Most people when they create a goal it is an “output goal.” This means they focus on the result.

For example:

• Losing 20 pounds
• Being happier
• Making more money
• Being able to do 5 push ups from their toes

All these, while being great things, are output goals. It’s the result you would like to have…they are your output goals.

But there is bad news about this.

According to Inc.com only 8% of people who set goals achieve them. That means 92% of us don’t achieve our goals. I don’t know about you, but those odds aren’t on our side.

If I asked you to jump in the car with me…And then I told you that there is an 8% chance we will make it to our destination without crashing, how many of you would jump in that car? Probably not many, I wouldn’t jump in either!

So why do we keep making output goals? Probably because that’s what we’ve always done and always been taught to do.

Read this and read it again

“If you want to get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.”

I hire coach and mentors to help me. I have a business mentor, I have a personal development mentor, and I have a life coach. I have these mentors and coach because if I knew what to in those areas, I would probably already be doing it.

So let me ask you a question?

Did you accomplish the health and fitness goal you set last year?

If you did, congratulations, that’s an accomplishment to celebrate. If you didn’t why not. I believe it’s because nobody has shown you how.

Don’t make output goals. Make input goals.

What are input goals?

They are what you decide you will DO, not have.

For example:

• I am going to strength train 4 days a week
• I am going to prep my breakfast and lunches every Sunday at 12pm
• I am not going to keep sweets in the house

Those are input goals and you can control the input. The output is out of your control. What you do (input) influences the result (output).

So when you are setting goals, set input goals on what you are going to do and not what you want to accomplish.