We’ve been talking about how you can program yourself for success using some well-known but often ignored techniques. When it comes to accomplishing your goals, we’re going to show you how to do your bookkeeping so you can build your Achievement Account!
Think of the process for achieving your goals like keeping a checkbook or log. You need to track your expenses and your income. To achieve growth, your income needs to exceed your expenses. The way to build your income will depend upon your goals. But, in general, just like in your own bank account, you need to do things that will garner income.
For goal achievement, you need to take actions that will move you toward your goal. You will decide what those actions are and assign an hourly value to them. Some actions create additional momentum so you will be able to assign a double value to them. And just like in life, when you have to make a withdrawal, you will keep track of that too.
For goal achievement, you need to take actions that will move you toward your goal. You will decide what those actions are and assign an hourly value to them. Some actions create additional momentum so you will be able to assign a double value to them. And just like in life, when you have to make a withdrawal, you will keep track of that too. Your Achievement Accounting will move you more deeply into conscious and unconscious alignment in order to reach your stated goals. But it’s not automatic. You need to actively take part in the program to reap its full benefits.
If your goal is financial, let’s say you want to earn $200,000 this year, you will identify that goal and pay yourself an hourly wage for each action you take that moves you toward that goal. Even if your goal involves something other than money, you will use monetary amounts to track the currency in your Achievement Account. The money represents the value of the actions you have taken as well as the withdrawals you make.
Here’s a basic 3 step approach to the process of Achievement Accounting:
Step 1: Create and sign a written contract with yourself to secure in your mind the commitment to your success. You can include your name, the date the commitment you make, the hourly value of each action, and “bonus” events for which you can pay yourself double because they are the most difficult or critical success factors in achieving your goal. You’ll list the action items as well as the hourly rate you will pay yourself for doing them. Most importantly, you will sign and date this contract with yourself.
Step 2: You will track your actions in your Achievement Account on a log that takes into account the amount of time spent (some actions may be paid a flat rate just for doing them while others are paid on an hourly basis). You will also track any withdrawals, which will be either actions you take that are counter to your goals or actual income received. For example, if you have earned $8,000 in Achievement Accounting and you get an actual real $2,000 paycheck, you will subtract the $2,000 from your total and your new balance is $6,000. Why? Because that is how real life works. Your subconscious must get used to earning and spending money to maintain belief in the reality of your goal.
Step 3: Write some notes about the actions you took in a section of your Achievement Account. You may find that some of the actions you dreaded yielded fantastic benefits. Also, you will be keeping track of the feelings that come to you while you are actively engaged in the process of growing your account. Sometimes new ideas will come to you that can speed progress toward your goal. It’s important to capture them before they disappear. Then you will write a positive statement about the achievement of your goal, an assertion or confirmation about what you believe is true, like “Money comes easily to me now.”
You need to do your Achievement Accounting every single day within 30 minutes before going to sleep. This is a time when your mind is particularly suited to accepting the positive input you are giving it. Once you have your Achievement Account log set up, it will only take a few minutes each night to enter the information. You must do it consistently every single night because you are building up a pattern, conditioning yourself to accept the abundance that you have set forth as your goal.
Although everyone is different, when you have four times the amount in your Achievement Account as outlined in your goal (i.e., $800,000 for a $200,000 goal) your goal should be at hand. Why? Because when you define a goal, concretely and in writing, and you commit to daily actions toward the achievement of that goal, you are more likely to attain it. The key to success is removing the unconscious blocks you may have developed that get in the way.
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If you missed it, read Achievement Accounting Part 1 to get the whole story.
Note: The Achievement Accounting System was inspired by the “Mental Bank Concept” created by Dr. John Kappas. I have simplified, adapted, and created a flexible system for easy understanding and use by today’s busy people.