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Do you have goals in your life? Do your goals excite you and make you want to take action? If yes, then don't let your goals fall by the wayside. Chances are that to achieve your dreams and live a life you love.
Goal setting and goal achievement are easier if you follow these six steps:
You need to deeply desire the goal or resolution: Napoleon Hill, in his landmark book, "Think and Grow Rich" had it right. The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. So, your first step is that you should have fire or strong desire in you to achieve the goal.
Visualize yourself achieving the goal: The goal is a thing, some gurus of goal setting recommend that you keep a picture of the item where you see and are reminded of it every day. If you can't picture yourself achieving the goal, chances are - you won't.
Make a plan for the path you need to follow to accomplish the goal: Create action steps to follow. Identify a critical path. The critical path defines the key accomplishments along the way, the most important steps that must happen for the goal to become a reality.
Commit to achieving the goal by writing down the goal."The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen." Write down the plan, the action steps and the critical path. Somehow, writing down the goal, the plan and a timeline sets events in motion that may not have happened otherwise.
Establish times for checking your progress in your calendar system, whatever it is: a day planner or a hand written list. If you're not making progress or feel obstructed, don't let your optimism keep you from accomplishing your goals. No matter how positively you are thinking, you need to assess your lack of progress. Adopt a pessimist's viewpoint; something will and probably is, going to go wrong. Take a look at all of the factors that are keeping you from accomplishing your goal and develop a plan to overcome them. Add these plan steps to your calendar system as part of your goal achievement plan.
Review your overall progress regularly. Make sure you are making progress. If you are not making progress, hire a coach, tap into the support of loved ones, analyze why the goal is not being met. Don't allow the goal to just fade away. Figure out what you need to do to accomplish it. Check the prior five steps starting with an assessment of how deeply you actually want to achieve the goal.
This six step goal setting and achieving system seems simple, but it is the most powerful system you will ever find for achieving your goals and living your resolutions. You just need to do it.
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