Do you want a higher likelihood of achieving your goals? Of course you do, we all do. We all get told to set goals but quite often we don’t set ourselves up for success. Defining your verb actions can help you do this. Dr Andrew Huberman states that defining your verb actions increases the probability you will achieve your goal, and maintains motivation. But what is a verb action? Well it outlines what you are going to do to hit your goal but with one key ingredient… SPECIFICITY!!! Many of us have been guilty, me included, of setting generic goals like ‘I want to get into shape’, but what does getting into shape actually entail? This goals doesn’t give you any specific actions to take and makes it easier for it to be pushed to the side. There are other actions involved in getting into shape that you need to outline, e.g. going to the gym, progressive overload, diet, etc. (I am no health or gym expert by the way, this is the example Dr Andrew Huberman used and I have added some bits from my own experience). So an example of defining your verb actions for going to the gym might be” “I am going to go to the gym 3 times per week for a minimum of 60 minutes where 50 minutes minimum of hard work accounting for rests between sets” You could even get more specific and outline the weight, sets, reps, exercises, and machines you are going to use. The point is you have now outline the process you need to take to get into shape which is easier to follow, and will ultimately help you reach your goal of getting into shape. Compare this to just setting the goal “get into shape”. Which one is easier, and more motivating to follow? So to increase your chances of achieving your goals, define the verb actions. This is one of the tools I talked about in Week 1 of my 5 Week Self-Development Starter Pack which you can dive into here: https://www.skool.com/the-growth-project-7529/classroom/fe4fa87b?md=e8ac600741c047d184baa63e8b798790

Alex Hormozi said that “you do not become confident from shouting affirmations in the mirror but by having an undeniable stack of proof that you are who you say who are. Outwork your self doubt.” Just telling yourself that you are capable does not disprove the doubts you have about yourself. You need to couple these words with action. By leaping into the activity you prove that you are capable, or at least capable of learning the skills to be successful, which can eradicate your self doubt. In an episode of The Diary Of a CEO with Steven Bartlett, Hormozi stated that to move past his self doubt he makes unreasonable statements that if he does enough, will become true. For example you may have just joined a sales team with no previous experience. If you then said that you will become the best salesperson in the whole company, that would be classed as an unreasonable statement. However, if you shadow the best seller in the company and then do twice the volume of calls, it is not unreasonable to think that at worst you will be above average. Dr Julie Smith suggests that avoidance feeds self doubt. By avoiding the activity you doubt yourself over, you give yourself more reason to believe you can’t do it. Take the leap and learn the skills. Entrepreneur Tom Bilyeu states that self doubt can be a motivator behind learning these skills. It can highlight your weaknesses which you can use to progress.