Quick System To Setting Goals For Life

Famous speaker Jim Rohn said, "If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. What ever good things we build end up building us."

Goal setting is indeed a tricky task. Every goal you wish to achieve has to begin as a thought. So the first step is to think. Evaluate your overall situation and define your goals.

Don't let the 5-steps listed here fool you, it's much more simple than it appears!

Your steps to making goal setting easy:

1. Make Reachable Goals - Get yourself to your limits, then push them.

2. Write a list of supporting tasks - The more details here, the better.

3. Prioritize your tasks - First things first.

4. Set a time - Set your schedule for success, but give yourself a little room.

5. Follow Through - What good does an unaccomplished goal do for you?

Set Realistic Goals

Deciding what your personal, financial, and business goals are take a lot of consideration from you. Think about what you might want or need to accomplish and write things down while you do it - even if you don't think it's an important detail, it could be an important part in your final goals later down the road.

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it." - A quote by Henry Ford.

Take a couple days at at least to think it over. If you watch a carpenter work, he'll say "measure twice, cut once." If they don't measure twice and then cut too short, the project will take longer to finish because they didn't make the right measurements in the first place. They have to use extra wood, extra time remeasuring, all making the goal more difficult to reach.

If you set your goals too high, you're setting yourself up for failure. Be sure you can comfortably challenge yourself with your goals. That's not to say you should make it easy on yourself!

Make a List of Objectives

Make definite goals. Dedicate time to each goal during your thinking process. Make clear notes on how you plan to achieve each goal.

Make Sure Everything is in Order

Be honest with yourself about what you have to do in order to accomplish your goals. Make sure you know exactly what you'll be willing to sacrifice in order to see your goals through. Keep your goals in order of which is most important - first at the top - and only focus on that before you move onto the next!

Do You Have a Set Time?

Work out your time frame. Make sure you have a realistic one. You don't want to be looking 10 years down the road, upset at yourself for not staying focused! You're the only one who can decide when you can reach your goals, and it's only you who can make yourself succeed. Like the first step, Make Reachable Goals, you have to make a real time frame for every goal. Remember, challenge yourself, but don't make it so hard that you quit.

Cross The Finish Line

Besides actually getting your goal on paper, this is absolutely the most critical step - and the one that most people fail with. If you can't finish, you will unfortunately never get to your goals. If one of your goals is to lose 15 pounds, you can't let yourself to stop at 14. If your goal is to get an A on your final exam or get a raise at your job, don't stop until you've got what you wanted!

About the author: Elliott Kosmicki is an expert life-hacker who founded Becomng.com - the personal development blog for people who live online. Share your story or read more personal goal setting articles at Becomng.com.

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