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How Important Are Your Goals

How Important Are Your Goals? No matter what goals you are working toward in life, you must have a strong investment in achieving them. If your goals aren't important to you and you've got nothing to lose by quitting, you probably won’t summon enough motivation to get it done. Occasionally it is possible to push yourself to do something even if it’s not that important to you, but most often that’s because you’re trying to avoid a negative consequence, not because you feel inspired about taking action. However, when we’re talking about powerful motivation to change your life, if you don’t have a strong vested interest in the end result, you just WON’T do it - period! Think about the last time you set a goal, like losing weight or quitting smoking. If you were not absolutely 100% committed when you got started, you likely didn't stay with it very long. You may have been fired up at the beginning, like most people are when they set a goal. But as time went on you either