How to Set Right Intentions That Will Boost Your Performance
5 Steps You Can Take to Maintain a High Level of Focus
Your capacity to set right intentions will ensure you maintain a high level of focus, so you can boost your performance.
Whenever you do something, you have an intent and outcome in mind. Unclear intentions will take you away from what you want.
What are Right Intentions?
Right intentions move you closer to your goals. When you set an intention, it is a declaration of your desire to create an experience or achieve an outcome.
It is a mental picture you have to get a result. When you set right intentions and execute them consistently, your performance and the outputs you produce will increase.
The Importance of Setting Right Intentions
When you set right intentions, the benefits include:
- You will progress faster towards what you want.
- You will have a purpose for the things you do.
- You will make better decisions.
- You will do things with minimal distraction.
- You will increase your self-confidence.
How to Set Right Intentions to Boost Your Performance
Setting an intention before doing anything will give you greater clarity on the outcome you want or what needs to be done.
Here are five things you can do to set right intentions, so you can boost your performance and produce the outcomes you want with less effort.
- Develop a daily routine. A routine makes it easier to do things, in the right order. Your routine can include closing your eyes for a few seconds before you start a new task. It can also include focusing on things you are grateful for to get into a positive frame of mind.
- Have clear priorities and goals. Knowing what you want to achieve and where you are heading makes a difference. Clarity of priorities and goals will help identify actions to take to get you closer to what you want.
- Make a declaration every time you begin a task. This can include saying something out loud, like a positive mantra or affirmation. Saying, “My intention now is to…” will help you focus better and eliminate distractions.
- Check in regularly and change things, if necessary. If you don’t know what’s working and what’s not, you cannot improve. Find out what worked when you set intentions the previous day. Also identify what didn’t work and why. That will help you change what you are doing and how you work, so you can be productive again.
- Celebrate your successes to reinforce what’s working. When you reinforce a positive habit, you increase your chances of sticking with it. Having rewards you can give yourself will motivate you to continue setting intentions.
Risks if You Do Not Set Right Intentions
If you do not set right intentions, the disadvantages include:
- You will be unfocused and unproductive.
- You will take longer to get things done.
- You will generate unhealthy thoughts because you won’t achieve what you want, when you want.
- You will may waste time doing unproductive things.
- Your level of self-trust will decrease.
Final Thoughts
When you set right intentions and direct them to specific outcomes, you will boost your performance and become a better achiever. This means you will feel good about yourself and what you are producing.
If you don’t set right intentions, you reduce your chances of achieving your goals, which means you won’t have the experiences you want.
Action Step: Before you start a new task, take a few seconds to get clear on your intention. Identify the outcome you want or what success looks like. Make this a habit before doing any task.
Question: What are other ways to set right intentions to boost your performance?
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