6 Steps to Writing and Achieving Your Goals
Writing and achieving your goals is all about learning how to set goals in life and then understanding the benefits of writing your goals down.
The psychology of writing your goals down has a tremendous effect on whether or not you will actually achieve your goals.
Whether it’s a money goal, a relationship goal, or a business goal, this article will help you achieve them.
In this article, there are 6 steps to writing and achieving your goals that will help you reach your goals.
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Here are 6 Steps to Writing and Achieving Your Goals
1. Set Only a Few Goals
Don’t try to do everything and achieve it all. You need to achieve one thing at a time. If you focus on too much, then you aren’t really focused on anything.
You need 2 to 3 goals at a maximum, and you need to focus on one of them at a time.
You can’t set the world on fire if you can’t even get your first goal accomplished. A lot of people fall in love with the “idea” of the goal, but aren’t focused enough to put in the work it takes to actually work towards achieving it.
Achieving one goal is far better than simply getting started on 3 goals. Develop 2 or 3 goals and focus on getting one done at a time. Keep it simple.
2. Set Realistic Goals
You will never be a singer on “America’s Got Talent”, so don’t make that a goal. You will never hit a home run in a major league baseball game, so remove that from your mind as a goal.
Set what you believe to be attainable goals. You may be surprised what God has in store for you, but start with goals that have the potential to be achieved.
I’m not saying “don’t aim high”. I’m saying aim at a target you can reach, and when those miracles come, they will push you to another level beyond your dreams.
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3. Set Measurable and Quantifiable Goals
Ambiguous goals that are gray, rough around the edges, and non-specific, are a waste of time. If your goal is to lose weight, do not write your goal as “I want to lose weight”. That is vague and too general.
Written directly into the goal itself should be specifically how you plan to measure whether or not you’ve achieved the goal. This is your accountability.
For example: If you want to lose weight, the goal shouldn’t be to simply “lose weight”. Instead, the goal should be written something like, “I want to lose 40 pounds in 90 days”.
That makes the goal measurable and in 90 days you can easily assess if you’ve accomplished your goal. Again, keep it simple. Click here for goal setting templates.
4. Create Action Steps for Each Goal
What good is a goal if you haven’t thought through the specific action steps to take in order to reach the goal. When you create your goal, write down 3 or 4 action steps that you will have to do in order to achieve that goal.
Writing and achieving your goals means you have to actually develop a plan to get there. Action steps are exactly what you plan to do.
Review your action steps daily, or at the very least, once a week.
Your action steps are a must! Ask yourself regularly “does what I’m doing help me accomplish my goal”? If not, don’t do it!
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5. Actions Speak Louder Than Words
There is an old saying in basketball that we used to say when someone stares at the basket too long before they shoot. “Study long, study wrong”. In other words, analysis by paralysis is real.
Some people read, talk, wonder, think, study it, pray over it, talk about it some more, read more about it, think again, overthink, pray over it again, and talk about it more.
For goodness sake: develop your goals, create a plan to act, write it all down, and put your head down and go to work.
You will never have all the answers before you start your journey, so the key is to “get started” and trust your ability to set goals, learn, adjust, and make it happen on the fly!
Often times you will have to pivot and make adjustments to your action steps. That’s ok! Just keep moving.
6. Don’t Share Your Goals With Everyone
Don’t tell everyone about your goals. Everybody is not interested in your success. In fact, many people are more interested in you failing. People will discourage you, so limit who you share your goals with. I’m not saying hide it.
I’m saying show your work, and let the results speak for themselves. Everyone doesn’t want, nor need, to know what your goals are.
When you are working on accomplishing your goals, your focus is YOU, not what anybody else thinks, says, or feels about YOUR goals. Therefore, they don’t really need to know!
The Bottom Line
Whether it’s a money goal, a relationship goal, or a business goal, there is a link between success and writing and achieving your goals. Set a few goals, make them realistic and measurable, develop action steps, and get focused, and you can accomplish them.
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Press forward. Make it a point to set your goals today. You don’t have to wait for next year, next month, or next week. There is no better time to start than now!
Get those goals on paper and lets get it going.
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