How To Achieve Your Goals

Sira asked:


Did any one had any major success or change in life after setting goals in their day to day life. Do you people set any strategy to achieve that goal ? did u followed it genuinly ? 60% of time I always fail to follow that strategy

Randall

leftist1234 asked:


Science itself isn’t really divided on the issue of Global Warming. The data in support of the human contribution to global warming is vast. The motivation for Big Oil and right-wing radio shock-jocks to attack global warming is obvious ($$$).

But what reason does the average unwashed person have to attack those seeking change in climate and energy policy?

Reducing emissions would reduce polution, reduce long-term energy costs, and increase economic prosperity across the entire Western World.

What motivation does the average right-wing person have to so visciously attack the policies of climate change? Why isn’t the connection between Big Oil profits and current policy as obvious to them as it is to any informed individual?

Given that there are no real downsides to adjusting energy policy to utilize better, more efficient fuels… why is the right-wing so focused on attacking science?
Responses should not include discussion of Al Gore. Al Gore did not originate the study of global warming. It’s not his idea, nor does he claim it is.

Attacking Al Gore is out of bounds for this question, and only shows an extreme bias on the part of the answering individual.
Pointing out that global warming, in general, is part of a natural trend is also out of bounds. That is not disputed by environmental scientists… why would it be? They explained the cycle of ice age/warming trend in the first place. That global warming has a natural component is not a revelation.

What is also not being disputed in science is that there is a human component to global warming in effect right now.

We’re talking about policy here. There are no downsides to a progressive energy policy. Why does the right-wing constantly attempt to derail positive movement in energy policy? What is the motivation of the average conservative in doing so?
Clarification: I did not change the rules of the question. I set some limits on the stock answers that people were giving.

Al Gore is out of bounds because my question was, simply put, not about Al Gore. If Al Gore comes into it in any way it’s because people don’t like Al Gore. I already know that some people don’t like Al Gore, that’s not enlightening. And anyone disagreeing with Global Warming because they don’t like Al Gore doesn’t really have a valid reason. Al Gore and global warming are two different things.

I put “because it’s a natural phenomenon” out of bounds because that’s not a good answer either. I even, in my original question, listed other benefits to a progressive energy policy besides avoiding global warming.

It’s called clarification. People answering “Al Gore” and “Global warming is natural” simply weren’t answering the question. The question was not “do you believe in global warming?” It was regarding opposition to policy changes.

Rolando

Donna Gunter asked:


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One of the things I often notice on websites is that I’m not sure where to go or what to do when I arrive. There are those websites that are simply online brochures that tell me all about the features of a product or service, but don’t ask anything of me. There are other websites that give me a headache, as they try to send me in too many directions at once. When faced with too many choices, I become overwhelmed and ultimately leave the site without taking any action.

How do you get your visitor to stay on your site and convert to a prospect? By presenting one clear call to action on every page of your site.

Do you want the visitor to listen to an audio clip? How about signing up for your email newsletter? Do you want the visitor to call a toll-free number and listen to a message? Would you like them to subscribe to your blog updates? Do you have a free ecourse that you’re offering to your visitors? Don’t be shy about telling your visitor what to do. Most people don’t want to have to think when they arrive at a site (myself included), and are more than happy to follow whatever directions you provide and actions that you outline.

For owners of service businesses, I strongly believe that the most important call to action that should appear on your site is asking your visitor to get on your email list. This information becomes the gold in your marketing funnel. You begin to build a list in this fashion, and can email your contacts on this list on a regular basis with special offers, new programs, or just news updates.

The primary way that I capture someone’s contact information is through my email broadcast service, aWeber, which offers me the coding for a subscription form that I can place on any page of my website. Once they have opted in to my list, they begin to receive my email newsletter, as well as emails about special offers, sales, and other pertinent news about my business.

