“AHA” Your Financial Goals With Clarity…
Have you ever experienced a sudden “Aha” moment, and then everything becomes clear?
You suddenly found the real issue.
You suddenly know how to solve a problem.
You suddenly realize where you need to change.
You suddenly got a breakthrough.
Previously, I wrote an article about the importance of clarity and why having clarity can help you achieve your goals faster without wasting time, money, energy, resources, losing motivation and feeling unfocus.
So, if you have not read it yet, I reckon you should spend 5 mins reading it first before coming back to get the most out of this post.
Great! Now that you understand the importance of clarity, I will be sharing how to get clarity from achieving YOUR financial goals.
If you’re looking for clarity on whether you should marry this guy or this girl, try Tinder.
Otherwise, this could be what you have been looking for.
What you will not find here is NOT “how to” invest in this and make this amount of money or even “how to” build a billion - dollar start up.
You will not find any “how to” here because I believe clarity is within you.
You are unique, you cannot be compared with me or anyone else on this planet.
You cannot be compared because, your family background, your values, your education, your friends, your experiences in life are totally different from mine or anyone else.'s
So never ever compare to yourself to anyone (not Steve Jobs, not anyone, not even your own siblings).
No matter how you compare, it would never be a fair comparison.
All I can do here is to help you look within yourself, look into your heart and face yourself in full honesty.
To get started, make sure you’re rested and in a neutral state of mind.
If you are rushing somewhere, feeling down or hyper, do this breathing exercise below, to be in a neutral state of mind.
It is important that you are in a neutral state of mind because it will be difficult to get the most out of this session when your mind has too many things to think about.
You want to be clear-headed, and your heart does not feel disturbed.
Great! Here are 5 questions that you can take time to answer and allow the answer to sincerely arise from your heart or feelings.
The first question is easy.
1. Set Your Destination:
What Is Your Financial Goal?
eg. I want to make 1 million in 1 year, I want to buy a million dollar home on Hudson Yards, I want to make 10K a month, I want to have at least 20K passive income a month.
Remember that there is no right or wrong answer, only an answer that sits right with your heart.
2.Fuel Your Emotions:
Why Do You Want That Goal? (Your Desire Is More Important Than The How)
What Does Going After That Goal Mean To You?
What Does Reaching That Goal Meant To You?
What Do You Want To Feel? (Behind every goal is an emotion).
What’s The Backstory To Wanting To Feel That Way? (Behind every emotion is a story)
Example:
I want to make 50 million because I want to build my own dream home.
Going after the goal means that I can achieve whatever I put my heart.
Going after the goal means I can imagine my family and kids feeling excited when they see the house.
I can imagine what it feels like to be in my dream home.
The excitement, the feeling of wow.
It means I can help more people by sharing my journey and how I got there.
I can inspire my own kids and loved ones around me. I feel like if I can get this far, I can still go further.
Why do I want to feel this way?
Because growing up, I’ve always felt like my Dad did not love me because I was not successful (I failed academically).
As a result, I felt helpless and lousy around others who were better than me. (Yes, I subjected myself to comparing. No one told me comparing was not fair).
I am sick and tired of feeling helpless and always giving up to challenges in my way.
Your story and feelings do not have to be this way.
You will have your own set of story and maybe not one that is sad like the above example.
Maybe you grew up in a happy family, and you’ve always been an achiever and like the feeling of being able to overcome challenges, because that’s just how you were raised.
Once you know your goal, and you know your why, you have to choose your vehicle.
3. Choose Your Vehicle:
What would you like to do to achieve your goal?
Which method would you use to achieve your goal?
Which road do you intend to take to achieve your goal?
Why do you believe that the method you choose to achieve your goal is possible?
(Maybe you know or read how someone has done it, maybe you did your calculations and research to justify how it can be done).
Example:
I have many ideas on how I could achieve 50 million because many people have done it and more.
Recently, I read about a 29 - year old who started a business with only $50K and recently bought a 50 million dollar home and a 20 million dollar penthouse.
I know my greatest interest is in training and coaching in the area of marketing, human potentialism and parenting because I have been in this space for over 20 years.
The business model I would adopt would be a business that would produce more than 500 million in sales revenue.
Companies that are able to be at that level are platform focused, so it’s 100% possible, so the road I will be taking will be to build a platform that can serve a million learners spending $500 with us.
4. Chart Your Course:
Do you have a deadline to achieve your goal?
Do you intend to go from milestone to milestone and adjust your ultimate deadline as you go?
Do you intend to go from Zero to 1 (getting your first customer first), so you can make adjustments and estimates towards your goal?
Eg. I have a goal of reaching 500 million revenues in 5 years. Hypothetically, I might take grow $100K in first year and grow by 4.5X per year.
I will aim to go from zero to 1 within 1st week to test if what I sell works using MVP (minimum viable product)
5. Automate Your Systems By leveraging:
Can you create a system or a set or processes that can repeat from zero to 1 over and over again?
Can you pass this to someone else to create leverage?
Eg. If I can repeat zero to 1, I will document the process, systemize it and hire or outsources or find partners to repeat that.
And there we have it, the 5 Step proven process to getting clarity to achieving your financial goals.
Destination, Fuel, Vehicle, Chart, Automate
