Free Goal Setting Forms

Every year, millions of people set goals with the best of intentions, only to set the same goals the following year.

Imagine the convenience of being able to set a goal and create a detailed action plan to achieve it.

Do you set and forget goals?

Do you have difficulty breaking your long-term goals into shorter term goals?

Perhaps you have heard of SMART goals, but aren't really sure how to set SMART goals.

If so, then you are in the right place!

Here we provide a one-stop shop for you to download free goal setting forms!

Often the biggest mistake in setting goals is not writing down the goals and the steps to achieving them.

These goal setting forms tranform your goals from a wish list to something far more concrete and real.

Structured Goal Setting Lesson Plans Our free online goal setting course provides you with structured goal setting lesson plans that are sent to your Inbox. Receive 7 lessons over 7 weeks. These lessons provide a structure for setting and achieving goals and how to get everything you want - faster than you thought possible.

Our goal setting worksheets help you to:

• see the big picture at a glance
• set SMART goals and the action steps to achieve them
• track and review your progress and identify possible barriers to goal setting success
• keep you motivated and focused on setting and achieving goals
• whether you are an athlete, business professional or student, personal goal setting increases performance.

These goal setting forms create a bridge between today’s dreams and tomorrow’s reality.

See the big picture with this goal setting form

I have worked with business professionals who have achieved what many of us consider success. They have big homes, financial independence, and are at the top of their profession.

However, they regret not watching their children grow up or spending more time with their family and friends.

If they could live their lives again, most of them would choose to not have these other areas of their lives take a back seat.

But you need to make a decision about which areas are most important to you.

On this goal setting worksheet you can download a goal setting template that allows you to rank the importance of the different domains of your life: career, finance, family, fitness, and so forth.

This can prioritize your different life domains and where to set and achieve goals.

A goal setting form for long-term goals

Developing a goal setting plan is like creating a blueprint for success.

Having a blueprint for setting and achieving goals requires that you identify the different action steps to achieve your goals.

Whether you have financial goals, career goals or want to set goals to improve your health, you are more likely to achieve goal setting success with a plan.

Download this action plan and identify one value or intention and write a goal that reflects this value or intention.

On the goal setting action plan write down 5 actions that support your goals and the target dates to achieve them.

Develop a Goal Setting Plan Download goal setting plans for: Career goal setting Family goal setting Fitness goal setting Setting financial goals Setting personal goals

Download a short-term goals template

Developing a goal setting plan is like creating a blueprint for success.

Having a blueprint for setting and achieving goals requires that you identify the different action steps to achieve your goals.

Each action step towards your long-term goals is the achievement of a short-term goal.

If you were to visualize a staircase, the top of the staircase is the long-term goals and each step a short-term goal.

Each short-term goal moves you a step closer to your long-term goals.

I talk more about setting short-term goals and provide a template that you can download at goal setting templates.

A Common Goal Setting Error Goal setting is motivational and this can result in a common goal setting mistake of setting too many goals. Setting too many goals spreads your motivation too thinly so that achieving goals becomes difficult. These goal setting tips help you avoid common goal setting errors. This goal setting activity prioritizes your goals so that you can focus on setting and achieving goals that are most important to you.

Short-term goal setting forms

By now you have identified the actions to achieve your long-term goals.

Each action can be considered a short-term goal - and by achieving your short-term goals you move a step up the ladder to your long-term goal.

By having goal setting strategies in place you greatly enhance your ability to set and achieve goals.

Each short-term goal requires resources to achieve it, whether it is learning new skills, boosting your time management, or gathering more information.

Also, each short-term goal has obstacles to overcome.

By writing your plan to achieve your short-term goals you highlight any extra knowledge you may need to overcome obstacles that get in the way of achieving your goals.

Use this goal setting template for setting and achieving goals in the short-term.

As an example, I provide my own worked template for the obstacles I faced when lecturing at university.

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