The world belongs to the energetic

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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There are some great quotes out there on goal setting… I have filed 100’s of such quotes. They stir me… but they also remind me that goals are not enough… what is missing is key- and thats where we are going today. 

 

A new twist this year, rather than work on goal setting as my priority (and it still is, but hear me out) I am going to first write out my strategy and process on how to better take care of myself physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually) And by doing so It will increase my productivity my outcome and my chances when it comes to my goals. 

 

Think of it this way, If I simply try to drive myself to achieve my goals but do not have the energy in my whole being to do so I am actually going to slow down over time due to not having the fuel to complete these. 

It is definitely putting the cart in front of the horse. 

Goal achievement will not produce the long term energy to create the life you want. However, if you learn how to create energy in your life you will have a much easier time reaching your goals. 

You may or may not have heard my podcast on goals are overrated - and they are to some degree. In that podcast I talked about building a process and a strategy to create the life you want… but along with that you must have the energy to still pull off the process and the strategy.

Ok. so how do you create that energy?

Food?

Exercise?

Sleep?

Mental food?

Spiritual food?

Emotional food?

 

The key is creating space through out the week to find time for some nourishment in these areas.

Everyday we find time for food, but maybe the food choice needs to change. 

Every day or at least 3 times a week we should find time for exercise… is it hard? Then find exercise that you enjoy… volleyball, racquet ball, swimming…

Sleep… Want to know why you hate mornings? Because you hate evenings… you say, No I love evenings I love to stay up late… thats not love, thats abuse. If you change your sleep habits to go to bed early, get up early you will notice a huge change in your energy. 

What are you eating mentally? I read a book a week not just to be smart or learn more, but because I actually understand that my mental state needs food. I don’t always eat meals because they taste good, but rather I need food. 

Emotional food is really key because it actually is the control center for the other energies. So who do you talk to weekly to build you up emotionally. What do you do to refresh your emotions, make you laugh, question and meditate. its all important for your health and your energy. 

And finally what are you feeding your spiritual life. Scripture, sermons, podcasts and most importantly prayer time and obedience to his word and his voice. 

 

look there are a bunch of big fat liars out there telling you if you know how to write a goal, if you know how to execute the goal if you have big enough goals…

But the truth is if you don’t have the energy to execute it won’t happen. Or let me put it this way… if you have all the energy in the world - you might spin your wheels quite a bit, but you will probably create a better life even without goals then if you have no energy and lots of goals.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson has said “life belongs to the energetic…. notice he did not say the young, but the energetic. Lets make it our first goal to be energetic… having fed all our states of being.