6 Reasons Why You Need Self Love to Crush Goals
Unlocking Your Full Potential: How Cultivating Self-Love Paves the Way to Goal-Crushing Success
If you’re a high achiever who wants to crush big goals, you, my friend, are in the right place.
Before I discovered self-love, I struggled with having the clarity and confidence to go after my dream-sized goals.
When I realized how many other people were also struggling with incorporating self love into their routines, I knew I had to find a way to help myself – and them.
Now, instead of getting frustrated, I have joy in my goal crushing journey.
If you want to increase joy, purpose and goal crushing, focusing on self love can help you, too.
Here are 7 reasons why you need the type of self love that comes from being strategic with your life to have more personal joy.
Reason #1: You’ll Get More Done
It’s easy to get distracted by everything life throws at us, isn’t it? But it doesn’t have to derail you, not with the Vision and Goals Method, because it is centered around joy and self love.
When you know how to focus on yourself and incorporate self love, you’ll get more of the important things done.
Prioritizing yourself means that your cup will be fuller and you’ll be able to then pour into those you love. Self love is about healthy boundaries too!
For example:
When I hosted the last Vision and Goals Party, everyone in attendance really took time to focus on themselves, their joy and their community connectivity. That’s self love. Being able to be clear on what brings you joy, how you envision your future self, breaking down your vision into stair stepper goals and then allowing yourself to be vulnerable with those who can support your journey. That’s self love because you are freeing yourself from the world's expectations in order to increase your inner joy.
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Reason #2: You’ll Gain Clarity
If you want to get somewhere, you need to know where you’re going! Once you have clarity on your vision and goals, you can gain momentum on your journey to get you there. Practicing self love will afford you the headspace to work on setting your vision and goals.
Back in the early days of Goal and Grind, I was all over the place! I had a lot of ideas, and a lot of ideas were being placed upon me by others. I lacked clarity, and by refocusing on the vision and goals I’d set for the company and myself, I was able to get to the core of the company you see today. Everything just clicked when I had more self love for myself because I was more confident in my decisions.
Reason #3: You’ll Gain Confidence
Do you suffer from imposter syndrome? You’re not alone - everyone on the planet does at times, so don’t feel bad about it. Instead, take action!
The fastest way to overcome this is to let go of worldly expectations and plunge yourself into self love.
From the time we’re young the world is asking things of us…where will you go to college, what will your major be, who will you marry, how many kids will you have, and the list goes on and on. At some point, you have to get in the driver’s seat of your life and create your own path regardless of all the questions.
When you gain a deeper understanding of your own self love, you’ll feel more confident about your decisions, and the tough decisions will be more strategic risks than random choices.
Here’s what I mean:
Lack of confidence can oftentimes stem from a lack of knowledge and/or information to make a decision. Using the Vision and Goals Method by Goal and Grind empowers you to incorporate self love so that you make decisions based on your own joy factors. And trust me, nothing feels better than being confident in the decisions you make for your life.
Reason #4: You’ll Save Money
When you focus on self love to understand yourself, your joys, and your values, you can start plugging those into your spending habits and yes you will save money because you’ll be empowered to spend it more strategically on things that bring you joy rather than trying to keep up with the crowd.
Do you really need to spend your hard-earned money on things that don’t bring you joy? Or can you align your spending habits to your personal goals? Your time is valuable. If neglecting your budget isn’t the best use of your time, then use the Vision and Goals Method by Goal and Grind instead.
Aligning your budget to your other life goals is sort of like a form of self love; it’s empowering.
For example:
When I knew I wanted to move to Chicago but I couldn’t find a job here before I moved…I took a look at my budget and cut out things that didn’t bring me joy…in turn, I was able to save enough money for 3 months of rent so I could move without having a job lined up.
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Reason #5: You’ll Help More People
That’s the goal, right?
My Vision and Goals Method helps you incorporate things you love in life by showing you how to build stronger relationships.
It starts with self love but it all leads to helping more people.
Here’s how it works. The 3Cs to stay on track with goal crushing:
Create strategic goals - this is when you develop goals in the four key areas of life (personal, professional, health and financial) so that you start to consider how each area supports the others.
Cheer for others' success - this is how you get to help people which can be a true honor. You are likely where you’re at today because someone helped you. Time to pay it back!
Call on your support system - this is when you ask for help. Goals are a team sport and you will need help crushing dream-sized goals. It can be hard to ask for help, but at a recent Vision and Goals Party, an attendee reminded us all that it’s a privilege to be on the receiving end of a help request because it means the person trusts you. Give that gift to someone by asking for help on your journey.
Reason #6: You’ll Work with Less Effort and More Purpose
You can make your work easier and more enjoyable when you focus on self love! That’s because when you’re focused on what you enjoy you begin to make choices that align with your purpose.
Once I stopped saying yes to worldly expectations and started saying yes to myself, my “work’ became less like work and far more enjoyable.
And I got better results!
This is the part of my story when I not only moved to Chicago but I started working the corporate job of my dreams. It’s the role I’d been laser-focused on since before my move. It’s the role I went after with all my might. It’s the job that I enjoyed and then moved me through THREE fortune 500 companies and tripled my salary.
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There you have it, 6 reasons you need self love to crush goals. When we invest in ourselves with goals in the four key areas of life, positive and powerful results are inevitable.
If you’re ready to turn your dream life into your real life, check out the self love challenge. It includes 29 days of prompts and a community of goal crushers to help you get rooted in your own joy so you can crush dream-sized goals this year.
