Comments on: Eight Simple Tactics for Achieving Your Big Goal

By: Stewart

Stewart — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:53:41 +0000

One of the most important things is missing. Make a decision to do everything and anything to get your goal and to keep going until you get it.

Only when you are ‘totally committed’ do the obstacles shrink from view. When you are committed, no obstacle is as big or as powerful as your dream and your decision to achieve it.

By: Lexi

Lexi — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:57:23 +0000

Great post, Trent! I used wrote a post myself based on this one.

I’m currently trying to live the life I want to live and become the person I want to be and this is some excellent advice!

~Lexi~

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:09:03 +0000

For budding writers, Stephen King’s advice (from his book “On Writing”) was invaluable to me. He basically says to just set yourself a word quota per day and write until you reach it. Stop thinking in terms of chapters, passages, or whatever… just realize that as long as you’re putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard), you’re moving your career forward.

I started out a while ago at a modest 500 words/day, which in the beginning was hard simply because I wasn’t used to it. I have a recurring scheduled event every few months to evaluate my current quota and adjust it. I like to shift it *just* outside of my comfort zone so that I continually push myself.

By: -hilde

-hilde — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:35:58 +0000

You guys! As a Norwegian I of course take exception to the thought that moving here is crazy :-) The act of moving across the Atlantic I can concede is crazy (having done it myself).

Wonderful post, Trent. I was just pondering how to keep striving towards a bigger goal when all individual days seems filled with “everyday” stuff.

By: reulte

reulte — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:54:14 +0000

JonFrance — Ohhh! :-)

By: David

David — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:05:14 +0000

And CB (#3) was clearly referring to some small Norwegian village that shares a name with Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

By: JonFrance

JonFrance — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:35:48 +0000

@reulte:

Clearly Steffie was referring to _inhabited_ Europe :-p

By: reulte

reulte — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:14:07 +0000

Steffie — uh, Norway isn’t close to Europe — it’s in Europe.

I think the ‘crazy’ part of the idea is the moving – having done it so many times in my life. Although, I suspect that if I declutter efficiently, it wouldn’t be so crazy.

I like the “Shred your routine” advice. It particularly points out what is actually currently necessary in your life as well as what is unnecessary. So many times we find ourselves doing things by rote; not even paying attention to where we are, who we are with, what we are doing.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:12:25 +0000

And don’t forget the calm and friendly personalities…

By: Steffie

Steffie — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:54:06 +0000

Looked up Norway, doesn’t sound so bad…good education, health care, lots of stuff to do, close to Europe…The word ‘crazy’ seems rather negative and contrary to the message of the post.

By: Molly On Money

Molly On Money — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:54:04 +0000

The one I’ve just started to do and you mentioned is ‘find a mentor’. I’m starting my first bee colony and after reading all about it I went out and found a mentor who I could talk to and work with before taking the plunge into the passion of beekeeping!

By: CB

CB — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:52:26 +0000

It’s very cold in Norway half the year, and darker, too. Stockholm is known as the 24-hour nightclub in the winter.

As for traveling to third-world countries and volunteering, it is possible if you work contract in your field and when you can take a break, go for the gold.

By: David

David — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:04:13 +0000

Presumably all the good Norwegians have moved to Iowa (as I seem to recall Trent asserting in previous posts). Otherwise it would not be completely crazy, or crazy at all, to move to Norway.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:07:21 +0000

Wonderful and timely post. I’ve been thinking about a major life change within the next year (going from a lucrative career in IT to travelling to third world countries doing volunteer and charity work) and am very overwhelmed by the entire process. I feel like I will fail, I feel like I don’t know what to do, and that there’s just too much to do to make this change happen. Thanks for the insight and motivation to get moving!