"If only it was easier", I hear you say! But for some people, taking action on what I call a "change-the-game" goal is a no-brainer. There is something about it that seems to pull them forward.
What could it be and how can you apply it to your goals? Let's use the Japanese Cherry Blossom (Sakura) season as an example of how nature does it so...well...naturally!
The first week of April usually sees Nature offer up a wonderful display of cherry blossoms in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area. Families, friends and office workers head out to gaze admiringly at the lovely Sakura trees; and
many of them also use the occasion to enjoy a delicious picnic. These are called Hanami (Spring viewing) parties.
In the 10 days just before this annual delight, Tokyoites become unusally fascinated with the weather forecasts and newspaper reports of the likely location of the Cherry Blossom line from southern Japan to Hokkaido in the far north. That's true! As well as sometimes screwing up the weather predictions , the TV forecasters have the added pressure of accurately fortelling the best times for Hanami get togethers - people want to be there just when all is in full bloom at their favorite spots.
From nature's point of view you can kind of pretend that there is some form of creative tension between the sleeping sakura tree buds of early Spring and the stupendous displays that will come forth less than a month later.
Here are two specific goal setting tips that I believe Nature can teach us here:
1- Make your biggest goal as realistically compelling and exciting as you possibly can.
2- The creative tension that leads the buds of March to become the blooms of April is gradually resolved on a moment-by-moment basis. Your commitment to moving forward on the tiniest of actions towards your goals should be non-negotiable.
Your Actions:
a- observe at least one natural event in your home environment and ponder how much minute by minute activity is going on to bring this into your experience.
b- on a scale of 1 to 10, rate your change the game goal for creative tension. Write this number down.
1 - means no real tension between your goal vision and the current reality.
10 - means incredible and inspiring tension between what exists now and what is possible in the future.
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