Why Can’t We Achieve More Of Our Goals?

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Why Can’t We Achieve More Of Our Goals?


So why don’t most of us achieve more of our goals? There are two challenges we face:

  1. Getting started on our goals after we have identified the steps
  2. Building momentum to keep us going until the action becomes normal.

Luckily, finding a strong why can help us navigate these pitfalls quite well, but let’s dive deeper into these two factors to explore why they affect us so much and how we should be thinking about them.

Why We Struggle With Getting Started

Do you know that when you try to move any object, it requires more force to get it moving than it will require to keep it going? This happens because of two physical forces called static friction, the force that keeps a stationary object at rest, and kinetic friction, the force that brings it to a stop once it’s moving. In general, static friction is greater than kinetic friction, which is why it requires more force up front to get a stationary object moving than it requires to keep it moving.

Have you noticed how difficult it is to get started on something? How, no matter how badly you might want it, it feels impossible to get moving. But then once you do start, it suddenly feels easier and easier to keep things moving in the right direction and progressing.

Like all other objects in the world, we’re experiencing static friction pushing against us whenever we consider starting. All the small things in our day-to-day life contribute to making it more difficult. Maybe we don’t feel like we have enough time, maybe our kids are demanding, or maybe we are just overwhelmed constantly. Whatever is holding us back can be considered a form of static friction doing its job and keeping us in one place. Once we managed to overcome that force, however, using whatever means necessary, it takes far less energy for us to keep things going than it did for us to start. 

Taking action toward the goals you’ve set will be much easier if you realize the biggest commitment of energy and effort will be needed at the beginning of virtually everything you do, whether it’s learning a new language, getting yourself to the gym, or starting a new business. Eventually, the new activity will become one of the habits and will be far easier to maintain than it was to get started.

How To Keep Things Going Once You’ve Started

So you’ve managed to get started, but that doesn’t mean you can just slack off. Success, after all, requires a disciplined pursuit of progress every single day. Thankfully, when you start something, you are far more likely to return to it at a later time. This is theorized by psychologist Maria Ovsiankina, the effect states that humans have a tendency to pick up an interrupted action again when it has still not been achieved. The act of starting something, and not achieving it, cause us to consistently think about that thing and the fact that it was never completed. It becomes a short-term need based not on anything we actually required for survival, but instead on the situation we find ourselves in. 

For example, if you are caught in the rain, you feel like you need an umbrella or a raincoat. That need isn’t biological, but it is strong enough to cause you to take action in a similar way that a biological need to eat would. 

Being conscious of this effect can do wonders for you when trying to accomplish a goal because it allows you to, once started, feel as though you need to return to the goal and see it through to completion. 

That’s all for now my friends. See you all in my next article. 

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