The Midnight Miner

A huge way of making your goals stick and to keep motivation going, is to break down your goals into baby steps, and celebrate the small victories.

The key to winning is realizing that success isn’t going to happen overnight. “Overnight success” is actually a series of failures, overcoming obstacles, and wins that go on behind the scene.

We get so tunnel visional on the end goal, that we overlook the series of small wins along the way. This lack of attention results in a lack of motivation.

In the movie Think And Grow Rich, the narrator explains the story of a miner named Darby who discovered gold in Colorado.

After a few weeks, the gold ran out and he had to sell all of his mining equipment to a junkman. The junkman hired a geologist who determined that the gold was just a few feet away.

Had Darby focused on the small wins and kept digging just a few more feet, he would have been able to celebrate a huge win!

The lack of motivation stems from not knowing how far from our goals we are. We believe that it is so far away, when it could just be 3 more feet. 3 feet!

It is important then to make sure you celebrate your small goals. Acknowledging your little successes along the way keeps that fire inside of you burning. This gives us that “burning desire” that is spoke of.

How To Celebrate Your Wins In 5 Steps

Small Chunking

As I discuss in my book, the key to achieving a goal is to break it down into small steps. Steve Harvey once said that all you need to do to make a million dollars is to find something that someone would pay you $10 for, and repeat it.

Let’s say you want to be a barber who charges $100 an hour. You have to find people that are willing to pay $10 for a cut. Then practice on them – and use social proof to get more clients.

Once you get 10 steady clients
You should practice getting your skills down to get a cut done in 6 minutes.
6×10=60 mins.
10x$10=$100.
$100/hr.

Small Rewards

If you have done the work from the previous classes, you will know what motivates you. Use this as leverage, and “dangle the carrot” so to speak.

Sticking with the previous example of a barber, let’s say there is a new razor you want to buy. Instead of buying it because you want it, set it out after attaining a future goal.

Say, you want the razor and it costs $200. This means you have to do 20 cuts at $10 a piece, or if you are good enough, 10 cuts at $20. This will motivate you to find the leads, and hit the target.

Another concept from the book is delaying gratification. Do you remember as a child anticipating Christmas gifts? Even if you knew what they were, they felt more special because of the anticipation (you had to wait), and the act of removing the obstacle (wrapping paper).

Use Leverage, Not Pressure.

You have to be flexible, and learn how your mind works and coax it into what you want it to be. The majority of life is a mind fuck, and it is imperative that you keep your trust in self.

Set deadlines, but don’t be so rigid that you don’t want to even try. Understand that climbing a mountain is a great feat, but there will always be another greater mountain.

Tracking

Another way to stay on target and keep the motivation going is tracking. I personally use about four trackers, but am leaning towards coach.me.

The thing is, if you can see it, you can believe it, then achieve it. More than just another mental anchor, it’s something tangible you can access to see where you are.

Attitude Of Gratitude

Practicing gratitude is the key to changing your mindset from scarcity to abundance. The key is letting go of the outcome, and just being grateful playing the game.

Even on the worst days, you have to take some time to feel grateful even just to BE ALIVE experiencing it!

Say it aloud, show it through actions, and keep a journal. I’ve developed the practice of waking up with gratitude. The first thing I do when I wake is give thanks. Thanks for another day, and I try and think of every blessing I have for 15 minutes before my morning meditation.

Throughout the day, you need to reprogram your subconscious. You must trick it into thinking negatives are positives, i.e. when someone is rude to you, instead of thinking “fuck you, rude ass.” change that to: “this is an opportunity for me to check my authenticity. Thank you for showing me a piece of myself I’m not ok with. I accept this piece of me, and am grateful for the test.”

Sounds ridiculous, I know. This is one of the secrets though, trust me. When you change the way you think, the World around you starts to shift and works in your favor. You become un-fuck-with-able, and can manipulate the World.

Bonus: Be Your Own Cheerleader

No one is going to celebrate your wins better than you, so you might as well party like it’s your last day. If we are being honest, most people will be jealous and resentful of you after you win. The Universe doesn’t care about you. Good or bad. Your friends secretly want to see you fall flat on your big dumb stupid face, so they can be there and act like they support you during the hard times. (see bucket theory)

Now, this isn’t a truism, there definitely are people out there who want you to win. If we are being honest though, people for the most part stay away from you when you lose and are right on your tail at the finish line. This is why your ecosystem is so important. You want to be surrounded by positive people with aligned values who not only lift you up when you are in low spirits but are cheering you on along your personal marathon.

If you find that you are alone in your victories, here’s something I personally do to keep my spirits high and motivation moving. Keep an inventory of all of your accomplishments – lifelong, monthly, weekly, daily. I like to include it in my morning gratitude prayers. Take 10-15 minutes to list things down, and do it OFTEN!

What are some things you do to celebrate your wins? Drop a comment!

Peace & Blessings.