How To Set Goals

WRITE THEM DOWN

 

If it is not in writing, it is not a goal.  Write with your own hand (no typing.!) Science: your hand writing down your goals in the “I will” tense, signals it to act to fulfillment.  Writing crystallizes thought and thought crystallizes action.

MAKE THEM REALISTIC & BELIEVABLE

If you don’t believe you can achieve it - you won’t pay the price necessary to reach it.  GUIDELINE: Aim high – not out-of-sight, but just out-of-reach.

 

 

MAKE THEM PAINFULLY SPECIFIC AND MEASURABLE

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” Guideline: If you can’t quantify your goal – with numbers and dates – it isn’t specific enough. 

 

BREAK LONG-RANGE GOALS INTO SHORT-TERM DEADLINES

Short-term goals (daily, weekly, monthly) Mid-term goals (by June 30^th) Long-term (by the end of the year)

“Divide-and-conquer” - immediate victories keep momentum/commitment level high.

 

ANCHOR THEM TO A STRONG WHY

If your “why” is strong enough the “how” figures itself out. What deep-rooted, in-your-gut reasons do you have for wanting this to happen?  

IDENTIFY POSSIBLE OBSTACLES & A PLAN TO GET AROUND THEM

Plan ahead. Develop the “bring-it-on” mentality.  When life pushes and resists – push back. 

 

IDENTIFY WHO YOU WILL NEED TO WORK WITH

No one is an island.  Mavericks will not win here.  Mission statement is designed for teamwork.  Assemble your team.

DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN

“Setting a goal is not the main thing – It’s deciding how you go about achieving it & staying with that plan”.  -- Tom Landry

Set business hours and stick to them - Don’t confuse activity (tension-relieving) with action (income-producing) 

CONNECT – SET APPOINTMENTS – PRESENT – FOLLOW UP/COACH

 

STOP PROCRASTINATING & KIDDING YOURSELF..!

“If you want to keep on getting what you’ve got, just keep on doing what you’ve done.”  Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.  Develop a “do-it-now” work ethic.  If not now, when?

 

MAKE THE DECISION AND THEN COMMIT WITH RESOLVE 'NO MATTER WHAT’

 

Step out of the prison of your comfort zone.