How To Set Goals For Life
Famous speaker Jim Rohn said, “If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. What ever good things we build end up building us.”
No one ever said goal setting is easy. Each goal you want to achieve starts as a thought – so take some time to think about it. Make sure that the goal you’ve thought of makes sense for the situation you’re in, or the chances are, you’ll never achieve it.
Don’t let the 5-steps listed here fool you, it’s much more simple than it appears!
Five Step Goal Setting Made Simple:
1. Make Reachable Goals – Get yourself to your limits, then push them.
2. Make a list of objectives – The details here are important.
3. Put your tasks in order – One thing at a time.
4. Set a time – Set your schedule for success, but give yourself a little room.
5. Follow Through – What good does an unaccomplished goal do for you?
Set Realistic Goals
Deciding what your personal, financial, and business goals are take a lot of consideration from you. Think about what you might want or need to accomplish and write things down while you do it – even if you don’t think it’s an important detail, it could be an important part in your final goals later down the road.
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.” – Henry Ford.
Take a while to think things through. If you watch a word-worker make furniture, they might say “measure twice, cut once.” If they don’t do the measurements – and then fall short, the furniture will take much longer to complete because they didn’t do the measuring right the first time. They have to use more material, more time measuring again, all which will make the goal more difficult to obtain.
You can reach for the stars, but if your goals are too lofty, you might be setting yourself up for disaster. You want to push your limits with a goal, but make sure you give yourself enough room to breath so you don’t get disappointed – it’s a balancing act making it hard but easy enough at the same time.
Make a List of Objectives
Make definite goals. Dedicate time to each goal during your thinking process. Make clear notes on how you plan to achieve each goal.
Put Your Tasks in Order
Ask yourself what you need to do to achieve your goals. Take great notes. Make a list of what you are willing to do, what you’re willing to sacrifice to make your goals a reality. Decide which goal is most important to you and make it number one on your list. The objectives and tasks included to achieve that goal are now your number one priority. After you achieve that first goal, set yourself up to go for the next one!
Define Your Time Frame
Work out your time frame. Make sure you have a realistic one. You don’t want to be looking 10 years down the road, upset at yourself for not staying focused! You’re the only one who can decide when you can reach your goals, and it’s only you who can make yourself succeed. Like the first step, Make Reachable Goals, you have to make a real time frame for every goal. Remember, challenge yourself, but don’t make it so hard that you quit.
Follow Through
Besides actually getting your goal on paper, this is absolutely the most critical step – and the one that most people fail with. If you can’t finish, you will unfortunately never get to your goals. If one of your goals is to lose 15 pounds, you can’t let yourself to stop at 14. If your goal is to get an A on your final exam or get a raise at your job, don’t stop until you’ve got what you wanted!
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