How To Take Action
Once your child is clear about their goals, and is planning to achieve them, it is the best time to get to work on how we make it all happen – how action brings momentum into play and makes success a reality.
Taking action is a fundamental habit of all achievers. When others are unfocused and can’t be bothered, the achiever is able to take massive action and get a great deal done.
Child Self Confidence is a truly great quality to encourage, wouldn’t you agree?
Ask your child ‘Do you REALLY want to achieve your goals? Then impress upon them the need to take action. Not just every so often, or when they feel like it, but as often as they can.
If the “Why” of why they want to achieve their goal is big enough in their mind then this will provide great motivation, and when they have a plan and take action, success will be theirs.
Advise them that that you can’t just want something and do nothing about it; action is a crucial part of success!
I can’t impress upon you enough just how easy it is for your child to become ‘stuck’, held back by their fears. Fears can be powerful enough to prevent us from moving forwards with our lives, we can create a little bubble or comfort zone around what we allow ourselves to believe we can do… and yet we can always do better than we think we can.
Building your kids self esteem this skill will not only help them to break free from this common constraint, but will also give your child the great confidence to know that they have the power to achieve most of the things they set out to.
Furthermore, having their mind focused on being proactive and focusing on what they can do, rather than what they can’t do, offers them tremendous personal power, and ensures that they are driven by their commitments and not by how they feel.
Remind them that every time they do something they need to do, when they don’t feel like doing it, they are a champion in life, a quality which will lead to many great things.
If you can encourage your child to work each day on their goals, you will soon find that they get closer to them as time goes by. The journey may seem long, but to travel a little each day will ultimately bring about great progress!
For example, as in other aspects of your child development, if they want to be a great musician, they must practice their instrument every day for twenty minutes.
Or, if they want to be a black belt in Karate, they must be sure to practice their moves!
Have them say out loud this phrase – ‘Inch by inch it’s a cinch, yard by yard it’s hard’!
Here’s to Fulfilled, Confident, Successful Children
Tags: confidence, parenting, self improvement, success
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