How to create an impossible goal
Oct 18, 2021 12:01 pm
Hello ,
Six months ago...
Jydda thought charging N150,000 for her services would be a miracle...
Today she's charging N1.5million and It's not a big deal...
Bunmi didn't think anyone would pay her anything...
But she's brought in $7500 so far working part time...
Edward thought I was mad when I suggested he could do a million dollars a year...
He did a million pounds smack in the middle of the pandemic...
Nike almost passed out when I suggested she ask a client for $7500...
Today she asks for $10,000 without breaking a sweat...
Here's the thing...
Each and every one of us has in the past achieved something that at the time we thought was impossible...
The problem is...
We. Forget.
An ‘Impossible Goal’ is something you want to achieve that seems literally impossible to you right now.
It’s less abstract than “World Peace”.
But it’s something that inspires you...and others.
And the secret behind an Impossible Goal is that...
Because it’s literally “impossible” for you to achieve it...
You can’t immediately turn it into a 17 step plan.
So instead...
It becomes a place to COME FROM, rather than a place to get to.
You’re not attached to the outcome.
How could you be?
It’s impossible, after all!
So instead you wake up each day and ask yourself...
Who would I have to BE to create this Impossible Goal?
And the thing about working on a goal that you’re not attached to...
Is that you’re often so much closer to what you want than you realize.
Like I shared yesterday...
Last year...
I took on an Impossible Goal for myself to build a practice helping ambitious high performers achieve impossible goals...and get paid $50,000 per client.
I'd never achieved anything like that in the personal development space.
So whilst I had no clue what to do to make it happen...
I knew I had to change.
Remember that an Impossible Goal is a place to COME FROM, not a place to get to.
So...
The real question was who would I have to BE to create these extraordinary clients?
And each day since I’ve been living into that question.
So right now...
Think of something you’d love to create that literally seems impossible right now.
Now here's something to pay attention too.
Ask yourself,“Will I be happy whether I achieve this or not?”
If it turns out that your life, your happiness or your relationships depend on you achieving it...
It’s not an Impossible Goal.
It might be a useful project but not for the purpose of this exercise.
Chose a different goal.
There’s a fine line between excitement and fear.
Your Impossible Goal should place you right on that line.
Excited enough that you’ll take action...
But not too excited that you’re not grounded.
Enough fear to be a clue that you really want this...
But not so much that it causes you to panic and freeze.
Ask yourself this question every day about your Impossible Goal:
Who would I have to BE to make this happen?
Finally...
Find someone to hold this Impossible Goal for you...
Someone who believes in you.
A coach, a mentor, a colleague.
2022 is going to be a ground breaking year for you.
But you've got to be ready..
Start The Year Right will help you get ready to make 2022 the year that changes and redefines everything.
Your investment?
Just N10,000.
To lock down your seat...
Till tomorrow...
Play a bigger game.
CTM
BTW: I'm in abuja this weekend and will be there for about 9 days.
If you'd like to hangout, feed me (I'm a sucker for food...please don't judge me) and maybe pick my brain for a bit...
I'm available on a pay what you want basis...
Yup you read right...but only for 5 spots.
PS:
Just in case you're wondering why start the year right is just N10.000 (about $20)...for a 5 day workshop...hosted by yours truly...
It's my gift to you given that it's my birthday month.
My birthday is 30th November 2021...
Just in case you're the one going to help me get that island I want to own off the coast of Brazil.
Plus...
Every year the proceeds from Start The Year Right goes to fund my back to school program for disadvantaged kids in my neighbourhood.