Meditate to achieve your “laughable goals”

If my title leaves you wondering “huh” then you are most likely a visitor from outside of my social media course at Marist.  Please, just bear with me; I will relate it to meditation… read on.  (Scroll over my images for hidden details.)

Erik Qualman (2012) is a rather interesting author of Digital Leadership, a book essentially based on “5 simple keys to success and influence.”  One of his many fascinating points leads us to chapter twelve titled “Set Laughable Goals” (Qualman, 2012, p. 177).  He begins with a quote that you may consider cliché however the heightened success the author achieved should make you think twice about its sincerity. 

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Now, you may ask, what are “laughable goals?” 

•  A goal that is achievable through an “audacious road map” that “leads to a pot of gold.”
•  A goal that many people will ridicule or “scoff at.”
•  A goal that is above average and inspiring.
•  A goal that “stretches” above the sights you typically set for yourself (Qualman, 2012, p. 178).

"People should laugh at the audacity of our goals" it is inspiring

 (Qualman, 2012, p. 178).

Social media has presented us with a unique opportunity that can positively influence us in attaining our “laughable goals.”  Consider for a moment the advice Jimmy Skunk gave Peter Rabbit:

 

"There’s nothing in a name except

Just what we choose to make it.

It lies with us and no one else

How other folks shall take it.

It’s what we do and what we say

And how we live each passing day

That makes it big or makes it small

Or even worse than none at all.

A name just stands for what we are;

It’s what we choose to make it.

And that’s the way and only way

That other folks will take it."

Recognizing that “a name is just a name – it only takes on importance when we allow it to” is a significant step in achieving your “laughable goals” (Qualman, 2012, p. 185).  Harnessing social media will present you with digital opportunities to build your name/recognition.  Twitter offers #hashtags to categorize conversations.  Discovering the tags that will allow interaction between you and those significant to obtaining your goal will improve your road to success.  As an aspiring author, you may find a #bookclub hashtag will lead you to users who love to read therefore offering an opportunity to build relationships.  These relationships lead to them exploring your Twitter page – in turn to your website that outlines your recently released novel – guides them to a purchase location – and ultimately increases your “laughable goal” – to sell 50,000 books (Qualman, 2012).  

Now For those of you outside of my Marist course or perhaps you attend and are interested in meditation -  

I know you are asking how this relates to meditation?

Here it goes...

This is another advantage of meditation - reaching your goals, your "laughable goals."  Through the digital leadership Qualman has presented via social media it is easy to realize there are many ways to assist you in your meditation goals.  Whether they may be for business or a personal desire social media supplies you with opportunities to reach those experienced in meditation, those knowledgeable of diverse forms of meditation, etc.  But my supreme message to you, my reader, is that the mental practice of mediation positions you to attain your goals.  Begin by asking yourself if you lack self-control?

 

Forbes expresses that self-control is a “componentof emotional intelligence” (Bradberry, 2012).  Emotional intelligence is what concentrates us on our goals and allows focusing on the achievement, making it possible.  In dealing with self-control, our nature is to overpower our successes for our failures.  Be honest, we all fall victim to this!  To boost our self-control Forbes (2012) outlines the number one secret as – meditation. 

 

“Meditation actually trains your brain to become a self-control machine 

(and it improves your emotional intelligence)”  

(Bradberry, 2012).

! Question Time !

• Have you supported yourself enough to set "laughable goals?"
• Is reaching your "laughable goals" reason enough to meditate? 

                                                                                                                                                         

References

Bradberry, T. (2012, September 17). The Six Secrets of Self-Control. Retrieved from Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2012/09/17/the-six-secrets-of-self-control/

Qualman, E. (2012). Chapter 12: Set Laughable Goals. In E. Qualman, Digital Leader (pp. 177-190). New York: McGraw Hill.