How Bigger Goals Can Take You Further

 How Bigger Goals Can Take You Further:

look what judge Gayle, a famous psychologist has to say for your success. Here are six suggestions on building an outsized career:-

1) Define big goals.

 Look for ways that you can contribute to or create change for a broader group, not just for you. Identify a mission—for your team, family, or community—that will get your juices flowing. If you feel like you’re too busy to worry about a larger mission, ask yourself why your job matters so much. Are you working this hard for your family? Or perhaps because you believe in what you’re doing? You are more likely to persevere once you realize that more than your own ego is already at stake.

2) Control what you can control and work to accept the rest.

When Gayle had cancer during law school, she faced difficulties that she couldn’t change. But she focused her energy on studying hard and on taking care of herself. She says she couldn’t control the fact of having cancer, but her “gift from cancer” was that she learned to control how she spent her time.

3) Find mentors and role models. 

Gayle deeply respects her parent and continues to learn from them. And, as I know well, she has never been shy about recruiting other mentors. She says that it is easier to keep going in the tough times if you’ve built yourself a cheering squad. And with practice, you get better at asking for help.

4) Act like you have self-discipline.

 Do you sometimes think about how much you could accomplish if only you were more disciplined? Gayle suggests that you identify the steps you would take toward your goal if you did, in fact, have that necessary self-discipline. For example, to start turning in your weekly report by the noon Friday deadline, would you draft it before leaving work on Thursday? Once you have a vivid picture of what you’d do if only you were more disciplined, start acting like that. Work on your report on Thursday afternoons. And each time you decide to “act like that” you’ll exercise your self-discipline “muscle” and build your self-control.

5) Laugh at yourself. 

There’s a danger that self-determination can morph into arrogance or self-righteousness. A good way to avoid that trap is to keep your sense of humour, particularly when it comes to your own failures and mistakes. Gayle says she looks pretty silly when she walks around her community in her sweats at 5:30 in the morning, hand-delivering “door-knockers” to inform citizens

about how to access the resources of their court system.

6) Build your confidence. A powerful career aimed at big goals requires a good deal of self-confidence. One way to become surer of yourself is to define and achieve a series of small goals. Each time you reach one little target, you’ll feel a bit stronger and you'll gradually become ready to aim for larger targets. Meanwhile, try to keep acting as if you were confident. 

When you contemplate your long-term goals, it can seem presumptuous to feel passionate about making the world a better place. You might think, “How can I make that kind of difference, with my puny skills and resources?”To get past that kind of thinking, imagine what your goals could be if you were a smarter, braver, more confident person. What would you aim for, if you were an extraordinary person like Judge Gayle? Well—here’s the secret: You are an extraordinary person, just like Judge Gayle. What you need to do is to imagine those big goals, then get started, even if you move forward just one sugar grain at a time.