The first step in meeting a challenge is to describe it briefly. This doesn't need to take long, but is essential to avoid wasting effort going after the wrong thing.
Initially it's good to briefly jot down something, but later on it can be useful to expand.
- (Full Description) It's good to be brief, but fully describing the challenge can help with other steps.
- (Visualize) What does success look and feel like? Visualization can help a great deal in helping us
- focus our efforts
- providing motivation
- changing our attitudes
- (Why) Why is it important for us to meet this challenge? This helps us to
- Find the motivation to meet the challenge
- Understand ourselves better
- (Obstructions) What makes it harder to complete the challenge?