REVIEW YOUR 6 MONTH, 1 YEAR, and 5 YEAR GOALS AND MAKE A PLAN OF ACTION!
Review your goals (or set goals) and get inspired to get going! Create a plan and take action! The best plans in the world won't work if you don't!
Here's the scoop:
What? - Create or review your 6 month, 1 year, and 5 year goals. Then create a plan to achieve each of the goals and determine what needs to be done each day to move you closer to those goals. Then take action! Start small and start now!
Why? - Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn this vision of the future into reality.Goal setting techniques are used by top-level athletes, successful business-people and achievers in all fields. They give you long-term vision and short-term motivation. They focus your acquisition of knowledge and help you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of your life.
By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals. You can see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind. By setting goals, you will also raise your self-confidence, as you recognize your ability and competence in achieving the goals that you have set.
The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate your efforts. You'll also quickly spot the distractions that would otherwise lure you from your course.
Harvard Business School researchers have taken a vital interest in what makes the difference in success or failure for people of similar backgrounds and educational standards. Their studies find that 3% of people are successful, 30% are moderately successful and 67% just exist. The significant difference for the 3% who are successful is that they have written down, specific goals. The 30% who are moderately successful have a general idea of where they are going but don't have any goals formalized. The rest are happy to watch the world go by.
What is interesting is that people in the 30% category only need to put in a small effort to jump into the next group. The secret behind the effort is 'the development of habits and strategies which support the achievement of clear goals'.
How? - Consider your vision for your life. What does your ideal life look? Consider the 6 key areas of Inspired Living - spirituality, relationships, career & education, health & fitness, personal development, and wealth. From there, create 5 year, 1 year, and 6 month projections for these goals. Be sure your goals are specific, measurable, attainable, and have a time table attached.
Here are some additional tips for goal setting:
*State each goal as a positive statement: Express your goals positively – 'Execute this technique well' is a much better goal than 'Don't make this stupid mistake.'
*Be precise: Set a precise goal, putting in dates, times and amounts so that you can measure achievement. If you do this, you will know exactly when you have achieved the goal, and can take complete satisfaction from having achieved it.
*Set priorities: When you have several goals, give each a priority. This helps you to avoid feeling overwhelmed by too many goals, and helps to direct your attention to the most important ones.
*Write goals down: This crystallizes them and gives them more force.
*Keep operational goals small: Keep the low-level goals you are working towards small and achievable. If a goal is too large, then it can seem that you are not making progress towards it. Keeping goals small and incremental gives more opportunities for reward. Derive today's goals from larger ones.
*Set performance goals, not outcome goals: You should take care to set goals over which you have as much control as possible. There is nothing more dispiriting than failing to achieve a personal goal for reasons beyond your control. In business, these could be bad business environments or unexpected effects of government policy. In sport, for example, these reasons could include poor judging, bad weather, injury, or just plain bad luck. If you base your goals on personal performance, then you can keep control over the achievement of your goals and draw satisfaction from them.
Need additional help with setting goals? Check out the Goal Setting & Goal Getting Digital Download.
Ready, set, GROW!
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