10 Ways To Achieve Your Goals In Life
If you’re ready to achieve your dreams and goals, no matter how big, take the following 10 Steps – one at a time – to ensure a successful outcome every time.
1. Choose goals that are consistent with your values and beliefs.
Then regularly check to make sure that your thoughts and actions are in perfect alignment with them.
You won’t work toward goals that conflict with your values.
You’re unable to achieve your goals when your thoughts and actions are inconsistent with them.
No matter how hard you work, your performance will be undermined.
2. Choose goals that are strategic.
High achievers know that strategic goals accomplish many outcomes.
For example, training properly for and running in a marathon accomplishes a number of great outcomes.
You will most certainly lose weight, reduce your cholesterol level, strengthen your heart, increase your energy and stamina, and improve your outlook.
3. Choose goals with transcendent purpose.
The very highest achievers develop goals that serve a purpose much greater than just fulfilling their personal desires.
These people hold grand visions and choose goals that reach far beyond their self-interests.
They take on causes, develop careers and create businesses as vehicles for making a positive difference not only in the lives of their direct contacts, co-workers and customers, but in the lives of many others as well.
When you choose and achieve goals with transcendent purpose, you leave a lasting legacy that makes this world a better place for all.
4. Accurately define your goals. What exactly do you want?
Envision your goals, name them and put specific numbers on them.
Define your goals in terms of dollars, pounds, weeks, percentages or inches.
No one can achieve an unclear goal. Be precise!
5. Ferret out the “whys” behind your goals.
You will reach goals that move or excite you and stimulate your imagination. You will reach goals that are meaningful and fulfilling.
You will reach goals that are vital to your health and well being, to your family and to your future. When the “whys” behind your goals stimulate, motivate and inspire you, you’ll find a way to achieve them.
6. Put your goals and the reasons behind them in writing.
There is power and magic in writing down your goals and the reasons why you chose them.
Record them on file cards and place the cards where you’ll see them throughout the day – on a mirror, or on your desk beside your computer.
Keep the cards with you wherever you go so that you can read them many times during the day.
7. Set a deadline.
As with defining your objectives, have the courage to be exact in setting deadlines for their achievement.
A pre-determined deadline provides the discipline required for achieving your goals.
Determine to get out of debt by May 31st, lose 65 pounds by Easter or double your sales revenues in 6 months.
A goal without a deadline is only a pipe dream.
8. Delineate intermediate milestones.
If you want to save $24,000 in 12 months, set intermediate milestones of $2,000 per month.
Setting smaller, specific intermediate goals makes achieving your ultimate goal far easier, and provides an efficient means of tracking your progress.
9. Get a partner.
High achievers understand the significant benefits of having at least one person who completely supports them and is part of their campaign.
Get a running buddy, make a bet with a friend to increase sales by 10% this month, enlist trusted, long-time colleagues to help you design a solid plan for your new business or hire a coach!
10. Go public with your goals.
Tell family, friends and colleagues about your goals and their deadlines.
Ask them to help you along the way and hold you accountable.
Knowing that you have people rooting for you is a powerful motivator.
Set yourself up for success by making a public commitment to reaching your goals on schedule.
Celebrate intermediate victories. Reward yourself for the achievement of each victory along the way.
Michael W
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ConfidenceWorld teamed up with Mary-Anne Fisher to bring you this article. Copyright 2002 by Strategies for Life and Work/Mary Anne Fisher
