Goal-Setting – Keep It Simple…

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Simple Goal-Setting Suggestions

Goal-Setting is one of the most basic ways to achieve your dreams.

We all have a picture in our minds about what we want in life. But actually transferring those pictures into words and writing it down as goals can be quite difficult. To a lot of us, it means we really have to stop and think about what it actually is that we want. The general dream is not specific enough as it doesn’t contain the steps we need in order to reach our goals.

I have been reading various articles on goal-setting and have worked out how to set

goals within a week.

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The “Big Picture” you have in your head needs to be broken down into 3 areas.

Health – what does ‘good health’ mean to you?

Finance – What would you like to earn in the next 12 months, in 24 months in 60 months?

Family – What is the type of lifestyle you would like your family to lead?

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Set a timer for 30 or 60 seconds and quickly think about your 3 most urgent goals in your life at this moment. Compare them with Day 1′s goals. Are they the same or different? How are they different? These goals may be a more accurate account of what you really want.

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Now you need to actually write down these goals you’ve been thinking about for the last 2 days. They need to be simple, clear and achievable.

Don’t use negative words such as ‘not’, ‘no’, ‘won’t’, etc.

For example – instead of writing – “I won’t go shopping each day”, write something

like – ” I will only go shopping twice a week”.

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You need to set deadlines too.
If you want to lose weight, then target a party or function you have coming up and that will be your deadline to lose a certain amount of weight.
Or, if you are travelling and want to leave on a certain date, that will be your target to save money for spending.

If you have an enormous goal, then you need to break it down into achievable steps. We all are capable of procrastination, so, by setting smaller steps, procrastination should be easier to avoid when trying to achieve your goals…

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Have you tried achieving goals before? If you haven’t been successful, what has stopped you? Jot these things down and then work out ways to overcome them.

For example – Do you need to develop self-discipline? Do you need more support from others when losing weight? Do you need a lockable piggy-bank so you can’t get at your savings? Do you need to unassociate yourself from negative friends? What new skills do you need to learn?

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Now’s the time to make a plan
Write down your goals. Underneath, write down the series of steps you are going to undertake in order to reach your goal.

Break it down even further into weekly steps, then daily steps. It’s important to get to the daily steps – something easy to achieve each day.

So that means – 3 achievable daily goals –

One for Health,

One for Family

and One for Finance.

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Before the start of the day, look at the goals you want to achieve that day. Turn each into a statement which states that you have already achieved it.

For example –

“I have learned how to use LinkedIn”. Say it out aloud 5 times to keep it in your mind and then you will be set for the day with your goals firmly in your head.

Goal-Setting Example

There are many different suggestions, plans and ways of Goal-Setting.

This account is something that makes sense to me. It is simple and is achievable enough for everyone, I feel. You need to review your goals frequently. Things change- life gets in the way – you may achieve some of the steps more quickly or maybe something has interrupted you from achieving them. Remember – plans are made to be changed. Review often and don’t hesitate to make any necessary changes.

If my article on goal-setting has helped you in some way, then please share and I would love you to leave a comment…

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