What I learned from hiking the Grand Canyon will make you learn how to crush your goals.

Failure can teach us many things

Daniel Okon
Jul 27, 2017 · 4 min read
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Hearing those travel stories

You know when you think it would be cool to travel somewhere or you hear a story from a friend about a trip they went on?

Your abilities start with your mindset

I’m going to encourage you to start doing the former. You are capable. You are able to do incredible things.

Back to my story.

So I looked at this item on my list and decided I wanted to hike to the bottom of Grand Canyon this summer. So I planned a trip with my brother.

What are some practical ways to do this?

  1. Write down your specific goal and make sure it is extremely specific. An example of this looks like this: I want to lower my body fat percentage from 23% to 15% in five months.
  2. Do your research on how others have accomplished a similar goal. Did they use a coach? Did they read certain books? Did they have to have a certain amount of money to accomplish this goal? What tools are needed for this goal? Let me tell you I wish I would have had a tent on my Grand Canyon trek :’(
  3. Put together a timeline of reaching this specific goal. Tim Ferriss actually does experiments instead of long-term goals. He only does experiments over a 6 week to 6 month period of time. This helps him continue to be challenged and grow as he goes through life. As Peter Thiel says, “How can you accomplish your 10 year plan in 6 months?”
  4. Tell the people around you about your goals. You have a 95% increase of achieving your goals if you have accountability for them. This means you should not just share your fitness goals with someone else, but be sure to ask them to keep you accountable. This is essential.
  5. Measure your progress. We have our clients check-in each week for two purposes. So they know they need to be held accountable, but also so they can continue to measure their progress. If you know that your plan you are following is working through tracking your progress, you know you’re on the right path. If you don’t measure your progress, how do you know if the plan is working or not?
  6. Crush your goals.

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