You Don’t Want It Bad Enough!

81. You don’t want it bad enough!

For most of you, this should be the first Tool you ever choose. This Tool is maybe the best example of how the system works in the whole book. Many of you have had a goal that was never written down and never reached. Many have written down their goal and still failed to reach it. I believe goals have a greater chance of success when you have the proper Tools to help you reach them, and this one is a perfect start and a perfect example. The reason I love this one so much is that it has great power to keep you on track. Whenever you are about to do something that may sidetrack one of your goals in your S.A.N.E. system, simply say to yourself, “I don’t want it bad enough.” (This is a system in the book.) When you make this simple statement, it triggers a reaction in your brain to determine if you do want it bad enough.

This can be applied to many of the goals that you may have. If your goal is to read one book a week and you are watching TV instead, ask yourself, “Do I want it bad enough?” When your alarm goes off at 5:00 a.m. and you’re about to hit snooze, ask yourself how bad you want it. When you are cutting out dessert and you are tempted to have that bowl of ice cream, do you want it bad enough. Sometimes getting the right answers out of life requires asking the right questions.

You may find something else out, YOU DON’T WANT IT BAD ENOUGH. Then comes decision time. Do you take it off your goal list or tweak it to match what you do want? If you find out it is truly not that important to you right now, then take it off. This may be the reason you are missing some of your goals because they really aren’t goals you hope to achieve at this moment. If you do decide it is something you want, you will have constructed a mindset that will allow you to make better choices when presented with temptations. Asking yourself how bad you want it will determine how likely you are to achieve that goal. The things you want badly enough will compel you to do what is necessary to reach the top.