Too often in our own family lives though, we do not set ourselves goals. Many families just move on from year to year without setting any clear direction of what it is they want to achieve. To achieve success in your life it is important to set a clear direction on where you are going.
When looking at goal setting, ensure you include personal goals, financial goals, business goals, relationship goals and any other goal which you desire.
Start off by writing these goals down. Include the goal and the date you would like to accomplish it. Once you have worked through this process, assess which goals are your top goals in each area of your life.
It is important to look at the purpose behind each goal. For example, you may set a goal to be rich or wealthy and hopefully you have included a dollar figure for this. While this is a good goal, it is the purpose behind the goal that will assist and drive you towards achieving the goal. Your purpose may be to live a fulfilling life whereby you have financial freedom, time to spend with your family and the choice of whether you work or not.
You will need to take a number of different actions towards achieving each goal. Write down on paper in order the list of actions you will need to take to achieve your goal. Set a realistic date to complete the action and then review your list on at least a monthly basis.
Set your goals now, not tomorrow, not next week or on New Years Eve, but now!
It is much easier to focus on the actions necessary to achieve a goal if you are reminded each day of the goal itself and the purpose for each goal. Write them on cards and stick them up around your house so that you are reminded every day and the goal becomes part of your subconscious.
It is vital to stay focussed on your goals and make yourself find the time each day to work on your goals and the actions required.
If you do not achieve one of your goals in the time you have allocated, just change the date. Re-focus on the actions required and keep moving forward.
Finally, enjoy setting out after your goals and going after them and as Henry Ford said “If you think you can or you think you can’t, you are probably right”.
Recommended Goal Setting Books:
The Magic Lamp:Goal Setting for People Who Hate Setting Goals
Do you have trouble setting goals? Would you like to have greater focus, stronger follow-through, and achieve dramatically better results? Would you like to learn how to get anything you want from life--more money, a new home, a promotion, better relationships, a greater sense of fulfillment, or anything else you can imagine?
If so, then read The Magic Lamp.
Make Success Measurable:A Mindbook-Workbook for Setting Goals and Taking Action
This is a how-to book, emphasizing outcomes as opposed to actions in setting goals. You'll learn how to: Set goals that matter to customers, shareholders, and funders. Set nonfinancial as well as financial goals and link them together. Understand and use outcome-based goals that support success while avoiding activity-based goals that produce failure. Select and use management disciplines needed to achieve your goals. Smith provides the what's and why's behind today's performance challenges and shows how to convert them into measurable concrete achievements.
Goals:
Setting and Achieving Them on Schedule
Now available on CD. "Goals" presents a dynamic seven-step formula for defining immediate and long-term goals . . . and achieving them. Includes inspiring stories from the sports, business, and science worlds. 2 CDs.
Perfect Phrases for Setting Performance Goals:
Hundreds of Ready-To-Use Goals for Any Performance Plan or Review
Featuring hundreds of ready-to-use performance goals, this practical job aid makes it simple for managers to set the bar for outstanding future results.
Planning and Goal Setting for Personal Success
This book is about planning and goal setting to achieve success in the eight areas of your life. These areas are as follows: 1. Spiritual 2. Family 3. Relationships 4. Community 5. Charity 6. Educational 7. Financial and career 8. Recreational and fun By learning to develop your dreams into achievable objectives with a time limit and associated reward for its achievement, you will create goals. Acting on your goals will bring success into your life. Working in all eight areas of your personal life will give you balance, harmony, and happiness.
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