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5 Reasons To Write Your Top Goals Daily
Committing your goals from head to paper makes you more likely to succeed.
These shoes are fine. We can always sell them later. I can always sell them later.
These were the words my cousin said yesterday when I told him I was going to throw out two pairs of worn down shoes. He recently purchased some new shoes and had no need for the older pair (a pair he’s had for at least four years at this point).
There was also another pair that have been here for a year and haven’t been worn.
It only seemed logical to be throwing them out. Instead he insisted we keep them around and put them in his room.
I’ve heard this line plenty of times that I know what’s going to happen. He’s not going to sell them and they’ll remain in his room until he realizes that he still has them once he moves out.
But probably the greatest chance of me being proven wrong about that fact is if he dediced to set a goal around it.
It’s not anything incredibly serious — we don’t really need the money and two pairs of sneakers are hardly an inconvenience — however the principal of it is important.
Making a point of setting a goal and writing down and reminding yourself of it on a daily…
