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Firstly, build the habit of never losing sight of your goal by thinking long term. If you work onto the habits that inculcate focus, you will find it easy to think long term and always focus on future by thinking long term
Second, never spend too much time celebrating your milestones by thinking long term. If you achieve a short term goal or complete a task that leads to your goal that is wonderful by thinking long term. However, if you continue celebrating that victory, you may become too satisfied with your present accomplishments and least bothered with pursuing your long term goal by thinking long term.
By thinking long term to ensure this does not happen, rapidly move forward after celebrating your milestones for a couple of hours. If you just achieved your short term goal thrown a small party and invite your friends. As soon as the party in over, get back to work. Building this habit will take time but as soon as you nature this, you will never settle for instant gratification, you will always pursue delayed gratification by thinking long term.
By thinking long term to make your long term goal your highest responsibility. This means you should feel obligated to your goals. Obviously, the process that takes you to the long term goal is what you should be involved in but you should never forget your highest responsibility and obligating. Thinking long term and of the future does not mean you should stop becoming process oriented. It just means that although you should be involved in every aspect of the process, you should also never lose sight of your ultimate obligation to fulfill your true goal by thinking long term.
By thinking long term to build the habit of saying committed to your highest responsibility, speak to yourself about your goal as much as you can. If you performed a task well, say something like well done, I am going to keep working like that so I eventually reach my final goal by thinking long term.
By thinking long term if you made a mistake and faltered, instead of being harsh, say something comforting such as flaring is fine. Everyone make mistakes. I am going to get back up right now and strive to meet my goal by thinking long term. When you speak to yourself in this manner, you never forget your ultimate responsibility and always think of your future by thinking long term.
