Have you ever found that when you do finally reach that goal or hit that major milestone you worked so hard to achieve, a void is created very quickly afterwards? The euphoria of the achievement dies away and you are left asking yourself - what now?
This has happened me on many occasions both in my professional and sporting life and I have figured out a way to avoid this post elation blues.
Quiet simply, I make sure I have set myself a new stretching goal before I actually achieve the current one. One of the reasons I am writing this now is because even thougn I know this theory does work in practise I have gotten caught out. Not professionally but in my sporting life. The triathalon season finished for me a few weeks ago and I made the mistake of not finding some new goal to focus on to get me through the winter and ready for next years season with kicks off in April.
Better late than never. I need to commit to something that challenges me and in some way is complimentary to the triathlon specific training I will be starting from january 2010. I thought of entering the Dublin city marathon but left that one a little too late. My weakest discipline in the Triathlon is the bike so if I could find an event that involves biking that would make sense. I need to check out spinning classes at local gyms. I have never done them but by all accounts they are great fun. Maybe that is my goal - attend 10 spinning classes between now and December 2009. Item to add to my to -do list tomorrow - contact local gyms to enquire about spinning classes.
Are there parallels you can make with how you work or run your business to my dilemma above?
Can you learn from my mistakes and make some changes that will benefit you?
If you know about this tip already and apply it, please add a comment to this post telling me how successful or not it has been for you.