To accomplish anything in life, you will need a road map to achieve and realize your dreams. It's called goal setting. Once you have your goals in mind you will need a plan of action to help you reach those goals, whichever they are. The whole purpose of setting goals is to plan your life rather than take life as it comes. Ninety-seven percent of
population does not set goals for two three reasons: (1) Fear is preventing them from doing so and (2) There is a risk that goal may not be reached (3) They don't know how to set their own goals. The most important part of goal setting is knowing what you want most in life. The most critical part will be to achieve them and layout a plan to accomplish your dreams.
Today you have 2 choices in front of you; either you decide to set your own goals and journey will start, or you decide not to and you will soon realize that you have not achieved what you wanted.
I know it may sound somewhat ridiculous to set your own goals and a plan of action to achieve them but as time flies by you will soon realize that I WAS RIGHT.
Here is why: How can you possibly achieve something in life if you do not have a clear plan, a road map, a detail plan of action that tells you everything about achieving your goals? How can you possibly envision your future without a clear definition of how to achieve your dreams?
Goal setting is a standard technique used by top level athletes, and successful business people all around world. Remember, you will not pay a price for setting goals. You will pay a price for not setting them. You can choose to get caught up in everyday activity of your life without feeling a real sense of purpose in life or you can choose to accomplish something meaningful with your life.
First you have to write down your goals and second you have to lay out your plan of actions that will determine how to you reach them. Once you have set your long-term goals, set up your short-term goals that you should complete if you are to reach your lifetime plan. You can set a 5 year plan, 1 year plan, 6 month plan, and 1 month plan of progressively smaller goals that you should reach to achieve your lifetime goals. Each of these should be based on previous plan. Finally set a daily to do list of things that you should do today to work towards your lifetime goals.
Once you have decided your first set of plans, keep process going by reviewing and updating your to-do list on a daily and weekly basis. Periodically review your plans, results and modify them to reflect your changing priorities, experience and accomplishments.
Be precise in setting your goals: Set precise goals, put dates, and amounts so that they are real. If you do this, you will know exactly how and when to achieve your personal goals. Have a vision that you know is unquestionably right and you will be internally driven to achieve that vision. A goal is "reasonable" when you can see entire process needed to get to its attainment.
Write goals down: This is extremely important to if you wish to accomplish them. Goals are personals and should be shared with people that are close to you. This will give you more sense to what you do. Start mapping out your goals and review them regularly.
Set realistic goals: It is important to set goals that you can achieve if not you will give up on idea that setting goals is most important technique to help you achieve your dreams.
List obstacles to overcome in accomplishing your goals.
Identify individuals and groups you need to work with to reach your goals.
List skills and knowledge required to reach your goal. What do you need to know?
Develop a plan of action to reach your goals.
Write down benefits of achieving your goals. What will you get in compensation? (Monetary, freedom, more vacations, retire early, etc.)
Example of goal setting:
If you wish to make $1 million over next 12 months, you will need to make sure first it's a realistic goal and second you need to know how to get there.
