accomplished. Not really. 

When this person declared their goal, I couldn't feel their commitment, and I certainly couldn't see their willingness to sacrifice either. How bad do you want it and what are you willing to sacrifice?

I heard one of my mentors say that "Character is consistently overcoming challenges." Sacrifice is always required to overcome challenges. Therefore, character equals the willingness to sacrifice something less for something of greater value. 

Once again, how bad do you want it? What are you willing to sacrifice?