9 Traits to Reach Your Goals

By UM 2023

Achievement is a great feeling, knowing that you've reached your goal, got where you wanted to be, and most of us would like to keep achieving in the future. So how do you get out of your comfort zone and start the journey to where you want to be. Firstly, the aid of Allah is sought in all endeavors. Without His assistance we can never hope to win. Secondly, adorning yourself with certain traits helps to trigger new behaviors and guides your focus in life. It aligns you and promotes a sense of self mastery. While people in varying fields and professions measure achievement differently, those who are regularly successful share certain characteristics with one another. Its a good idea to cultivate those traits within yourself. Here's a few mindset cues to get closer to the top of the mountain.

1. Be Humble

In this journey of achieving your goal, you need to be humble to the people around you. Don't belittle or make fun of any person rather have the ability to see everyone as equals. Success is never only be about you, it always relies on the people around you.

2. Learn

High achievers are open minded and skilled individuals. They have the ability to adapt by learning new information and implementing the best of it into their lives. Be aware of new things everyday, read books, learn from mentors acquire new skills and keep your head up, this will effect your journey positively.

3. Vision

We can all agree that people are likely to work harder when they have targets to meet, you must know where you’re headed so as to set the milestones that will land you in your future desired state. A vision identifies your purpose and helps you to define the future success in your mind and provides inspiration and motivation to keep going when things are not easy.

4. Focus

Successful people keep their eyes on the endgame and avoid getting distracted by obstacles. It is important to master the present moment, how to stay on task, how to learn from mistakes without losing the sight of your goals and how to keep working on the goals even when calls to the contrary are so plentiful.

5. Organization

In consideration of what you want to achieve, you exist in two places at once. You need to plant yourself in the present moment and be fully aware of your current reality. Likewise, take a mental hold of where you want to go. Once you set the goals that motivate you, write them down to make them feel tangible then take the steps necessary to realize those goals, cross off each one as you work through them. Rinse and repeat.

6. Act

What is the need of having a plan and never starting work on it? Get into the mindset of your true self in everything you do even if it might feel like you're not getting closer to your goal, keep moving. Put efforts towards where you want to be.

7. Consistency

Working on your goals should be a daily routine , each and every day without going off and on. When you work towards them each day, taking the smallest of steps, you will get more done than trying to it all at once. It does not matter how small ,keep going and eventually it will pay off.

8.Adaptability

Being adaptable simply means to be flexible in changing circumstances, this will help you embrace challenges better when they occur. This trait will expand your capacity to handle change. In that, you will change yourself from your core, thus being able to thrive in whatever situation you find yourself. This is better than waisting your energy trying to change the circumstances around you.

9. Perseverance

All the traits that come before are worthless without the act of working towards your goal and making progress despite challenges and setbacks. The most lofty achievements have the biggest challenges, having this characteristic will help you move forward despite all obstacles which in the long run will pay off. By no means is this an exhaustive list of all the necessary characteristics one must possess to reach lofty standing. However developing these traits is a great first step to finding your place in the grand scheme. By setting out on your journey, or continuing the one you are already on you will grow into each of them in new ways every day. At some point along the way you find that you have collected what you need to meet the challenges and attain the objective.

Written by UM

Edited by IBNTEK 2023