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Baby Steps to Setting Goals

Author: ElliottKosmicki Total views: 8 Word Count: 637

World renowned motivational speaker Jim Rohn said, "If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. What ever good things we build end up building us."

No one ever said goal setting is easy. Each goal you want to achieve starts as a thought - so take some time to think about it. Make sure that the goal you've thought of makes sense for the situation you're in, or the chances are, you'll never achieve it.

Don't let the 5-steps listed here fool you, it's much more simple than it appears!

Your steps to making goal setting easy:

1. Give yourself realistic goals - Bring yourself up to your limits, then push yourself closer.

2. Define Your Objectives - Attention to detail is critical.

3. Make sure everything is in order - One focus on one thing at a time.

4. Do you have a set time? - Without a scheduled date, you'll be nowhere fast.

5. Cross the finish line - Traveling the road is pointless without getting to your destination.

Make Reachable 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." - Henry Ford.

Take a couple days at at least to think it over. If you watch a carpenter work, he'll say "measure twice, cut once." If they don't measure twice and then cut too short, the project will take longer to finish because they didn't make the right measurements in the first place. They have to use extra wood, extra time remeasuring, all making the goal more difficult to reach.

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!

Make a List of Objectives

Give yourself definite goals and subgoals. Set aside time for each goal during your planning stage. Give yourself concise notes about how you think you'll reach each goal and subgoal.

Make Sure Everything is in Order

Ask yourself what you need to do to achieve your goals. Take great notes. Make a list of what you are willing to do, what you're willing to sacrifice to make your goals a reality. Decide which goal is most important to you and make it number one on your list. The objectives and tasks included to achieve that goal are now your number one priority. After you achieve that first goal, set yourself up to go for the next one!

Set a Time

Exactly as it suggests. Define your time frame. Give yourself an achievable limit. You don't want to be sitting there 15 years from now wishing you'd stayed on track! Only you can decide when you want to achieve your goals, and only you can make yourself succeed in achieving them. Like step-one, Set Realistic Goals, you have to set a realistic time frame for each goal. Remember, challenge yourself, but don't make it so difficult that you give up.

Follow Through

Besides thinking and mental planning, this is probably the most important step. If you don't follow through, you aren't going to achieve your goals. You can't let yourself give up on you! If your goal is to lose 20 pounds, you can't allow yourself to stop at 19. If your goal is to ace the big test coming up or get a promotion at work, don't stop until you've achieved it!

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About the Author

The author, Elliott Kosmicki, is an expert life-hacker who founded Becomng.com - the personal development blog for people who live online. Share your story or read more personal goal setting articles at Becomng.com.

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