Before starting work toward a difficult goal, it's important to ask yourself how committed you are to it. Your level of commitment is an important component of goal success and attainment.  This commitment can represent a personal contract/commitment to yourself and your goals. If you don't feel very committed to achieving a difficult goal, you are much less likely to succeed in doing so. If you don't feel committed, you may want to reconsider this goal. There are many factors that go into developing and achieving your personal goals. Solid goals are "SMART," meaning they're specific, measurable, achievable, results-focused, and time-bound. If your goal is each of these, you'll be set up for success.  Vague goals are harder to accomplish because it is less clear what you need to do and when the goal is complete. It may be that you have not achieved your hardest goal yet because you haven't defined it clearly enough. For example, the goal "be a better person" is perhaps impossible to achieve. It is extremely vague, and no matter how "good" a person you become, you can always be better. In this case, you would want to think about how you would define a good person. What specific thing or things do you need to do to be "better?" Call your mom once a week? Volunteer for charity 10 hours a month? Do a bigger share of the household chores? Be as specific as you can. The next step is to break your challenging goal into smaller parts. These should also be concrete and measurable goals.  Breaking the goal into smaller parts allows you to create a step-by-step plan of action for achieving the "big" goal. It also creates opportunities for you to take note of the progress you've made. This can help you maintain your motivation. For example, if your goal is to earn a PhD in physics, think about what you'll need to do to achieve that. You'll need to apply to grad schools. You'll need to be accepted. You'll need to make it through the first semester. You'll need to complete all the required courses. You'll need to pass your qualifying examinations, and so forth. If you don't already know enough about your goal to break it down, do some research so you can create achievable sub-goals. Once you have developed a set of sub goals, organize them into a reasonable timeline that reflects how long it should take to achieve each one.  A timeline will help keep you accountable and focused by adding a sense of urgency.  Remember that if you don't complete a sub-goal on time, it doesn't mean you've failed. It does mean you need to revise your timeline and get back on track. Achieving the most difficult goals usually means overcoming many challenging obstacles. Take some time to think about what might stand in the way of achieving your goal.  Having an idea of the obstacles you might face will help you create a plan for dealing with them. For example, if you are training to run a marathon, what could happen that could stand in your way? You might become injured during the training. Or, something might happen in your work or personal life that makes it impossible for you keep up with your training timeline for a while. What will you do if one of these things happens? Having a contingency plans for the inevitable bumps in the road will make it easier to pick yourself back up. It will help you keep making progress when obstacles interfere with the plan. You probably will not be able to foresee every obstacle. But, trying to think about them in advance can boost your confidence even when you encounter unexpected problems.
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