Why 'I Have' Works Better Than 'I Want' #psychology #goals

11 Sept 2023 · 0 min

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Robin Waite shows how reframing goals from "I want" to "I have" shifts them from future wishes to present reality. A client practices saying "I am a published author" and "I have a thriving business" instead of stating what they're going to do, making the goals feel immediate and achievable.

I'd like to have written a book I'm proud of. I'd like to have shored up the foundations of the business. I'd like to have lived in Austin for a bit. You know, a few things like that.
Okay. So one little tweak to that is the language which you used. So you said, I'm going to, I'm going to. So when you say I'm going to, it kind of gives you permission to kind of put it off into the future. Okay. So when you're creating future truths, you have to treat them like they've already happened. Cool. So you just change the language to I have, I am. Cool.
Yep. I'm a published author.