Goals are the golden nuggets of successful outcomes.
Without setting them properly you seriously hinder your ability to make a personal and positive impact on your world, your environment and your tribe.
Many people position themselves to achieve goals. Far fewer attain the desired outcomes because of a lack of planning. However, it does not need to be this way.
Instead of finding yourself floundering simply because you do not understand the proper techniques to follow in-order to establish winning goals, you can become intentional. That happens by following methods and strategies outlined in this article.
When you do so, you will find that you can rise above the rest of the noise and truly make a difference in the world, your friends and even or especially in your very own life.
Everything starts with a proper alignment within the individual.
Influencers Impact
Who are those people that you find to truly be a motivational force in your life. Connect with them. Build a support team that will go the distance with you.
This is not the time to embrace naysayers no matter how close they may be to your life.
Your environment must be field with positive energy that propels you forward into mission success. These types of people can help you establish and hold you accountable to the goals that matter most.
Consider your current sphere of influence. Are there people connected to you that offer motivational power into your life? Be sure to have them in your presence as often as possible.
Vocal Momentum
It is not enough to simply surround yourself with a positive environment. If you do not openly and actively declare your intentions, then when the going gets tough you may find your goals simply vanishing into thin air.
By letting others know what you desire to do you are also making a verbal commitment with yourself simultaneously. Thus, others and you will be able to remain in the game through the ups and the downs of your entire process forward.
Do your coworkers know what your goal is?
How about your family?
Growing Pains
One of many reasons people have yet to realize their goals deals with the skills and talents they have not yet acquired. What undeveloped abilities hold you back from declaring victory over your goals?
Uncover the details of the answer to this question and then you can put milestones in place that cause you to refine these weaknesses into strengths. Thus, goals that you once thought to be beyond your reach become much easier to attain.
Do you want to learn to play the guitar?
How many lessons have you take?
Deliberate Decisions
As you become intentionally targeted to reaching your goals you will find it easier to make associated choices that bring you closer and closer to your goals end.
When facing, a road offering two options decide which one leads you closer to the goal you seek and follow it. By becoming intentional about all your actions everything you do revolves around your goals attainment.
Know what you want then go after it until you reach your goal.
Do you want to lose weight?
You know that you will need to start a regular routine of exercise.
Do you want to speak a foreign language fluently?
You know that you will need to immerse yourself in a tongue not yet familiar to you.
Bottom line, you need to make those choices that will lead you closer to realizing your goal. Then take deliberate action plans to stay to decisions you have made.
HOT TIP: Along with making the right choices, be sure to set yourself up milestones that keep you moving forward toward your goal. Milestones are little rewards or gifts you give yourself thus attaining something specific with your goal.
Value Driven
It’s at this point that self-discovery of why this goal is important to you becomes critical. Yes, you can set a goal, just because. Unfortunately, typically speaking without understanding why you want to achieve a specific result it will easy to become lost with the going gets tough or the road confusing.
What is the reason that this goal is important to you?
Why does it matter.
There are several key reasons that understanding the why becomes important as you climb the mountain of your goal. For example, if someone questions what your intent is, when you know the why you are in a position of positively influencing your circle of influence with motivation to encourage you to a successful journey’s end.
Self-Actualization
Once you have achieved your goal how will it impact your life?
Who will you have become?
How will the successful achievement affect your identity?
Life is not about staying in the same rut but rather change. As your character becomes transformed by the person you will have become, how do you think this will affect your life, your family, your profession?
Purposeful Visions
There are reasons for goals.
Perhaps you want to help someone improve their health?
Or, maybe there is a career advancement strategy in your not too distant future.
Whatever your vision may be, ask yourself, how will this affect my family, friends, peers and yes, even yourself. Find the greater good of why attaining your goal is important and hold onto that realization until you have either achieved your aim or realigned the initial goal.
Concluding Thoughts About Inevitable Goals
We’ve looked at several different factors related to goal setting. However, one point we haven’t yet to considered is that of social activity.
Today’s world is far easier because of social networks. You can find like-minded people even within your one sphere of influence on these channels. However, nothing happens without taking deliberate action.
Knowing what you want and how to get there will help increase your chances of achieving your goal. Just be intentional about what you want to accomplish and start that forward momentum into life altering motion. If you would like personalized help with setting and achieving your goals jump over to Tony Husted’s Blog and send me a message!