What are your goals?
What is it that you really want? This may sound like a simple
question but is it really? You must know where you're going in order
to know how to get there.
Goal setting is a standard
technique used by top-level athletes, successful business-people and
achievers in all fields. It gives you long-term vision and
short-term motivation. 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.
How to Start to Achieve
Your Lifetime Goals?
Once you have set your lifetime goals, now set a 25 year plan of
smaller goals that should be achieved if you are to reach your
lifetime plan. Then set a 5 year plan, 1 year plan, 6 month plan,
and 1 month plan of progressively smaller goals that should be
reached to achieve your lifetime goals. Finally set a daily to-do
list of things that you should do today to achieve your lifetime
goals. At this stage many goals may simply be to read books and
gather information on the achievement of your goals so that you can
improve the quality and realism of your goal-setting.
Staying on Course
Once you have decided your first goal plans, keep the process going
by reviewing and updating your to-do list on a daily basis. Some
people recommend doing this as the last thing done the day before,
others as the first thing done in the morning - this is up to you.
Periodically review your other plans, and modify them to reflect
your changing priorities.
Think Positive
What good came out of this situation? Count the blessings you DO
have. Know that everything has a reason although sometimes it is not
apparent at the moment the situation occurs.
Acknowledgement
Acknowledging successes help goals move farther and faster. Every
step you complete on your way to the full goal is a success. That
success brings you that much closer and hence is extremely
important. Acknowledge it as an accomplishment. This helps you
realize that you can create goals and fulfill them.
