How To Set Goals For Yourself To Create Your Dreams
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Have you been thinking about how to set goals for yourself? but don’t know where to start?
Hi Friend and Fellow Entrepreneur
The following post will help you and show you how to set goals for yourself that you can achieve for your personal life and your business life.
The facts show that people who set goals are the most successful people in the world. Many of us may set goals but very little follow through with their goals to bring them into reality. So why do so many of us set our goals for the year and forget about them by the next season..??? There is always some excuse or something that we found stops us..
How To Set Goals For Yourself: increase your chances of achieving your goals
Following on, the reason we often don’t follow through on our goals is because goal setting is not enough. You need the necessary discipline to carry out the plan and often making a commitment that you need to do something …you really don’t want to do… if you DO NOT achieve the goal.
The problem is …often there is no price if we do not achieve our goals. The price of not achieving the goal has to be high…this will help discipline you. Also have a reward for when you achiever your goal to keep you motivated.
How to Set Goals For Yourself: Writing Goals
The recommended format to write your goal is to be SMART
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely
Specific Goals: So firstly being specific will give your goal a higher chance of being achieved. Answer these questions to help set specific goals…
*Who: Who is involved?
*What: What do I want to accomplish?
*Where: Identify a location.
*When: Establish a time frame.
*Which: Identify requirements and constraints.
*Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.
Measurable Goal: You need to be able to measure that your goals has been attained…and show evidence. Measuring your progress will help you stay on track.
To determine if your goal is measurable, ask yourself these questions……
How much? How many?
How will I know when it is accomplished?
Attainable/Achievable Goal: – Ensure that your goals are attainable and in line with your skills, financial level etc… Having a goal that is attainable puts in your mind that you can achieve your goal and that it is not impossible. Often evidence of others who have achieved similar goals can help as it shows you that your goal is attainable. You will then develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them.
Realistic Goal:– When looking at how to be realistic, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work. A goal can be both high and realistic. In fact a high goal is frequently easier to reach than a low one because a low goal exerts low motivational force. Some of the hardest jobs you ever accomplished actually seem easy because you were inspired and motivated to achieve success.
Timely Goal:– It is also important when looking at how to set goals for yourself to be grounded with a time frame by putting a date in your goal when you will achieve it. If you do not put a time frame on your goal there is no sense of urgency.
Another goal setting tip is to make a statement that is in the now and that the goal has already been achieved..rather than I will…use I am
How To Set Goals For Yourself: Goal example
It is now the 1st March 2012 [date included] I am [present- I am statement] walking for one hour 5 days a week [measureable] and am buying size 10 clothes. [specific and evidence that the goal is achieved]
How to Set Goals For Yourself: Zig Ziglar Explains the benefits of goals and taking action.
I found Zig Ziglar explains goal setting well and he certainly inspires me to set my goals. Zig brings lots of energy and is entertaining and he shares such a great message.
When you set your goals the questions is…When are you going to take action? Zig explains this so well. You do know that tomorrow never comes. What matters is….what you do today. Listen below
Actions and having dreams to achieve will change your life…
when are you going to take action? so you can create the life you have been dreaming about. Here is my gift to you to help you on your path to setting your goals so you are competent in how to set goals for yourself.
I was so glad to have found this site in my search for goal setting and I think it is awesome and it is a free site which gives you lots of goal setting resources…
Go to the 100 Day challenge Site
The 100 Day Challenge was created to help you accomplish any goal you desire.
To your goal setting success and dreams come true
Ellen
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