Goal setting lets you take over the driver’s seat which gives you authority to transform your life. Sounds exciting but more often, those goals are abandoned. To be successful, here are the 10 most effective steps to successful goal setting.
10. Belief
Absolute faith and belief in the process is goal setting’s first step. If you don’t believe that you can definitely get what you wish and have a life transformation, then you might forget your goals and do another else. Look at the things around you if you have doubts. Remember that every thing once started as a thought, so start to transform your dream into reality!
9. Imagine what you desire
Visualize what you truly desire with your life or your desired position in your company after one year from today. What are the developments that must happen? What personal, emotional, spiritual, social, physical properties and financial aspects that need to focus on? If you have a clear vision of these things, then you have that sharp focus that is essential for success. Having a clear vision towards what you really want means the more possibility for it to happen.
8. Write it down!
Writing your goals down is the key to your success. You can be a creator once you’ve listed down your goals. If you fail to write it down often, that only means you’ll forget it or you might not focus on your goals. Write them down where you always see them.
7. Purpose
It’s powerful when you want to know the reason for achieving your intentions. Purpose identification will help you easily recognize the reason for that specific goal and if it is worth working on it. Knowing the reason why you wanted something provides powerful inspiration in envisioning it until the end. Nevertheless, if you earn a million of dollars just to deposit it in your bank for rainy days, I guess you’ll not be as inspired as you are if you’re paying your kid’s cancer treatment.
6. Commit
This is obvious however, it is a step which has an undesirable consequence when not taken seriously. You can note down how and why you’re committed, the meaning of the goal for you, the importance of the outcome, the impact, and how you can make it possible. If you don’t have a strong commitment, there’s a higher probability that your goals won’t push through.
5. Stay Focused
You’ll manifest if you focus on your goals. You might not know the process in reaching your goals, however, if you practice to be more focused daily, it’ll be easier for you to reach them. It’s a good idea when you write it somewhere where you can see them every day. The difference between where you wanted to be and the place you are right now will be noticeable in your mind and it’ll create pressure for you to change. If the focus is lost, it can always bring back. You’ll be distracted if you don’t practice focusing your goals regularly.
4. Plan of Action
It will give you the ability to list down your plan of action if you know your purpose, if you write down your goals, if you are committed and focused, and if you really know the following steps that will lead you towards that direction. If you have goals but don’t have a plan of action, it’s somehow like finishing a complex project without planning. Many things will happen, you might miss deadlines, become disorganized and not have the priorities. And that would later lead to frustrations and failure.
3. Now is the time
For you to prove that you are committed towards achievement and success, think of the things that you can work on immediately to let you move forward in reaching your desired outcome. With this simple step, you’ll be amazed by how it reinforces the previous steps and will make you inspired and move forward. If you’re not motivated now, how will you motivate yourself tomorrow?
2. Accountability
When things are getting tough, for you to push through, you should make yourself accountable unless you have an outside help such as a coach who manage that for you. It’ll make sense if you have someone on your side aside from yourself that can give you valuable feedbacks, such as a mentor or friend. Telling it to your family and friends about your desire might give you the accountability you’ll need.
1. Review
Reviewing your goals and acting on it must be included in your daily routine. This will make your goals your greatest priority and on fire. This step is the perfect time to transform your plans into actions and review the progress that takes place.
If you follow the steps above and practice the goals you have every day, you’ll have the whole elements that you’ll need to attain your goals and prosper. Often, it’s easy to push it through. Few days may be easier compared to others however if you are focused towards your goals, you’ll be mesmerized on the progress it’ll make for you. Keep in mind that almost every thing started as a thought only. By following the steps above, you can reach what you believed you can attain.
Theay’re really great steps. I think the most hard is to believe.