Baby Steps To Setting Goals
Goal setting is definitely not easy. Every goal you want to achieve must begin as a thought. So the first thing to do is think about it. Look at your situation and decide what goals make sense for you.
The outline below are some basic steps for you - the simpler the better!
Your steps to making goal setting easy:
1. Make Reachable Goals - Get yourself to your limits, then push them.
2. Write a list of supporting tasks - The more details here, the better.
3. Prioritize your tasks - First things first.
4. Define Your Time Frame - Give yourself time to achieve, but not slack.
5. Cross the finish line - Traveling the road is pointless without getting to your destination.
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.” - Quote from 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
Give yourself clear and defined goals plus subgoals. Make sure you have time set aside for each goal when you’re writing out your plan. You should also by this time have clear notes about how you’ll reach each goal and subgoal.
Put Your Tasks 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
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.
Cross The Finish Line
Besides the thought process and mental planning, this is quite likely the most critical step. If you don’t finish, you will never reach your goals. You can never ever give up on yourself! If your goal is to take off 10 pounds, you can’t let yourself to stop at 9. If your goal is to get a good grade on the big test coming up or get a raise at your job, don’t quit until you’ve gotten it!
About the Author:
The author, Elliott Kosmicki, is a motivational blogger that started Becomng.com - the personal development blog for those who can’t live without the web. Share your story or read more personal goal setting posts from Becomng.com.
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