How to Achieve your Goals

Goal setting is an excellent practice that can lead you to a higher level of achievement. Goals create a clear and tangible desire that one can work towards. But there is a severe problem that occurs with goals.

Have you ever set a goal and failed miserably to reach it, even though you did everything you possibly could to reach it?

I am about to tell you exactly why you failed, and how you can prevent this from happening in the future.

Big goals don't happen overnight (usually), but too many people try to rush towards their goals, and when it doesn't occur immediately they get frustrated and give up. There is a surefire way to avoid this.

All you have to do is be GRATEFUL for the small steps you take toward your goal. Lets say your goal is to lose fifty pounds, and you have already lost a pound. Instead of focusing on the 49 pounds you have left to go, you must be grateful that you have lost a single pound. Being grateful for anything will bring more of what you are grateful for into your life.

Keep a journal of your specific goals, and below them right down the things that you have done to achieve them and what small achievements you have made. Focus on these small achievements in relation to the larger goal, and be grateful for them. There is no way that this method will fail. If you use it, you will achieve any goal you set out to reach.

Mental Inspiration: Learn Something New

One of the greatest things about this world is that there is so much variety. There will always be millions of new things to experience. In order to maintain good mental health, you should go out of your way to learn something new every day. This new thing should be something that is out of your comfort zone. If you are a mathematical person, try writing a sonnet (a fourteen line poem written in Iambic pentameter.) If you are an avid reader, try a challenging game of Sudoku.

Don't get discouraged if you are not good at what you try. The important thing is that you are trying. Mistakes are the best way to learn.

Learning new things creates new mental pathways in our brains. New connections are set forth. This process can keep our brains healthy and fit for life. I believe that the mind is the strongest muscle in our body, and it needs to be flexed frequently in order to maintain its amazing power.
Consistent learning has even been proven to offset and prevent Alzheimer's disease.

So, here is another step on the path toward living an inspired life: get out there and learn something new, and don't forget to have fun doing it!

The Importance of Fitness: Lose Weight!

Yesterday, I discussed how important gratitude is to living an inspired life. Gratitude is the first of three categories of life that must be balanced in order to live happily. The second is the physical. You are not your body, but you do dwell within it. You would not let your house fall into disrepair if you could help it, so why would you do it to your body? When you are in good physical condition, you are in a position to allow the full potential of self to come through. You feel better about yourself, and when you feel good, good things will happen.

Many people say they don't have enough time to dedicate to personal fitness. I say, you don't have enough time not to. Cardiovascular activities increase your life span. Make sure you spend some time each day getting your heart rate up. You know the drill. Run, bike, walk or swim. Be creative and do things that entertain you. Find something you can do that you really enjoy, and it won't feel like "Working Out" at all.

Interval training is a great way to increase weight loss benefits from Cardio workouts. An example of interval training would be running at full speed for thirty seconds, and then jogging slowly for thirty. The intervals burn far more calories than long distance running because your body does not have the chance to adjust to the calorie loss. Don't let your body cheat you out of your hard earned weight loss. Play with interval training!

Both men and women can enjoy the benefits of weight lifting as well. Muscles burn fat and raise your metabolism. They also can raise your self-confidence. Overweight men often have a great time turning muscle into fat. You already have plenty to work with, and you'd be surprised how fast your strength will increase after a few weeks at the gym.

Anyone who lifts weights should do compound exercises. The three pillars of a weight lifting routine are squats, dead lifts, and bench press. These lifts burn the most calories and build the most muscle because they activate the peak muscle fibers and put the most stress on your body. They can even increase levels of free testosterone (the muscle building hormone.)

Building muscle and losing fat can have you looking and feeling your best. All it takes is a little time, and you can start today! Let me know if you have any more questions about weight loss and muscle building. If you would like to know more I will post more specific articles about the physical aspect of an inspired life.

A Poem about Inspiration

This is a poem I wrote about the power of an inspired life. I hope you enjoy it!


When decision is impressed upon the matter of life
There are forces that go to work, beyond comprehension.
They are the builders of dreams and bringers of fortune
And are sustained by the wealth of imagination.

How does man accomplish their desires?
All that must be done
Is to make the choice.

The land will come to the sailor that sees it,
The crop will grow for the farmer that sews it,
And all the riches will be brought to he who
Claims them as his own.

Success is not a slave to fate,
But forged by the individual
In the fires of passion and creativity.

A Life of Inspiration: Gratitude

The Importance of Gratitude:

Hello, my name is Robert and I'd like to welcome you to my blog on how to live an inspired life. As I define it, an inspired life is nothing but one of happiness and freedom. A person who lives an inspired life has the ability to be creative, confident, and to love freely and passionately. They can achieve anything they want because they attract people and events into their lives that help them to move toward their goals easily.

This article is about the first step to living an inspired life: gratitude. You may think that this is relatively simple, and it is. Gratitude is one of the most powerful positive emotions that we are capable of experiencing. If you want to live a better life, be grateful for everything that you already have.

You will find all that you look for in this life. If you are always searching for things to be grateful for, you'll start to find them. They will become more and more abundant. You will feel better about your life, and when you feel good, good things will happen to you.

People also notice gratitude. The next time someone does something nice for you, go out of your way to show your thanks. Try to do something of equal or greater kindness for them. Also, it is a great idea to do nice things for people who have done nothing for you. Gratitude is a two way street. When someone feels gratitude for something you have done for them, you feel great. As I said before, feeling good leads to good things.

You can take the first step towards living an inspired life right now. Get out a piece of paper, or if you prefer, open up microsoft word, and write down anything and everything you are grateful for. Look at this list every morning when you wake up and every night you go to bed. Continue to add to it whenever you think of new things you are grateful for. Trust me, the list will grow substantially. You will slowly start to notice all the wonderful things that life has to offer. Do this for only a week and see how much your list has grown. All the beautiful things that you are grateful for will continue to multiply. Gratitude is a powerful tool that will begin your quest for living an inspired life.