Think small, win big

5 comments June 2nd, 2008

A key to achieving a big goal, be it weight loss , training for an event or whatever, is setting and reaching several easily attainable goals.

Instead of telling yourself you want to lose 10 or 20 pounds or that you want to run a marathon, start with small increments — say losing two pounds or being able to run a five-kilometer race.

Once you reach that smaller goal, celebrate your success and then take the time to reassess your bigger goal. Is it worth it to you to set another goal en route to the bigger goal?

If so, go for it. When you reach that goal, celebrate again and reassess again.

If you stick with it — and being able to celebrate successes along the way can be a real motivating factor — you either will eventually reach the bigger goal or find that some point along the way was where you wanted to be all along.

In either case, you’ll be a success.