It’s easy to see someone who has everything you want in life and therefore judge yourself on where they are in life now. However, you don’t see how much work or time it took them to get there. People tend to only show or tell others about their successes and highlights of their lives. They don’t show the hard work, sacrifice, and dedication it took to get where they are today. Achieving success can take time, therefore, it’s important to not give up on your goals.

Success doesn’t happen overnight, and to succeed with your goals and dreams, you need to let go of this belief. Focusing on other people and what they’re doing isn’t going to help you reach your goals. Moreover, it can make you unmotivated because you may feel like what you want is too far out of reach.

Therefore, it’s important to be patient with yourself and your goals because the things that are worth having take time to achieve.

Here are some crucial things to remember to achieve your goals…

Achieving Success: Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

You may have heard the phrase “Don’t compare your chapter 1 to someone else’s chapter 20”. This is invaluable to your progression and mindset when aiming for your goals.

It can be discouraging when you see someone who has the life you want and all the success you’re dreaming of. You may think that it’s too far out of reach and that you’ll never get to that stage. Therefore, comparing yourself to others is a quick way to stall your progression. It can make you give up on your dreams because they may seem too hard to reach.

However, learning to focus on yourself, where you want to go, and who you want to be will help you to stop comparing yourself to other people because you are your only competition.

Don’t Listen to Other People’s Opinions

When you set yourself a dream, there are always going to be people who are going to try and tell you that it can’t be done or that you’re not good enough to achieve it. Other people’s negativity, opinions, and criticisms can stop people from pursuing their dreams because they are scared that if they fail then other people will comment and put them down.

However, you need to learn to stop caring what other people think about you and focus on your life and your goals. Your approval should be the only validation you need. Listen to yourself and what you truly want out of life, and learn to silence the outside critics.

It can be discouraging when you’re working towards a goal and you constantly hear things like, “Have you made any money from it yet? Has your website launched? How many customers have you got? I thought you were on a diet. Do you know how many people try and fail to be a pop star? Why don’t you do something more sensible?”.

Don’t let other people put you off your goals with their questions and negativity. They are simply projecting their lack of confidence and self-esteem onto you, and it has nothing to do with your capability. Remember, you can do anything you set your mind to! Therefore, learn to say “Thanks, but no thanks” to the people trying to put your dreams down and rise above them.

Trust the Process for Achieving Success

To reach your goals, you need to trust that you will get there. Achieving success takes changing your mindset first. It’s not a matter of if you will be successful; it’s only a matter of when. Therefore, trusting yourself and your vision without doubting whether you’ll be successful or not is vital for you to achieve your goals.

If you don’t truly believe you’re capable of having everything you want in life, then you won’t get there. Therefore, you need to believe in yourself and be patient.

Think back to times in your life when you thought you couldn’t do something, but then you pushed through the challenges and obstacles to reach your goal. It may have been learning to drive, revising for exams, or beating your personal best in a sport. You could have given up, but you decided to believe in yourself and that you could do it, and you did.

You will get there if you take small daily steps in the right direction. Believe that you deserve success and that you are capable of having everything you want in life. Achieving success is possible if you believe it and work toward your goals consistently.

Enjoy the Journey

It’s common to think that “I’ll be successful and happy when…”; when I’m skinny, my books published, I’m making £40,000 a year, I have a house next to the beach, I go on 4 holidays a year, etc. However, achieving success isn’t always based on the prize at the end of the road.

We get so focused on the end goal that we lose the beauty in the process. However, you’ll be waiting a long time to feel successful and happy if you’re fixated on the end goal. Moreover, once you reach the end goal, you’ll still not feel good enough. There will always be something else you need to try and validate your success or happiness.

However, learning to enjoy and appreciate your life as it is now and your journey towards reaching your goals will help you to feel happy and successful now. You will see every obstacle along the way as a way to learn and grow.

Taking small steps daily towards reaching your goals will get you there. You can and will succeed if you believe in yourself and what you’re doing and improve a little every day. Moreover, when you focus on being better every day, you will learn not to be so hard on yourself. You know you will reach your end goal in time and that you need the journey to get there.

Success doesn’t happen overnight, so don’t give up on your dreams because you feel like you’re not progressing quickly enough. The journey is where all the magic and breakthroughs happen; be patient, and you will get there. Achieving success isn’t linear, and there will be times when you feel like quitting. However, stay consistent and don’t give up on your goals, and you will inevitably get there in time.

The Time Will Pass Anyway

Giving up on your dreams or goals because of the time it will take to reach them is pointless; the time is going to pass anyway. It’s tempting to go for the easy route or options in life because you want to feel successful now. However, in time, you will regret not pursuing your dreams because you’ve settled for something you’re not actually passionate about.

It’s easy to give up on your goals and dreams after a few weeks or months because you feel like it’s not working and you’re wasting time. However, you need to remember that things take time to grow.

You only get to live once, and you should be spending your time doing what you love. You don’t want to quit on your dreams and then wake up one day when it’s too late and regret that you never tried.

Achieving Success Takes Time

Nothing worth having in life comes easily, and pushing through challenges is what makes you grow. You may feel like giving up on your goals and dreams because you’ve failed a few times, you’re stuck on how to progress or you feel like your goal is too big for you to achieve.

However, failures help you to learn and grow. They show you how to make your ideas and goals a success. You can’t just wake up one day and decide you want to be a millionaire from your business idea and expect it to happen overnight.

There are going to be setbacks and challenges, but they make the success feel even bigger because you’ve earned everything that you’ve achieved, and it hasn’t just been handed to you.

“Success isn’t overnight. It’s when every day you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up.”– Dwayne Johnson

Summary

When pursuing your goals and dreams, it’s vital to focus on yourself and believe in what you’re doing. Don’t look at what other people are doing or how far they’ve come (unless this helps to motivate you). Remember that you don’t know how much work they put in behind closed doors to get there.

It’s never too late to start a new goal or dream in life. Therefore, don’t let anyone or anything get in the way of you pursuing your passions. Success doesn’t happen overnight, but you can do anything you put your mind to if you believe in yourself and your goals.

“If a goal is worth having, it’s worth blocking out the time in your day-to-day life necessary to achieve it.”– Jill Koenig

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