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Quick System To Setting Goals For Life
World renowned motivational 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."
World renowned motivational 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.”
Goal setting is indeed a tricky task. Every goal you wish to achieve has to begin as a thought. So the first step is to think. Evaluate your overall situation and define your goals.
Don’t let the 5-steps listed here fool you, it’s much more simple than it appears!
Your steps to making goal setting easy:
1. Set Realistic Goals - You know your limits, push them slightly.
2. Write a list of supporting tasks - The more details here, the better.
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. FINISH - You’ve gotta push yourself through to the end.
Make Reachable Goals
Determining your personal, financial, educational or business goals requires a lot of thought and decision making on your behalf. Think about what you want to achieve and make notes along the way - even if it seems to be a minute detail, it could be an important factor in your decision making.
“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.
If you set your goals too high, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Be sure you can comfortably challenge yourself with your goals. That’s not to say you should make it easy on yourself!
Write a List of Supporting Tasks
Make definite goals. Dedicate time to each goal during your thinking process. Make clear notes on how you plan to achieve each goal.
Make Sure Everything is in Order
Be very clear with yourself about what you must do to reach your goals. Take great notes. Make lists of what you’re willing to give up to turn your goals into a reality. Decide which goal is most important to you and put it at the top of your list. The tasks needed to reach that goal are now your number one and only priority. Once you reach that first goal, move the next one up the list!
Define Your Time Frame
Make sure you have worked out a realistic time frame for your goals. You’re the only one who can get yourself though this - you don’t want to look back in 5 years and be upset at yourself for not sticking to the plan. Remember that you want to challenge yourself, but don’t make it too difficult and costly that you’ll never make it though.
Follow Through
Besides thinking and mental planning, this is probably the most important step. If you don’t follow through, you aren’t going to achieve your goals. You can’t let yourself give up on you! If your goal is to lose 20 pounds, you can’t allow yourself to stop at 19. If your goal is to ace the big test coming up or get a promotion at work, don’t stop until you’ve achieved it!