The Goal Standard Challenge: How to Use Reflection as a Strategy to Get Unstuck In a Facebook Live, Emmy Award-winning media entrepreneur Natalie MacNeil discussed the importance of celebrating our wins, and tracking our challenges.

By Andrea Huspeni

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As we approach the end of The Goal Standard Challenge's Honeymoon Stage – the period of excitement -- it is a great time to reflect on what went right and what went wrong.

In a Facebook Live, author, producer and Emmy Award-winning media entrepreneur Natalie MacNeil discussed the importance of celebrating our wins and tracking our challenges.

Besides looking at the past, MacNeil helps us to begin thinking at the future. Using the power of visualization, she talked about why it is important to know the end result of your goal and how knowing what that will feel like can help you continue to take action, even when things get tough.

Related: If You Want to Actually Achieve a Goal, Follow These 6 Tips

Check out her Facebook Live video to get more advice. Also, download her accompanying worksheet Weekly Reflection.

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Andrea Huspeni

Founder of This Dog's Life

Andrea Huspeni is the former special projects director at Entrepreneur.com and the founder of This Dog's Life.

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