I hit a personal goal today. Anyone else working on a cool goal?

[Steve Vaughan]

So this was the last day of a fitness/slim-down challenge my extended family and I have been on since January getting ready for a wedding.

This was a SMART (Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant) goal and had a positive result because of it.  

We would weigh ourselves every Sunday and report via group text.  Winner of the week gets $5. Winner for the month  $10. Winner overall $40.  Rewading wins during the process help us attain our goal.  

I lost 25.6 lbs net and won. I was also the heaviest to begin with, but saw great progress in the amount of pull-ups, dips and push ups I can now do as well.

My next goal is to be a happier and more patient person.  Hard to measure, but gotta try.  I am listening to and doing the tasks of Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor.  We find what we seek.  Seek the good.

What are you working on?  Any wins to share?

[Michael Kiley]

@Steve Vaughan 

I made it a goal to seek the good a long time ago. Zig Ziglar would say "The world has never erected a statue to a critic; therefore they're not held in such high esteem" (or something to that effect :) Years ago, when I read Dr Steven Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", I decided to began with the end in mind and I would be a person who always found the good in everything and everyone. Seek the good. This idea has transformed my life. It may be hard to measure as a goal, but the more you do it, the better you'll feel...and you can't feel good without a bit of that rubbing off on everyone around you. Best of luck reaching those goals!