278: 2017 Blueprint For Achievement

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Elizabeth Benton

Nutrition, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 3 January 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

I used to set a lot of goals. I didn't achieve most of them.

I thought about them a lot & wanted them badly - I even had a plan for achieving them. But routinely, I failed to do the work and, year after year, I had less confidence in my ability to achieve.

Fortunately, things have changed. I have changed. And in today's episode I want to share with you my 2017 blueprint for achievement, completely goal-free.

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2017 Blueprint for Achievement

When I set goals, I didn't realize at the time that I was basically convincing myself that things, as they were right now, weren't enough and I was always wishing for some future point in time.

When I lost weight...

When I had more money...

When my relationship was better...

By always wishing for a different time, place, or circumstance, I wasn't fully present in the moment. And not being fully present, I couldn't really take advantage of the ONLY time & place where change was possible: the present.

But, I'm a high achiever. I don't want to settle. How to remain fully present in the current moment and also reach my highest potential?

I do that by having a manifesto or a blueprint.

By creating the standards by which I want to live my life and focusing on them each day, the results take care of themselves.

When I live according to my values and principles, the outcomes are a byproduct without sacrificing mindfulness and gratitude.

In today's episode, I'm sharing with you my revised manifesto.

I created it and put it up on the Primal Potential blog in August of 2015 and boy does it ever need some updating.

I hope you'll tune in to hear my blueprint for success in 2017 and also take some time to create your own.

I am strong with purpose & light at heart

I give myself the best

I look for chances to make myself proud

I travel light, refusing to carry what's not mine to hold

I cherish those who cherish me

No matter what happens, I am not a victim

Life is hard, and I'm grateful for the challenges

I am unapologetically authentic and those who don't accept that help me ensure my inner circle is true & real

I spend for more time acting on what I want than thinking about it

My attention flows to solutions, not problems

I challenge myself to go a step further than I think I can

I make no assumptions – when I am unclear, I ask questions

I never lie, especially to myself

I am generous with my time, my heart and my money

I am patient with myself and everyone I meet

I appreciate moment and maximize minutes

I outwork yesterday's best

Doubt is a liar and courage will set me free

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is Primal Potential and I am your host, Elizabeth Benton.
0:06.6	Through education, motivation and implementation, we will bridge the gap between knowing and
0:13.7	doing so we can master fat loss naturally and help you reach your highest potential.
0:21.2	Let's get started.
0:25.2	Hello everybody and welcome back to the Primal Potential podcast.
0:29.4	I am Elizabeth Benton and welcome to the first episode of 2017.
0:35.4	I hope your new year is off to a great start.
0:40.0	In the last episode of 2016, which was episode 277, I shared my thoughts on goals and
0:49.4	resolutions and how from my perspective, which is only my perspective, certainly not gospel,
0:55.9	my perspective is that we've come a little bit too attached to them and we put too much emphasis
1:03.6	on them. We get a little bit emotional and romantic about goals and resolutions and they shared
1:09.2	in the last episode that there's nothing magical about goals. They are like a compass and yeah,
1:15.1	the compass can point you in the right direction but it can't take you anywhere.
1:20.0	You have to move and you have to go in the right direction and in the right direction consistently,
1:25.9	the same as true of your goals, the goals are like a compass, they can point you in the right direction
1:31.6	but they can't take you anywhere. You have to move in the right direction and in the right direction
1:38.3	consistently. I do think that it's critical that you know what you want,
1:44.0	But I don't think that has to come in the form of a goal.
1:48.0	It's been interesting to see over the last few weeks and hear so many people talking about goal setting and resolutions.
1:55.0	And lots of other people have been talking about creeds or manifestos or mantras or words.
2:02.0	And it made me think about and actually go back and look at a primal potential manifesto that I wrote for myself and put up on the blog back in August of 2015.
2:13.0	And it was interesting to look back at it and I challenged myself to figure out how I would change it.
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