Dr. Sudip Chakraborty
Goals not written is only a wish
Somebody once said happiness is progressive realisation of worthy goals. Infact the reason to see the sunrise next day is only to ensure that the goals that we have set, needs to completed. Infact one of the main reasons for unexplained rise in diseases and death among recently retired persons especially in the first 10 years of post retirement life is, lack of worthy goals to achieve.
So having a worthwile goal is important to have a balanced life. GOALS have to be ingrained in life in such a way that it doesn’t look like just a wishful thinking or day dream. Achieving goals depends on our subconscious mind. We need to harness the enourmous potential of our subconscious mind and use it to our advantage. So we must know its way of working.
Subconscious mind can’t differentiate between fact and imagination. It just obeys whatever we consistantly put into it and makes it a reality. All we need is to have firm belief that whatever we are asking will come true. Unshakable belief is the only limiting factor which is the reason why so many people don’t get the desired results despite having a good intention but weak faith on his own ability. Here are some SMART ways to enhance the chances to make it really happen in your life;
1] SPECIFIC; It has to be specific not vague like instead of I want to be do well in exams, keep it very specific like securing 98% marks or securing first position. Our mind needs specific & precise commands to work on.
2] MEASURABLE; You should be able to peridically measure your goal to assess its status. Like instead of just wanting to be rich, give a number to it and seek it.
3]ACCOUNTABLE; Say your goal to everbody and anybody who is willing to hear your story specially those who are envious of you, so that you are allways under pressure to perform or else those persons are ready to make fun of you.
4] REPEATABLE; Repeat your goals daily so that it sinks deep into your subconscious mind and it becomes a habit to you. Repeat it especially when your chances of bypassing our logical brain is more and that is before sleeping. So allways write down your goals. Less than 3% of population does it and so is the percentage of successful people.
5]TIME; It has to be time bound or else the seriousness of our pursuit wanes off and we gets off the track and something else gets our attention. Talk and behave as if your goal has already been achieved. Don’t see it as a furure event, but instead incorporate it in your present moment. Use as much special senses to make it real like its feel,smell and sound when you think or talk about your goal.
Goal setting is easy but doing it methodically and pursuing it doggedly holds the key. There will be naysaysers to discourage you and give you all the logical explaination why it can’t be done. But allways remember, disrupting ideas looked illogical initially. This SMART method of goal setting has been my method since 10 years or so and it allways gave me result. The most crucial link is the unquestionable BELIEF that it will happen never mind the circumstances. Don’t ask yourself of how it will happen because your job is to ask and for sure you will be given. Right now I have this audacious goal of having the most advanced MRI of islands in my hospital before 15 august this year. The cost of machine is huge for me and getting it financed from bank in post Mallya era where every loan seeker is seen as a potential defaulter unless proven otherwise, looks not that good but that is none of my concern. I can already sense and hear the whirring sound of the machine . Its just a matter of time before it comes physically.
So be a dreamer with open eyes and set audacious goals for yourself instead of just scrapping the surface and contending yourself with the left over.