Monday Morning Motivational Message - The 1% Rule

One of the biggest reasons people never even begin to chase their goals is because those goals seem too big and overwhelming.

Due to the size of our goals, we don't know where to begin to start to achieve them.

Here are a few other reasons people fail to chase their dreams:

1. They are waiting for the right time. While timing is important in many aspects of life and success, there will never be "the perfect time."  There will always be one more thing to do or a desire to wait for a more perfect day. As Catherine Pulsifer said, " Don't live your life regretting yesterday. Live your life so that tomorrow you won't regret today."

2. They are afraid of failing. While receiving approval from others increases our self-esteem, most of the people who would criticize you for failing have never even attempted the things you have failed. As Teddy Roosevelt said in his famous essay, The Man In The Arena, "It's not the critic that counts...The credit belongs to the man...who errs, who comes short again and again because there is no effort without error..."

3. They don't have a clear idea of what their dreams look like. Being vague about what your dreams look like is a surefire way to ensure they never materialize. If you can see your dream in your mind's eye, you can make it a reality. If you can't picture it in your mind, no matter how hard you work, it will never come to fruition.

Instead of trying to obtain the entirety of your goal all at once, why not consider using the 1% Rule?

The 1% Rule states that each day you will commit to getting 1% better or 1% closer to your dreams.

If you break your dreams or goals down into smaller, more manageable portions, you'll be more likely to obtain what you want.

For example, if you want to be the top sales producer at your company, how would that look if you applied the 1% Rule? If you committed to getting 1% better each day, at the end of the month, you'd be 30% better than when you started, and 90% better at the end of the quarter. 

Breaking any task or objective down into smaller manageable portions and working to consistently improve every day, will ultimately help you control  the size, fear, and overwhelming feelings that prevent people from starting to chase their dreams.  

Please leave me a comment about your thoughts on how people can overcome the things preventing them from realizing their dreams.