To Get What You Want, First Admit You Want It

© D Sharon Pruitt

A large part of life is about goal achievement – setting goals, pursuing what we want, getting them, relishing in our achievements and then continuing on the journey of growth with greater pursuits. I have written a lot about goal achievement on this blog, including my 5-step successful goal achievement framework ESPER (7-part series), how to quit in order to win, leveraging on your environment to achieve goals, improving your skills through leveling up and skills development, changing your actions to get what you want, and other articles in the goal achievement category.

First Step To Get What You Want – Admit You Want It

Today’s article covers the very first step of getting what you want – admit you want it. While this may seem obvious, I see many people around me who don’t get what they want, precisely because they don’t even acknowledge their desires to begin with. These are the self-deniers.

For example, for career, there are so many people out there who have dreams they want to pursue if they have their way – be it setting up restaurants, bakeries, schools, being manga artists, composers, etc. However, the self-deniers choose to stifle themselves by staying on in…

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Published Sep 19 2009
Filed: Goals & Success
Tags: honesty, self-deniers