Seven Steps for Setting and Achieving your Goals
The number one reason some people get more work done faster is because they are absolutely clear about their goals and objectives and they don't deviate from them.
A major reason for procrastination and lack of motivation is vagueness, confusion, and fussy mindedness.
There's a powerful formula for setting and Achieving goals that you can use for the rest of your life.
Step 1: Decide exactly what you want. It's amazing how many people are working away, day after day, on low- value tasks because they've not decided what they want.
Step 2: Write it down. Think on paper. When you write down your goal, you crystallize it and give it tangible form. Unwritten goals lead to confusion, vagueness, misdirection and numerous mistakes.
Step 3: Set a deadline with your goal. A goal or decision without a deadline has no urgency. It has no real beginning or end. Without a definite, you will naturally procrastinate and get little done..
Step 4: Make a list of everything you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve your goal. As you think of new activities, add them to your list. Keep building your list until it is complete.
Step 5: Organize your list into a plan.
Organize your list by priority and sequence. Take a few minutes to decide what you need to do first and what you can do later
Step 6: Take action on your plan immediately. An average plan vigorously executed is far better than a brilliant plan on which nothing is done.
Step 7: Resolve to do everything single day that moves you toward your major goal.
Read a specific number of pages on a key subject. Call on specific number of prospects or customers. Learn a certain number of new words in a foreign language. Never miss a day. Keep pushing forward.
Once you start moving, keep moving. Don't stop
Clear written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action..
