Why are 92% of people not reaching their goals?

For many people in the northern hemisphere of the planet September is, mentally, the month in which the year really begins.

This is because with him work and school activity is resumed after a long summer break in which rests, disconnects, promoting a reorganization, in many cases, of ideas, plans and aspirations. It is, therefore, a date on which, like New Year's Day, goals and purposes are set such like quitting smoking, joining the gym, learning a new language or changing jobs, among many others.

At any time when the goals to be achieved are set, what a study by the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania is that only 8% of the people who set those purposes or goals, the they get. What happens so that the failure rate is so high?

Next we will recount you the main reasons why the purposes sink, in many cases, shortly after setting sail.

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Reasons why goals are not met

This is a summary of the main reasons why the achievement of goals does not go well.

1. Lack of concreteness

You have to specify. In fact, not being specific when defining a goal is practically what makes it fail.

Our mind needs clear lines, not ethereal. For this reason, it is essential that the objective to be achieved is as specific as possible, that its process can be measured in time to really see an evolution, and that it is achievable.

"I would like to have more money" is something too imprecise. Either 'I would like to save more month by month' or 'trying not to waste my salary' may be easier to visualize, as well as to measure and, ultimately, it is more likely to be achieved.

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2. Lack of mindset

It is very good to say ‘I’m fed up with this job and this year I’m going to change’, but if you really don’t see yourself in the new job, and in fact you’re not clear about how you want that new position to be, your mind won't see. Whatever your goal, your mind must be totally convinced of what you want and that you are going for it.

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3. Move in grayscale

As is commonly said 'until we see the wolf's ears' many times we do not do things. How many people who have never managed to quit smoking do not succeed until they detect a pathology associated with their habit? To achieve the goals you have to work with black and white, no gray, because if not, our determination wanes.

Thus, quitting smoking will be just as motivating if we visualize it from the best that giving up that habit will bring us (we will save money, we can do sports without drowning, our health analyzes will probably improve, etc.) as well as from the worst of maintaining it (it is very likely that it will give me a Heart attack, I am wasting money that I could invest in other things, I will still not be able to play a little football with my son because I am drowning, etc.).

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4. Loss of focus

This reason is closely related to the lack of mindset. You have to be completely focused on the goal in order to achieve it. The way to reach our goal is within the maremagnum of a day to day full of obligations (work, home, children ...) and distractions (watching television, social networks, meeting friends ...) that are often used as excuses to leave aside the objective to achieve.

If you want to fully focus on a purpose, include it as a 'must' in your day-to-day life. At first you will see it like this, as something obligatory, but little by little it will become routine, it will be something natural and you will find it a hole without problem in your daily chores.

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5. Lack of support

A goal is something very personal and most of the time it is marked in one's head but not shared, which makes it more difficult, and almost impossible, to achieve it. Share it with family and close friendsMaking its definition clear and even involving them to some extent is much more positive: a accompanied journey is always much easier.

Coaching: the perfect tool to achieve goals

The previous list of impediments that make 92% of people who set a purpose not achieve it, can be completely deactivated with the help of a professional coach. Do not forget that the basis of coaching is to take a subject from a point A or current state to a point B or desired state, which shows that they are the most capable professionals to guide people to achieve their goals.

Yes indeed, do not go looking for a coach to tell you and do what you must do to achieve your purpose. Its mission is to help you detect and teach you to break down the impediments that do not allow the goal to be achieved.

Ultimately, the coach's job is to guide you to discover ‘the secrets’ of that 8% of individuals who do manage to achieve the goals they set:

• Titan Mindset: Focusing completely and absolutely on what you want.
• Purpose of wisdom: be clear that our purpose goes beyond satisfying only our EGO, it is greater than ourselves.
• Analytical planning: draw a defined and quantifiable plan of the steps to follow.
• Action: doing, doing and doing continuously.

With as many goals as there are desires and people, coaching is a profession that has enormous potential. Remember that at D’Arte Human & Business School we offer you certified and quality training for become an agent of change capable of achieving your own goals while guiding others to achieve yours.