Setting goals gives you short-term and long-term motivation. Having well thought out goals helps you set focus on the acquisition of required knowledge and helps you to plan and organize your resources and your time so that you can get the best out of your life. The basics of goal setting will involve deciding what you really want to do with your personal life and what short term and long term goals you need to achieve it.
These are just a few points to keep in mind when you begin to set your goals:
1. A very important point is your attitude. Can you tell if it is holding you back? Is it limiting you and keeping you from achieving what you want? When problems arise in your life, how have you handled them? Take a good look at yourself and decide that from now on you will look for solutions rather than excuses.
2. Good time management is another skill you need to develop for successful goal setting. Failing with a goal can often be attributed to bad time management. Time management is a skill that needs to be developed and will not happen overnight.
3. Education is key in achieving your goals. If your goals require you to have a certain kind of degree or require a certain specialization or demand a certain skill to be developed, make plans in getting the appropriate education.
4. Your goals are going to be important to your closest family and friends. You will need their support to succeed and you need to let them know you expect their support. Achieving your goals will effect them in some ways, so it is only right that you let them know what your plans are.
5. A plan is the last step in the basics of goal setting. This plan should at first be a 5 or 10 year plan and then broken down into smaller time frames. Break it down into years, then months, and then weeks. Use it as a guide and break down your goals into smaller goals. This will help keep you motivated as you move along to your biggest goal.
These five steps will lead you to the point where you can now take action! Action is what will actually get you to where you want to go. Make a nightly list of what you want to accomplish the next day that corresponds to your plan. Review your lists daily and weekly, and set a time where you consistently review where you are at. Tweak what you need to. Make goal setting a habit and you will achieve anything you put your mind to!
These are just a few points to keep in mind when you begin to set your goals:
1. A very important point is your attitude. Can you tell if it is holding you back? Is it limiting you and keeping you from achieving what you want? When problems arise in your life, how have you handled them? Take a good look at yourself and decide that from now on you will look for solutions rather than excuses.
2. Good time management is another skill you need to develop for successful goal setting. Failing with a goal can often be attributed to bad time management. Time management is a skill that needs to be developed and will not happen overnight.
3. Education is key in achieving your goals. If your goals require you to have a certain kind of degree or require a certain specialization or demand a certain skill to be developed, make plans in getting the appropriate education.
4. Your goals are going to be important to your closest family and friends. You will need their support to succeed and you need to let them know you expect their support. Achieving your goals will effect them in some ways, so it is only right that you let them know what your plans are.
5. A plan is the last step in the basics of goal setting. This plan should at first be a 5 or 10 year plan and then broken down into smaller time frames. Break it down into years, then months, and then weeks. Use it as a guide and break down your goals into smaller goals. This will help keep you motivated as you move along to your biggest goal.
These five steps will lead you to the point where you can now take action! Action is what will actually get you to where you want to go. Make a nightly list of what you want to accomplish the next day that corresponds to your plan. Review your lists daily and weekly, and set a time where you consistently review where you are at. Tweak what you need to. Make goal setting a habit and you will achieve anything you put your mind to!
About the Author:
April Ladrey is excited about achieving her goals. Are you? Visit her helpful blog on goals setting. Also, find out why writing goals down is so important to achieving your dreams!
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