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You can take a masters degree at a leading university and never receive a single hour of instruction on goal setting and goal achieving. Fortunately, setting a goal is a skill. – Brian Tracy<\/em><\/p>\n

How are you doing with your current goals? What? You don\u2019t have a list of specific goals? Well you\u2019re in luck, because this article was made for you.<\/p>\n

In this article, I\u2019ll try to convince you of the immense value of having a clear goal-setting strategy. To do that, I\u2019ll share some of my favorite quotes on goal setting and add my commentary.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s my hope that you\u2019ll be pumped up by the end of this article and ready to set some exciting goals for yourself.<\/p>\n

1) Plan your Life Carefully<\/strong><\/p>\n

I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change. \u2013 Jim Rohn <\/em><\/p>\n

How many of you have already spent days, weeks, or even months meticulously planning your next vacation? Don\u2019t deny it, most of us have done this. I know I have!<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it crazy that most of us spend more time planning our vacations than our lives?<\/p>\n

Do you have a roadmap for your life and a strategy to get there? If you don\u2019t, you might want to take some time to sit down and create one.<\/p>\n

2) Be Specific and Know What You Want <\/strong><\/p>\n

Know what you want. Clarity is power. And vague goals promote vague results. \u2013 Robin Sharma<\/em><\/p>\n

We like to plan our vacations and even our weekends with extreme care, but how specific are we with our goals?<\/p>\n

To better understand how important clarity is, let\u2019s do a very quick and simple exercise from Made To Stick<\/em> by Chip and Dan Heath.<\/p>\n

Take 15 seconds to list as many white things as you can.<\/p>\n

How many things could you think of?<\/p>\n

Now take another 15 seconds to list as many white things in your refrigerator as you can.<\/p>\n

For most people, the amount of white things they can list in their refrigerators is the same as the amount of white things they can list in the world. Isn\u2019t that strange?<\/p>\n

The bottom line is this: Specific goals allow you to tap into the focusing power of your mind. Vague goals don\u2019t. Are your goals clear enough?<\/p>\n

3) Set Goals That Truly Inspire You<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your goals don’t inspire you at least as much as going on vacation, they’re lousy goals. \u2013 Steve Pavlina<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you know why you spend so much time planning your vacations? Because you are excited about it! You don\u2019t just enjoy the vacation itself; you also have fun planning it. If you set goals that truly inspire you, you\u2019ll notice a difference.<\/p>\n

4) Don\u2019t Set your Goals Too Low<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t set your goals too low. If you don’t need much, you won’t become much. \u2013 Jim Rohn<\/em><\/p>\n

If your goals don\u2019t scare you, they aren\u2019t big enough. Good goals should push you out of your comfort zone.<\/p>\n

The real value of goal setting rests more in who you become and less in what you achieve.<\/p>\n

5) Put Your Goals on Paper<\/strong><\/p>\n

The key to goal setting is for you to think on paper. Successful men and women think with a pen in their hands; unsuccessful people do not. \u2013 Brian Tracy<\/em><\/p>\n

According to goal-setting expert Brian Tracy, \u201cOnly 3{54c12dad2cc2b53ae830e39915b1a3e70288dbcbbeb8bbf8395437c5dc3c512c} of adults have clear written measurable, time-bounded goals and plans to achieve them, and by every statistic, these 3{54c12dad2cc2b53ae830e39915b1a3e70288dbcbbeb8bbf8395437c5dc3c512c} accomplish ten times as much as people with no goals at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

What about you? Have you put your goals on paper? If not, why not try it out today and see if Brian Tracy is right?<\/p>\n

6) Always Think in Terms of Actionable Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined. – David Allen<\/em><\/p>\n

When we set short-term, mid-term, or long-term goals, we often make the mistake of creating vague goals that aren\u2019t actionable. Goals should always be broken down into actionable tasks.<\/p>\n

To find out whether your goal is actionable, ask yourself the following: Do my written goals tell me what to do, or do I have to figure that out by myself?<\/p>\n

For example, \u201cWork on project A\u201d is not a specific action. It doesn\u2019t tell you what you need to do. Each vague item in your list is distracting because it requires you to waste time figuring out what precisely needs to be done. This breeds procrastination and makes it easy to focus on less important tasks, which is often a subtle form of procrastination itself.<\/p>\n

7) Form Daily Habits That Support Your Goal<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. \u2013 Aristotle<\/em><\/p>\n

Goals are just a succession of actions taken every day, so make sure you break your goals down into daily habits. Identify the key skill(s) you need to master and the daily actions you must take to reach your goal, then choose at least 3 steps you can take every day.<\/p>\n

A great question to ask yourself is this: If I keep doing what I\u2019ve been doing today will I achieve my goals? This should be a daily question, and it\u2019s important to answer honestly.<\/p>\n

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is this:<\/p>\n