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submitted: Aug 14th 2008 | by: ElliottKosmicki | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 623 | |

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 definitely not easy. Every goal you want to achieve must begin as a thought. So the first thing to do is think about it. Look at your situation and decide what goals make sense for you.

The outline below are some basic steps for you - the simpler the better!

Your steps to making goal setting easy:

1. Set Realistic Goals - You know your limits, push them slightly.

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

Figuring out your personal, financial, educational or business goals take a lot of thought on your part. Consider what you want to accomplish and journal notes along the way - even if you think it's a small detail, it could be a critical part in your decision making later on.

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it." - Quote from 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!

Define Your Objectives

Give yourself clear and defined goals plus subgoals. Make sure you have time set aside for each goal when you're writing out your plan. You should also by this time have clear notes about how you'll reach each goal and subgoal.

Make Sure Everything is in Order

Ask yourself what you need to do to achieve your goals. Take great notes. Make a list of what you are willing to do, what you're willing to sacrifice to make your goals a reality. Decide which goal is most important to you and make it number one on your list. The objectives and tasks included to achieve that goal are now your number one priority. After you achieve that first goal, set yourself up to go for the next one!

Set a Time

Exactly as it suggests. Define your time frame. Give yourself an achievable limit. You don't want to be sitting there 15 years from now wishing you'd stayed on track! Only you can decide when you want to achieve your goals, and only you can make yourself succeed in achieving them. Like step-one, Set Realistic Goals, you have to set a realistic time frame for each goal. Remember, challenge yourself, but don't make it so difficult that you give up.

Follow Through

Besides the thought process and mental planning, this is quite likely the most critical step. If you don't finish, you will never reach your goals. You can never ever give up on yourself! If your goal is to take off 10 pounds, you can't let yourself to stop at 9. If your goal is to get a good grade on the big test coming up or get a raise at your job, don't quit until you've gotten it!

About the Author

About the author: Elliott Kosmicki is an expert life-hacker that started Becomng.com - the personal development blog for those who can't live without the web. Share your story and find other personal goal setting articles at Becomng.com.

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