Too many times I hear my clients lament that they’re getting traffic to their websites, but the phone isn’t ringing. I think it’s pretty unrealistic for you to expect a visitor to buy from you immediately upon “meeting” you via your website or becoming acquainted with your service, unless you offer a very highly specialized product or service that visitors cannot obtain elsewhere. Think of your own buying habits. I’ll bet that you fall in the 7-10 “touches” category that marketing experts say is needed in order to get someone to purchase what you’re selling. What do I mean by a “touch”? It could be an email newsletter that you send out regularly, a direct mail postcard that you send, a phone call that you make, or a lunch date that you set. It takes roughly 7-10 contacts (touches) for someone to begin to get to know you, respect you, and like you enough to make the decision to buy from you.

If your offer is compelling enough, 1%-3% of the visitors to your website will convert, or take the action you want them to take. What constitutes a compelling offer? Once upon a time, it was simply an invitation to subscribe to your email newsletter. However, it seems that everyone is writing an email newsletter these days, and with the levels of spam growing increasingly larger day-by-day, a free email newsletter is no longer as enticing as it once was. Instead, offer a free giveaway that provides a solution to a problem that keeps your visitor up at night. Make it compelling enough that your visitors doesn’t hesitate to give you his name and primary email address.

To be effective, your call to action needs to prominently displayed on your homepage, not hidden mid-way down the page in a paragraph of text, or “above the fold”, to borrow an old newspaper term. In this case, your call to action, should be the first thing a visitor sees when arriving at your homepage. In some cases, you may want to have the call to action appear on every page, making it crystal clear to your visitors what action you want them to take.

What compelling piece of information can you offer visitors to capture their names and email addresses? Once you have that info, what is your plan to follow up regularly? Creating a clear call to action on your website, along with an effective follow-up strategy, will measurably increase your sales. Isn’t that we all want from our businesses?



Ebony

Shawn Lim asked:


Indeed, massive actions produce massive results. Taking massive actions is one of the must-take steps if you want to achieve your goals. Once you’ve set your clear and specific goals, then you should take constant actions according to your plans and strategies. Only by doing so, you will get nearer and nearer towards your goals.

The moment you take actions, there are only two possible outcomes. One is that you have achieved what you wanted, and we call that success. The other outcome is pretty much the opposite, you did not achieved what you wanted, it is not failure, but a feedback. You will have to change your strategies and plans, and then take massive actions again. Know this fact; most people did not achieve what they want in the first time. Just like Thomas Edison, he discovered the suitable material for light bulb after 10,000 times of trying. It is the same if your goal is to reach financial freedom. You are not going to achieve this is the first few days after you take massive actions, not the first few months, and most likely not the first year.

What you are experiencing today is because of what actions you’ve taken in the past. Today, if you are experiencing great results in your life, it is because you’ve taken massive actions in the past. The same if you are experiencing low results today, it is because you never really take any actions in the past, or maybe you did take actions, but you gave up soon before you achieve your goals. Now, it does not matter if you say that you are not sure whether your plan and strategy works. As long as you take massive and constant actions, even if your plan and strategy are wrong, you will somehow discover it and create a way to overcome it. This also means that you can have the world’s greatest dream, but if you never take actions, it is useless.

Most people say that they are going to take such and such actions to achieve their goals, but in the end they never actually take any actions. This is what is happening to most of us; we never really put our words into actions. Just like if you want to become a Millionaire, you can choose to buy a lot of wealth books. However, by merely reading wealth books alone are not going to make you a Millionaire, you will have to apply what has been taught in the books. Success never comes automatically, and you cannot learn to success. Success is a process, not a destination. It is the same as if you want to learn how to ride a bicycle; you cannot learn it from a text book. You will have to get your hands-on it.

If you are reading this article right now, then start taking massive actions from now. Take at least one key action that is going lead you to your goal every single day. If you do so, you are going to discover that you are moving one step closer to your goal each day.



Ellen

? Hala ? asked:


I used to go to the gym every day for 1 to 1.5 hrs. I really enjoyed it. But lately I haven’t had the motivation to go. And if I do go by about 1/2 hr I lose concentration and motivation.

What can I do to motivate my self to exercise more?
Tips or suggestions?

Carly