Say It Loud

I am big believer in speaking my goals out loud.  I believe speaking your goals will help you speak them into existence. Say it loud!

When you speak your goals and not just think them, you become accountable. You have to own your goals and all of their consequences. You can't later decide you were "just kidding" or you didn't really want to do that.  You now have to answer the questions and give the progress reports to those you told.  If you stop pushing, you have to answer the question "why?"  You will have to face the shame of failing publicly.  That alone will motivate you to keep pushing until you get what you seek.  Say it loud!

Saying it loud has gotten me in trouble more than once.  You see, sometimes the people around you just don't want to hear it.  You may find out that the people around don't want you to do well.  Or maybe they do want you to do well, just a little less well than they do.  They may tell you there is something wrong with you or with your goal.  So what?  Say it loud!

Too many of us go "underground" with our goals.  We figure that if we don't tell anyone, we won't be embarrassed if we fail.  But here's the problem with that sort of secrecy.  You can't achieve anything great secretly.  It just doesn't work that way.  You can't good from hiding in the shadows playing in front of packed stadiums.  If you want to shine, first, you must take the stage.

Don't be afraid.  Say it loud!