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Stop Fretting the How

June 7, 2021 by Colin Gautrey

When it comes to remarkable achievement, it is never possible to know the how until you have arrived. Most times, at the beginning, it doesn’t even look feasible.

If you fret or worry about the how too soon, you’ll never get moving, and never find the way to make it happen.

The most important investment of your time and energy is on creating a crystal clear vision of what you want to achieve. Then, convincing yourself that (by hook or by crook) you will achieve it, with unshakeable conviction.

This is not manifestation fantasy thinking, it is a practical process grounded in reality.

Step-by-step you move through a simple process of achievement, that works every time – provided you are diligent, or even religious, in the correct application of the steps.

Though simple, few are able to step away from their rational mind long enough for things to begin to click into place. You also need to be careful in the application of emotion too. It has a huge role to play either in your success, or in your failure. 

So, if you have a big goal in mind, first make sure you have absolute clarity on exactly what it will look like, feel like, and sound like, when you have achieved it.

Then move to step two.

 

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