Why It's Important to Know What You Want

Do you clearly know what you want in all parts of your life? Or is your focus on what you don't want. I don't want to be fat or I don't want to be poor or I don't want to lose clients. Have you ever thought about it?

We are trained and programmed (see this post) to think mostly about what we don't want. When we do, we are attempting to "move away from" that which is undesirable. Wrong method. Thinking about not being fat is still thinking about fat, which is negative and disempowering. Also, your mind will naturally look for more reasons why you are fat.

But if you know what you clearly want and focus towards that desire you will move in that direction. Great Olympians don't think about how they might fail. They power focus and visualize themselves succeeding and winning. "Moving towards something" is always smarter, more successful and powerful than moving away from what you don't want.

Works with managing as well. Help your associates understand what you want from them, rather than criticizing for doing what you don't want. Move them towards what you desire and your results will be remarkable.

Knowing what you want and getting it requires the mind set of thinking that same direction. It's about changing a habit, so it will be difficult like anything else with a significant reward.