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Last Updated on January 18, 2021 by karissa ancell
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now then you know I love setting goals and think it’s super important. I hope that you do as well and that you have seen many of your goals be achieved. So let’s check out another piece of goal setting. Why it’s so important to set big goals.
In all my goal talk in the past though I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned one of the big secrets of goal setting.
Setting big goals.
This is such an important part of getting things achieved in life and becoming greater. Not enough people think about doing this and it’s so important in having great goals that get accomplished. Too often many people set goals that are too small and that can really be holding them back. Why? Because setting big goals can really help you get big results. Think about it this way small goals get small outcomes and big goals get you big things.
The reasons why it’s so important to set big goals
1- It gets you thinking about what you really want
Setting big goals can get you to see what areas of your life really matter to you and what you really want. This year my husband and I set the big goal for our family to move from California to Colorado. If you had told us a few years ago that this would be something we would eventually do I wouldn’t have believed it.
For too long we stayed safe and comfortable from year to year. Nothing really changed and our levels of happiness and stress stayed the same. We needed to start thinking big so in 2016 we made big goals and things started changing.
That’s why it’s so important to set big goals. Once you start you build momentum and your life begins to change. You can see what you really want and what is important more clearly.
2- Setting big goals pushes you out of your comforter zone
Last year I realized that my life was never going to get better if I didn’t get out of my comfort zone. I had stayed firmly in that zone for years. I didn’t really believe anything would really ever change.
Guess what it didn’t.
So we started pushing things out of our comfort zone as a couple and it wasn’t a painless process but things began to work. I know that change is uncomfortable. So if you fear change and doing things that are unknown I understand completely.
I also know that since we made these changes there has been more excitement and joy in our lives. I want you to have the same experience. I have found that once I started making bigger goals that it led to me feeling more comfortable making larger goals in new areas. You have to start taking those first steps.
3- Big goals change your mindset
Too often we sell ourselves short by thinking too small and not really being honest and open about what we really want to achieve. If we think of a big goal. Such as lose 50 pounds, get out of debt, write a book, etc we immediately start to doubt ourselves.
As a blogger, I realized that I was not getting as big as I wanted or seeing the accomplishments that I saw other bloggers I admired achieving. So I started looking into why and doing some research on successful people. That’s where I discovered the idea of mindset.
Mindset is a lot about what we tell ourselves and let ourselves believe. By playing my life scared and small for so long I was in the mindset that I deserved small and that my life was small. Then I shifted my thinking and stuff started happening.
Sing June my husband left a job he didn’t like that had no future. Got another job, we then made the decision to move. I started getting serious about my blog as a business and make more money with it. I’m writing my ebook on growing your blog with Pinterest.
All of this life and business growth really started happening once we got out of the mindset that my husband had to stay at a job he was unhappy at and that my blog was a hobby, not a business. We both started thinking bigger and we are much happier than we were just 8 months ago.
This makes me so excited for you. I am sure that there is some part of your life where you want to see growth and improvement. I know this is possible and you should be setting big goals to start achieving these big dreams of yours.
Dia All The Things I Do says
I am a huge goal setter! I think that all of your points are right on the money. By setting your goals you are making a choice to plan and not just let life happen to you. I feel like in the past few months my mindset has shifted a lot, I’ve been trying to get a better understanding of my mind and my direction and not just with my business but my life. Great post
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Wendy Sprous | Moments For "Me" says
I just started my blog in January, but did a mind map of where I wanted to go with the blog including some ideas on how I want to make money from it. It’s on paper so I can keep reminding myself where I’m headed. I have since come across a few more things I may add to those goals for my blog. Right now I’m focused on growing my audience.
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Kate says
I enjoyed what you said about mindset. I currently have 3 kids 3& under and I’ve realized how less productive I am…. Especially with blogging. However- about a month ago I decided I wanted to really get back to my blog (I’ve been on somewhat of a hiatus since July) and I’ve managed to get one blog post written each week. I know that seems small but for me it’s huge! I haven’t been able to make time to READ a post, much less write one, in months. Definitely a lot for me to chew on as far as determining what I want for this little blog of mind!
Danielle says
Totally agree with setting big goals! This was my first month that I actually set goals for my blog and published them. And, I have met almost all of them! Goals=success!
Tonia | Solopreneur Diaries says
So true! Big goals have the potential to change everything!
Kim Bishop says
Great post on achieving goals! It’s so easy to feel like we aren’t good enough…but we are!!!!! Keep up the hard work!
Karissa says
Thanks!
STephanie JEannot says
Sp true. When I write out plans, my day comes with a different mission and I am up pushing., I like that. Each day with its own mission and to pursue them with meaningful agency.
Kathryn | Fashionably Frank says
I totally agree with you that these bigger goals push us outside of our comfort zone and that’s so necessary, always! Thanks for this great reminder.
xo Kathryn
http://www.fashionablyfrank.com
Marlon Hurd says
I like what you said about big goals changing your mindset. This is very true. When you have big goals you HAVE to change your mindset in order to accomplish them.
Rebecca at The Radish Society says
I always love having a big end goal that makes all the smaller steps way more exciting! It definitely tends to change my mindset 🙂