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How To Stay Motivated To Your Goals And Avoid Distraction

Nate Anglin
5 min readSep 20, 2019

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Everything in life is meant to distract you — to get your attention.

I’m distracted daily. The yarn of life pulling at my thread — doing everything it can to get my attention.

You have it damnit. You have it.

When I succumb to its pressure, it’s my fault. Usually, for these reasons.

My goals aren’t good enough.

I have no passion for achieving them, no purpose to get them done, no drive to “crush” them.

Two, I have an undiagnosed disease, and it’s called chase-the-next-shiny-object syndrome.

I’m sure you have it.

Usually, one will lead to the other.

Before I had a system for my goals, I would set goals for life and business and half-ass them.

They were too vague, too simple, and unmotivating.

Here are several ways I’ve overcame that to stay motivated to my goals and avoid distraction.

Link your goals to your life plan.

A life plan is a document that states what your purpose in life is, the values that guide your behaviors, establishing six to ten priority…

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Nate Anglin
Nate Anglin

Written by Nate Anglin

Small Biz Investor, CEO, & helping others improve their performance, profit, & potential w/out sacrificing what’s most important. www.nateanglin.com/newsletter

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