This is the most powerful trick I’ve learned to set goals without second guessing, doubt or hesitation.
Before you think about the future, take a tour through the past.
When you reflect on everything you’ve done this year, I guarantee you will be blown away by your accomplishments.
Some of them will look very different than how you thought they’d look in January 2021.
Some will far exceed your expectations and some will fall short.
But when you look at your entire body of work over the last year, you will salute yourself. I am sure of it.
However, speaking from experience, it’s not easy to think through 12 months of accomplishments in one bite.
So start today.
Review your journals.
Or if you don’t have journals, look back through your 2021 calendar to jog your memory.
And for the next 20 days write down just one accomplishment per day, no matter how big or how small.
Then when you sit down to set your goals for 2022, review your list first.
Focus and meditate on all 20 accomplishments.
And when you’re ready to pound your chest and release a barbaric yawp, THEN start brainstorming goals for 2022.
Your “December 2022 Self” will thank you.
