{"id":5554,"date":"2020-12-30T15:07:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T07:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulstokes.com.au\/?p=5554"},"modified":"2021-04-13T15:44:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T07:44:34","slug":"set-an-unreasonable-goal-and-go-far-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulstokes.com.au\/set-an-unreasonable-goal-and-go-far-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Be unreasonable and go far in 2021<\/thrive_headline>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Break with tradition and set an unreasonable <\/em>goal this year. Think BIG! This is the time to decide what you intend to do fitness-wise for the next twelve months. Just more training? Will that be just more events? Or do you have a specific goal in mind, a target that you want to hit?<\/p>\n

However, I want you to consider something more than a target that just revolves around improvement. I want you to do something in 2021 that will transform you.<\/p>\n

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It won’t be easy, it will involve sacrifice – but what transformation doesn’t?<\/p>\n

How do I transform myself? By setting an unreasonable goal<\/h2>\n

George Bernard Shaw once said, “Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.”<\/p>\n

This isn’t something you’ll normally find coaches suggesting.<\/p>\n

Goals are supposed to be achievable and realistic.<\/p>\n

But a point I’ve been making for more than a decade now – who’s to say what’s achievable?<\/p>\n

When Nelson Mandela<\/a> was locked up all those years. Would anyone have thought it was achievable for him to become President of South Africa one day? Well it was.<\/p>\n

Mainly, it’s you who determines what’s achievable.<\/p>\n

Setting an unreasonable goal that is at the very limits of your potential is a way to stretch beyond limiting beliefs.<\/p>\n

It’s a chance to create a situation that forces you beyond your boundaries. You might need to reset your training regime.<\/p>\n

It might cause you to wake each day and ask yourself, “How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I’m committed to?”<\/p>\n

Tell yourself “If I want to change, things have got to change”<\/p>\n

When people talk about goals, they tend to focus on what they want that they don’t currently have.<\/p>\n

However, it’s beneficial to audit what you already have.<\/p>\n

Think about what you do that works. What resources you have available and what you’ve learnt about yourself. That’s your foundation, the sum of your journey so far.<\/p>\n

If you don’t know what you have, how will you know what you need?<\/p>\n

Conducting a training audit<\/h2>\n

So, carry out a training audit. Write a list of everything you do in relation to your training:<\/p>\n