How to achieve your Dreams and Goals

Want real results — not hype? In this episode of Personal Development Unplugged Paul Clough shows you how to move from wishful thinking to action that works. We dig into practical goal-setting, the feeling of the wish fulfilled, how to use your mind (RAS + visualization), and small, actionable steps that create momentum. Expect NLP-informed tips, a short guided hypnosis process to embed success in your unconscious, and direct coaching you can use today.

Key takeaways

• Define success specifically: the clearer the goal, the faster the result.

• Use feeling of the wish fulfilled + physiology + inner dialogue to “act as if.”

• Employ the Reticular Activating System—focus your mind and notice opportunities.

• Build micro-steps (tiny wins) and schedule regular reviews to stay on track.

• Align goals with your values — ensure they’re ecological (good for you, others, planet).

• Quick practical guided hypnosis included — make this a daily habit.

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https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/463-how-to-achieve-your-dreams-and-goals

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Paul

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Diving deeper into success A little while ago I did a 5 minute quickie Amuse, that smaller episode And that was called Spicing up Success And I said then, I promised I would do a longer or deeper dive Getting more specific And then do a process A little bit of hypnosis So you can put it into Into your unconscious mind Because When you get it in the unconscious mind You are doing it just right Really are So Question Have you ever heard Or seen this? Someone saying And it's generally on social media Oh, I'm living the dream And they write underneath the pictures You know, I'm living the dream Yeah, I'm doing all of this You know what? You're bloody not, you're not living the dream We know you're not living the dream You're fudging it, you're faking it Because It's all about Being honest True All that stuff, and when people are doing that On social media, they're not They're trying to pretend You know, and that doesn't do anything for anybody Does it? Doesn't do anything for anybody So, I don't want you to Say you're Oops, say you're living the dream I want you to Live the adventure The adventure of being successful Success, whatever that means to you It's got to be The feeling of success Because if you think about it It doesn't matter what you do If you have the feeling of success Man, you're being Bloody successful, aren't you? You're being successful, and that's all I want So, the thing about success is We need to define What you want So, what is Success to you? What is success to you? Is it something like a goal? What type of goal? You want to achieve something? What do you particularly, specifically Specificity What do you want to achieve? Maybe, you know, we think sometimes It's something really, really Really big But it's not, is it? It doesn't have to be big It could be your health It could be something you're learning It could be Maybe going on holiday Because if you have a successful holiday You have cracked it, haven't you? Maybe it's Just being a bit more social Maybe you want to develop yourself In a way that you could be more social Or you want to communicate better Maybe you want to be a better presenter Maybe you want to get on better with your career Maybe You're getting on With your colleagues at work Whatever it is for you Is what it is for you Okay? So it's your stuff But what it isn't, and we've said this before On a number of podcasts Success isn't I don't want to be anxious anymore I don't want to be Unconfident anymore I don't want OCD anymore I don't want depression anymore I don't want to feel I'm missing out anymore I don't want to feel that social anxiety Or you know, whatever Because as soon as I said each one of those You thought of the bloody thing Even though I said I don't want So your dream Your goal Whatever you want to achieve Whatever you want to be successful at It wants to be in the positive, yeah? Because it's a capital S It's for success They're your dreams, no one else's So please Think What do I specifically want? And make sure Make sure It's specifically for you No one else Because you can't wait For other people Before you get your dream You have to do it for yourself Now what we do when we check in our dreams, our goals, our desires What we want, we have to make sure It's ecological And in the NLP world Hypnosis world It's good for me Good for everyone else And good for little old planet earth So it doesn't harm little old planet earth It doesn't harm Anybody else around you And it's not just good for you because I'd be selfish Wouldn't it? No, this is ecological And the thing is We have to start with the mind Your mind Because that's where this process is And we've talked about on a previous podcast A previous longer podcast I think only the last one Was how to have the mindset of success Well this is like Taking it even deeper than that So maybe if you look Go back and listen to that If you haven't listened to it already It's all about writing out what you want Because you need to know You need to know what you want When you wan