A goal setting plan creates a bridge between today's dream and tomorrow's reality. Having a goal setting strategy that uses goal setting templates for setting smart goals puts you well ahead.
Whether you want to:
become a millionaire
learn new skills or get a better job
become healthier or lose weight
become more effective at work
....you maximize your chances of success by having a goal setting plan.
Millions of people make goals every year with the best of intentions....only to make the same goals the following year.
This personal strategic plan video shows you how to achieve more in the next year than in the past 10 years combined.
If you want to achieve goals, then having a goal setting plan is a skill that you can master - making you one of the most effective people in your field.
Planning allows you to turn your goal into systematic steps of action from beginning to end - with clear targets for each step.
A goal setting plan is your blueprint for success
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Goal setting provides direction and purpose - the very foundation upon which to build success
Let's suppose that you want to build your dream home.
Wouldn't you draw up plans and organize the materials that you needed before you started to build your dream home?
It goes without saying that the foundations and walls are in place before the roof goes on.
Once the roof is on, you then start to work on the interior and doing the electrics.
You plan your dream home so that your house ends up as a reality of your vision.
Do you apply the same ideas of goals and planning to your own life?
A plan helps you to construct your priorities and design the life that you want to have!
Whenever you need to achieve a goal, a goal setting strategy identifies what needs to be done, the resources you require, and tracks your progress towards your goal.
On your goal setting worksheet, rate these different areas in terms of importance for you.
What life area is most important to you?
If you could improve one life area, what would it be?
Ask yourself what type of person would you like to be in each of the life areas.
Practice 'No Limit' Thinking
Imagine a vision of yourself with no limits. How would you want each of your life areas to look?
Wave a magic wand over your family life, your career or finances - allow yourself to practice 'no limit' thinking.
'No limit' thinking allows your true goals to emerge.
These goal setting activities are a right-brain activity that helps you to develop a clear personal vision - the foundation for setting and achieving goals.
2. Writing goals - download a goal setting plan
Now that you have a clear idea of the values and the life areas that are most important to you, it is time to develop your goal setting plan.
Download your goal setting plan and identify one value/intention and write a goal that reflects this value/intention.
By planning on paper and writing down your goals, you are more likely to achieve them.
The right software systematically applies many of the right goal setting strategies, such as breaking long-term goals into short-term ones that are measurable and time-bound.
But ultimately you need to be disciplined to achieve goals.
The right goal setting software, with discipline and desire, can save time and supercharge your goal setting.
3. Practice zero-based thinking
You have set a goal of where you want to go. The next step is to identify where you are now.
Whether you are setting career goals, finance goals, fitness goals, or personal goals, it is important to identify where you are now.
Suppose that you wanted to lose weight.Firstly you need to identify your current weight.
If you want to be a millionaire you must identify your current financial worth.
Taking a realistic view your current weight or net worth allows you to identify the knowledge, obstacles, and constraints that stand between where you are now and the goal that you want to achieve.
I worked with an Olympic swimmer who identified what time was required to win his event at the next Olympics.
He then identified what times he was doing now and worked out how much he would need to improve each day to achieve this time.
He then identified what actions would support his goal to win his event at the Olympics.
4. Identify the actions that support your goal
On your goal setting plan worksheet make a list of all the actions that support your goal.
Ask yourself what strategies you can put into place to achieve each action.
What are the target dates for each action?
Here, you are developing short-term goals with clear target dates for achievement - the basis of setting SMART goals.
Imagine a staircase taking you to the next floor. Your long-term goal is the top of the stairs - with each step being a short-term goal.
By writing down your short-term goals and creating a deadline you dramatically increase your chances of goal setting success.