If you want to make lasting changes in your life, you’re using the first of 3 pillars of change. Just by acknowledging you want to make certain changes is a start. You want, meaning you desire something — to reach a goal, for example, or for an event to happen, and that desire is the first step. The next step is knowledge, the third is action. All three build on and support each other; if one is missing or unclear, the results won’t be as good as you would hope for. Now here’s how we can break these things down into usable applications:
Desire
- Clear vision – What do you want? “I want to be a success!” isn’t clear enough. A success at what? Taffy-pulling? Song-writing? Marketing? The more specific you are about the object of your desire, the more you can formulate a strong plan to go after it.
- Clear goals – How will you know when and if you got what you wanted? By breaking down your goal of being a success into measurable, meaningful and concrete objectives. In doing so you’re accomplishing 3 things: a) you’re working out an achievable plan to succeed and b) you have a check-list to help you keep track — of what you’ve done and how far you’ve come and c) you’ve defined your meaning of success.
- Clear intentions – why do you want what you want? For what purpose does this desire serve you? Is it to prove your worth to yourself, or show it to other people? Are you doing this for yourself or is that desire a response to what someone important wants for you, or from you? Is it just because it’s there? When you’re clear about why you want a particular thing, this clarity of intention can serve as a powerful source of support and energy.
Knowledge
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- Clear choices are built on getting the answers to the questions above. When you know what you want, and have a plan to get it, that plan helps you look for and pick among the best possible choices and avenues towards your goals.
- Clear understanding of these choices and avenues, on the other hand, helps trim down all the possible picks to the best option or options that are most likely to help you get to your goal.
- A clear course is one mostly free of undue stress and obstacles. While they may pop up from time to time, having a clear course keeps you focused on the journey towards your goal, what you desire. You get to recognize road bumps and hurdles for what they are — temporary things — and can deal with them appropriately, without blowing things out of proportion or letting your problems decide where you should go next.
Action
- Without action, desire and knowledge are stillborn. Action is taking the step to realizing your desire — to make what you want real. Taking action is the only way you can even get a chance of getting what you want. Wishing won’t do it. Plotting won’t do it. Day-dreaming won’t do it.
- Committing to each movement means something different to everyone. Some people go all in (or all out) in chasing after their goals. Others prefer to keep something in reserve. Whatever your style, committing to each movement doesn’t mean following a path carved in stone. It means letting go of all your anxieties and worries when you take the next step and then the one after that, and the one after. It’s committing to the act of going after what you want.
- Enlisting support – When you finally decide to go after what you want, the universe can work in seemingly unusual ways to support you. An old friend call up from out of the blue with just the information you want. You get a lucky break. Help things along by asking for support from your friends and family. Make your intentions known and the world will respond.
