Are You Goaltending or Tending to Your Goals?

What's goaltending?

In sports, goaltending is the act of blocking or preventing a goal. Sometimes, unintentionally we end up goaltending in our careers and lives. Limiting, unconscious beliefs weight us down and sabotage reaching our goals. Often, we don’t obtain our goals because our beliefs aren’t aligned with the goals. We end up creating polarities or conflicts within ourselves.

Here are some motivational tricks for reaching your goals.

Ask effective internal questions. Instead of asking "why" (which usually leads in a negative direction) ask:

• What's fabulous about this situation?

• How might I learn from it, use it to my advantage?

• How do I tap into my genius?

• What am I capable of accomplishing beyond my wildest dreams?

Pretend you're a magnet. Instead of reaching for your goal, imagine pulling it to you. Have an intention to make your goal happen. Command it, then allow your goal to come to you. Sound weird? Yeah. Try it. Play with the idea. (After all, you’ve probably tried struggling to reach your goal, and how did that go?)

Exclaim this action statement for whatever goal you have. "Consider it done. Because it's inevitable. The time is now."

Change your internal dialogue. How does your internal voice sound? Is it in a soft, low volume or is it loud and strong? Change your “thinking” voice to that of an opera singer. INTERNALLY, with that powerful voice sing, "I am awesome. I get things done." Increase the volume, tonality, and energy. Now add a bass beat and timpani drums. Let's bring in the horn section, strings and the rest of a 30 piece orchestra. Now, how about a gospel choir? Can you hear and feel the music vibrating? Add some fireworks, and bring in George Lucas to do some special effects. Finish with Steven Spielberg directing to make it more dramatic. Are you feeling motivated?

Where you are in life is a reflection of your beliefs.

You’ve probably set goals for yourself. And, have you ever set a new belief? You didn't consciously choose most of your beliefs. They were assimilated from what you learned from your family, friends, teachers, and culture. We tend to assume that the beliefs we learned are true. We usually don’t challenge them or try on new beliefs.

Society and culture tend to feed off of negative beliefs.

Negativity and fear "sell." The news media tends to paint our world in a negative light. Continually having a focus on negative news adversely affects us mentally and emotionally. At any given time, there are at least as many positive things going on. They just don't make the news.

Subconscious negative beliefs sabotage reaching goals.

Most people sincerely want to achieve their goals. What holds them back are the “yeah-buts” they’re thinking. For example, “yeah-but,” if I only had more time or more resources. What keeps people from getting what they want are the resistances, the negative beliefs going in our minds. Most of the time people are on “automatic pilot.” We're not aware of the thoughts in our heads.

Create positive, affirming beliefs for yourself.

Just as wonderful as it is to create goals for yourself, it's perhaps even more important to create new positive, energizing beliefs of your choosing. Here’s how to do it.

• Decide to do it

• Allow yourself to use your imagination and have fun. Tap into your intuition and write down whatever ideas come up. Let it all flow.

• Phase your new belief with "I choose" and then affirm it in a positive way. Example: "I choose being financially abundant and always having enough money," instead of "I never want to be broke." (Your subconscious mind would take that belief as "I want to be broke.") Notice if there are any negative "sabotaging" beliefs that come up. Just notice without judging. (It’s not easy to do.)

Examples of beliefs you may want to choose for yourself.

• I choose to be in flow with life and create what I want easily, effortlessly and with great zest.

• I choose to believe that in this moment I am having the best time of my life.

• I choose to always know the best way to achieve my dreams.

• I choose to continually expand and be invigorated through learning and discovering new things.

• I choose financial abundance and being grateful for the riches I enjoy in my life right now. I always have enough.

• I choose to attract the perfect friends in the perfect way, at the perfect time.

• I choose to freely and openly share who I am with others.

• I choose to seek the common ground of similarities instead of differences.

• I choose to believe in the magic of the invisible, miracles, and making the "impossible" possible.

• I choose to trust my intuition and my sense of “knowing.”

Life

Life is created moment by moment based on our beliefs. Our beliefs are developed on both conscious and subconscious levels. As our beliefs change, our experiences change. And, as our experiences change, so do our beliefs.

Your beliefs fuel your emotions and the actions that drive you toward your goals. Are your beliefs self-defeating or self-fulfilling? Do they make you feel happy or unhappy? Do your beliefs serve you well or is it time to create some new ones?

You experience the world based on the thoughts and beliefs that are running as the “software” of your mind. You can accomplish anything and be anything once you give up the belief that you can’t.

So, starting right now, today--

What magnificent beliefs do you choose to help you reach your goals?