Set Your Goals For Now

It's great to plan for the future, but it can also be counterproductive to focus on your major goals in the future tense. When you project something into the future, it will stay in the future. The idea is to center your goals in the present moment.

Instead of saying "I will have x by this specific date", practice closing your eyes and visualizing what it would be like to already have attained your goal. Create a vivid feeling of having, doing, or being exactly what you want.

Engage not only a clear mental picture, but go a step further and engage you other senses. Hear the sounds and feel the physical sensations associated with your goal. Even bring your emotions into play and really feel what it will be like to take possession of your objective.

Revel in the moment as if you're getting ready for a great victory celebration.

This type of active visualization can be used in place of traditional future-specific goal affirmations. And you can achieve amazing results with only a few minutes each day.

Practice taking time out during your day to really bring your goals into the present moment with you. Put as much realism and feeling into this as possible, and force yourself to smile during the process as this will create a happy vibration.

A great time to perform this type of positive affirmation is just before bed each night. This will allow your unconscious mind to work throughout the night on aligning itself to the accomplishment of your goals.

By combining this technique of present tense realization with traditional timeline specific goal setting you are likely to see huge improvements in your overall results. In other words you don't need to throw your target achievement dates out the window, just practice thinking in terms of "I have" instead of "I will have".

The brief tactic described above can also be construed as advice for how to use the law of attraction. As you have likely noticed, the various terminologies like positive thinking, goal setting, deliberate manifestation, law of attraction, and so forth are almost interchangeable.

Many writers overcomplicate the issues and make a huge deal out of the wording, but the truth is a constant. Whatever language you use to refer to the concept of deciding what you want and making these things happen, what really matters is your belief in your ideals and your commitment to happiness and success.