Day 5 Goal Setting

To you have dreams of things that you want to achieve?

Do you have goals?

How often do you review them if you have them?

“Subtle and seemingly inconsequential adjustments transform wishes and aspirations into results.”

Darren Hardly

We all have things that we would like to achieve in life? Setting clear goals is one way of turning your dreams into a reality. For me, goals help to provide direction for my life, something that I am heading towards. Today’s tool is Goal Setting. We will explore your current goals if you have them already, set some goals for those who don’t and review or set some daily, weekly or month actions to take to aid you with achieving your goals.

“A man without a vision for his future will always return to the past.” – Unknown

We all have desires, so why not make your hearts desires your reality. What stops many people from achieving the things that they want out of life. Expectation. We get out of life what we expect. You only have to look at the results of your life to see what we were expecting. Today you will be looking at 1 goal and breaking it down. By the end of the 21 days, you would have worked on three goals and broken each goal down into manageable steps.

Time To Take Action

“Reduce your plan to writing…. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.” – Napoleon Hill

Step 1 – A written plan will help you to go where you have planned to go. Think of 1 goal that you want to achieve under the following headings:

1. Family

2. Business/ Career

3. Mental (Personal development)

4. Financial

5. Relationships

6. Physical

7. Spiritual

8. Life style

When writing your goals there are a few helpful tips that can help you to set your mind for action. Instead of having a list of goals that you do nothing with, you want to take action to turn your dreams into a reality.

Tip 1 – Write your goals in a positive state, write what you want not what you don’t want. Using the words ‘I am’ sends your creative brain to work.

Tip 2– Make your goals SMART  S – Specific, M- Measurable, A – Attainable, R- Realistic, T- TimeGoal  Why How Time frameState clearly what you want?Why do you want this goal? The why will keep you going when you want to give up?Now time to break it down into manage steps? What steps will you take daily, weekly, monthly to achieve this goal.By when do you want to achieve your goal?

I want to lose weight (not very clear as you could lose 1lb, which will still mean you lost something).

“I want to lose 1 stone” This Could be written as to

“I am my ideal weight of 9stone in weight by 2018”

“I am an author of my first book by 2019

To be live a more healthy life style, to be able to be more active at work.Lose 1lb each week for the next 14 weeks by

Eat clean – cut down on my sugar intake, I will have 1 cheat meal a week, cut out fizzy drinks, Work out 3 days a week for 1 hour, Walk to work instead of driving, get a personal trainer.

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Now go to work daily on your goal.  Small steps in the right direction over a period of time will bring you to your goal.

“Don’t set your goals too low. If you don’t need much, you won’t become much.”

Jim Rohn

Benefits of This Tool

1. It provides you with direction.

2. Identifies what is important.

3. Motivates you.

4. Makes better use of time.

5. Gives you a purpose in life.

Some Recommended Reading   

1. Darren Hardy: The Compound Effect

2. Dr Robert Maurer: One small step can change your life