GOAL SETTING SECOND STEP: Set realistic performance outcomes based on

- your current competitive history

- your current skill level

- your present motivation for improvement.

Given that . . What is the best performance you can realistically attain this year if you commit to it? Focus Energy and Effort on the events within your potential control. Process goals vs pie in the sky goals (the cow is not going to jump over the moon and you are not going to run a 3.9/40 yard dash next year either [It is our belief, however, that the day will come, in your lifetime, that a 3.9 40 will be run]). You should be able to VISUALIZE what you have to do in order to win. The doing should be your goal (not winning). Winning will take care of itself. We have a saying at our school: “At Estacada High School, The Home of the Rangers, Winning isn’t everything; It’s just part of what we do.”

Make a written statement that states exactly what it is you intend to do or accomplish. Be sure it is worded in the present tense. Be sure that it is in the first person. Be specific. “I feel great shooting better than 75% from the foul line. “

Use descriptors that arouse your emotions and get you fired up. “My 310 pound Bench Press empowers me to be the most devastating blocker on next year’s Championship Football Team. I blast open holes!” Or “My 250 pound Power Clean makes me an explosive defensive force. I blow up plays!”

Create a picture in your mind of the perfect end result. In this little movie, be sure that you have action, feelings (emotions), vividness and inv olve the senses. How does it feel, touch, taste, smell? The more senses that become involved the more vivid it is for the imagination. Psychologists have discovered that the mind cannot distinguish between that which is real from that which is vividly imagined. Ever have a nightmare? Wake up in a cold sweat, out of breath, screaming? That’s vivid use of the imagination. You can use this power to position yourself to make your dreams come true.

Create a workable plan to achieve your goals, then start immediately.

Persist - Persevere - Practice.

Perfect Prior Practice Promotes Proper Performance.

GOALS may project you into the future, but they must be acted on in the present:

1. Start with the 30 DAY CHALLENGE - almost anyone can do almost anything for 30 days.

2. Devise a system of reward and punishment. When you set goals, you are making a commitment; you have to have a system that will force you to stick to it.

3. Give your Efforts time to compound. Exercise patience.

4. Use the BFS/Be11 Powers Axioms For Success and Ultimate Success Formulas to speed your progress and direct your efforts.