Meeting Your Goals
Have you been meeting your goals recently? Setting and meeting goals can be a powerful tool for personal improvement. On the other hand, failing to meet goals is actually giving up on yourself and your dreams.
Write It Down
The first step to meeting your goals is writing them down. Putting your goal in writing is making a contract with yourself. It makes your goal concrete and calls your subconscious into action.
Stay Positive
Phrase your goal in positive terms. Write what you will do, not what you won’t. For instance, if your goal is to stop smoking cigarettes, don’t write, “I will stop smoking.” Instead write, “I will put my money in a savings account instead of spending it on cigarettes” or “I will chew gum whenever I feel the urge to smoke.”
Be Specific
Don’t write, “I will make a lot of money.” Instead write, “I will make $500,000 in the next year” or “I will increase my income by 100% over the next six months.” Decide exactly what you want and what timeframe you want to accomplish it in.
Break It Down
Big goals can be inspirational but, let’s face it, they can also be overwhelming. So instead of focusing on those twenty pounds you want to lose, focus on one pound at a time.
Make a Plan of Action
Your plan of action should be something you can do today to start working towards your goal. Perhaps you’ve crunched the numbers and discovered that you can increase your income enough to take a dream cruise by working five extra hours per week. Your goal today, then, is to work one hour longer than usual. That’s it.
Keep Yourself in Check
Check your list of goals every week or so to make sure you are still on track to meeting them. Acknowledge your progress and celebrate your successes!
Setting and meeting goals can help you make the improvements you want in your life. Use this powerful tool deliberately and wisely.
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