Influence your subconscious mind to achieve your business goal. All you need to do is to follow these three steps.
#1 You need a goal
If you do not have a monthly calendar, you should have one. Seeing everything on one page helps you see how far in your time and not forget that time passes. This is one of the reasons why Business Model Canvas got so popular. One-page solutions give you more clarity. And business does not like overthinking and overcomplicating.
You can have the calendar working for you in two options (preferably, use both).
When you have the calendar printed, you should write in the “notes” section what your goal is. Make the goal specific and short. It also should be realistic. You don’t want to put “I want to have my first 7-figures launch) as a goal when you haven’t started a business yet or have your first clients. On the other hand, it should be ambitious enough to ensure that you feel excited to get it. For example, you can aim to deliver 12 webinars in a month. It is doable and exciting (at least for me, because I love seeing you live 😉 ). You can also put anything else which excites you:
- get 1000 subscribers on my e-mail list,
- start my company,
- get my first VA,
- post at least 30 reels on SM.
I think you get what I mean.
You can do the same in virtual form, but you should have your calendar and goal that you can see daily, for example, as your wallpaper or one of the starting browser tab. This works only if you have your goal in front of your eyes daily. If you use the virtual option, edit the picture and write your goal on the image. Then set it up in a perfect place for you.
#2 You need to design a plan
After you have your goal set and presented, it is perfect to know the actions which will lead you to this. Start with visualising. What changes when you look at that goal? How do you feel when you achieve it? And what can you do TODAY to make it work? It does not require you to do a massive action in one day. But it certainly requires consistency. Every time you feel bored or demotivated, look at your monthly goal and ask yourself: What am I ready to resign from, or what am I prepared to do to make it work? There will be moments of doubt, but then you should tell yourself: I do it to… (put your goal here). Your mind knows what you want to achieve, and it should support you.
Now do (on a separate sheet of paper) a brainstorming on what tasks you can do daily to achieve the goal. You can always grab the paper and get inspired if you do not know where to start and what to do on a specific day. You do not need to google ideas. If you do, you can get distracted. With a sheet of paper – you reduce the likelihood that you will drift away from your goal.
If you want to create 12 webinars per month, then you can put on the list:
- Create a list of 20 problems that your customer experiences
- Create an event
- Publish information about the event
- Promote the event
- Work on the recordings you already have
- Write a script (or scenario) for the webinar
- Read 2-3 (not to get distracted 😉 ) articles about the topic of the webinar
#3 Celebrate little wins
You will read a lot about keeping motivated and rewarding yourself for them. For example, you can get a little chocolate bar whenever you finish running. But then – you put yourself in an uncomfortable position of being tempted to eat the whole chocolate, not only the one bar that you intended to take initially.
I encourage you to practice gratitude. You should run a journal where you can put all the little wins. We tend to forget about our accomplishments as time passes and run further to get something done. When we experience failures, they are usually more intense, and we start self-doubting. The goal gets blurry, and after a while, we forget about it. Or we beat ourselves for not achieving (again!) what we wanted and letting the opportunity go. Or we create a new goal (and the story goes the same way). Or even worse – we generalize that we never accomplish what we wanted.
When you celebrate little wins, when you write them down, they are those which you remember better (because you wrote them). And you can always check what went well to be able to do it again. I prefer paper journals because I like the sound of paper and the touch of writing, and I like not to be forced to look at my monitor all day. Additionally, I experience the “state of flow” when I use a paper calendar/journal. But you can do whatever suits you. Just remember to celebrate.
With every step you take, you are closer to your goal.
It is worth celebrating. Your reward is not a “chocolate bar”.
Your reward is the next step you courageously took to get where you want to be!
