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Goal Setting"The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've already achieved them."
~ Denis Waitley
Goal setting is a powerful process to achievement. Goals provide us direction and focus. A goal without a measure or an action plan is just a hope or dream.
Setting goals is very important for both short term as well as long range desires, and is essential for accomplishing what you want in life. You will experience great satisfaction once you achieve your goal. Whenever you see anything worthwhile being accomplished, it is because someone is behind it with a passion, a belief and a goal. There are a few specific steps that, if you follow, will make your goals more attainable.
Specific: Be clear and concise about your goal. The goal should be as specific as possible, with a benefit to attaining it. You may also want to list the result of not reaching the goal. This will strengthen your resolve to take the necessary action to achieve your goal. Measurable: Quantify your goal. You should be able to see exactly how you are measuring up as you proceed with your goal. Attainable: You should make your goal reasonable. It is important to set high goals, but goals that are unattainable are more detrimental than helpful. Make sure your goal is something that you can really accomplish. Realistic: Your goal should be practical. Even though your goal may be ambitious, you should be able to reach it with the resources that you have available to you. Once you reach some of your goals, you will be motivated to continue with other, larger goals. Timely: Set a timeline to achieve your goal. You should also pprioritize each goal in timeframes. You could give your goals timeframes such as: immediate, within six months, one year from now, five years from now, ten years down the road, or even longer.
*Tangible Things - buy a new car, own a vacation home, have a boat *Personal Development - learn to play the piano, study a foreign language, take a cooking class *Academic or Education - take a college course, earn your degree, have a 3.5 GPA *Health - lose weight, get fit, stop smoking, eat healthier *Spiritual - meditate daily, go to church or temple weekly, pray more, feel closer to God *Career - get a raise, receive an award, become head of a department within your company *Financial - pay off your debt, increase your savings, have “x” amount in your retirement account *Relationships - find a mate, spend more one-on-one time with your spouse, or get engaged or married *Travel - tour Greece, visit the Grand Canyon, ride a motorcycle across the U.S.
You can write them down in a goal journal or type them up on your computer and keep them in a file. When you write your goals down on paper or type them onto your computer, you are able to be much more detailed than you would be by simply stating them. The end result of creating and achieving your goals will be, not only the benefit of what you have gained, but the feelings you will have of empowerment and accomplishment.
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