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Goal Setting
Do you know what makes life different? The answer is goal setting. There is a famous Harvard business school story. They evaluated a group of students in college, and then re-evaluated them 10 years later. The study found out that the students who had been the most successful in life werent the ones who had achieved the highest grades. They were the ones who had specific goals, 10 years ago.
Goal-Setting
What is the difference between a mission and a goal?
are a statement of intent Goals are specific and always measurable
Missions
Lifetime Goals
Imagine you are at your retirement party/60th Birthday Celebration. Your boss, subordinate, family and friends make speeches about you. What would you want all of them to say?
The comments that you want to receive are your real desire and life goals. Start by writing down a few words or sentences that best describe your aspirations, meaning or guiding principles OR revising the goals you have already set.
Task list
Goals
Lifetime Goals
25 year plan
10 year plan
5 year plan
1 year plan
1. Desire
Have you set personal or business goals and failed to achieve them? WHY? Because we did not have a strong enough desire. We need INTENSE desire - a PASSION. How do you intensify desire?
Desires start in the mind. Keep your mind focused on it. When you stay focused, the desire becomes strong. Then? Action follows right after. Detail makes the difference.
By listing benefits! This is the first step of goal achievement and the foundation.
2. Write it Down
Why is the mechanical act of writing so important?
Writing transfers those expressions onto something tangible. Now when we read and re-read that phrase or sentence the impression on the mind becomes deeper and deeper.
Don't be content with a first draft. Rephrase it, compact it, add motivating adjectives. Keep on fine tuning. Putting it in writing breathes life into it making it a force which cannot be easily stopped. To put it succinctly, "Write Goals Down To Tie Them Up!"
When you set a goal, write down a list of potential obstacles. Then, develop a strategy. If and when you reach the obstacle you know what to do. You have already made up a contingency plan! Research the subject and educate yourself. Become knowledgeable on what you are trying to achieve.
Preparation is invaluable.
Gather Assistance
Do you personally know people who have accomplished what you are seeking?
4. Deadlines
Deadlining your goals:
1)
Break them down into manageable stages. 2) Work out a reasonable time frame for the accomplishment of that stage and factor in a safety margin for unexpected delays.
3)
Put the deadline date for each stage in your computer planner or diary. 4) Get the deadline date from the last stage.
5. Planning
Achieving goals requires planning.
In Step 3 we discussed the importance of identifying obstacles and acquiring help. In Step 4 we saw the need for deadlines and the need to make another list of manageable slices or segments.
Now Step 5 involves using all the information gathered from these two previous steps.
Combine all these lists and put them in a logical order Lay out the manageable steps in order of progression interweaving the details from your obstacles list and help list. Get a large sketch pad and play around with the order of things until the plan begins to flow.
5. Planning (cont.)
Make sure your plan is not too rigid!
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factor in room for the unexpected. If one deadline is missed it should not jeoparize the rest of the plan.
Once this session is completed you now have an action plan. (But were not through yet.)
6. Mental Picture
Think in pictures. Imagine yourself as a movie director.
Visualize
7. Persistence
You will find that most successes come from more attempts and spending longer hours than anyone else. They just keep on striking out, often against all odds. Persistence is absolutely essential. The previous six steps are also essential and crucial BUT if you do not persist your wonderful plan can go down the drain.
Believe in yourself
Is
this goal something I really want? Does this goal serve me in my life right now? What will I need to bring this dream into reality?
SWOT Analysis
Weaknesses: What are your main limitations in this area? In what areas could you improve? Are there any resources (money, time, help) that you don't have? What is not working in this area right now? What personal behavioral traits do you have that are weaknesses in this area?
SWOT Analysis
Opportunities: What opportunities have you been considering in this area? Who could support you to help you achieve your goal? What could you improve in this result area for you? How can you take advantage of your strengths to pursue these? What major change do you need in your life to improve this area? Are there any special tools you can use or develop to help?
SWOT Analysis
Threats: What external influences may hinder your success? How could these affect you? What obstacles or roadblocks are in your way? Do any of your weaknesses increase the level of these threats or the impact? What strengths do you have that could help you reduce the identified threats?
SWOT Analysis
S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Specific
Is it clearly defined? For example, "I will be fitter than I am now " is a general goal. Instead, "Jogging five miles once a week " is a specific goal. If you dream of a new car, what dose the new car look like? You decide on an "Audi A4, red, including navigation system". This is a specific goal How can I measure when I achieved it? ask questions such as How many? How much? How do I know when the goal is achieved?
Measurable
Achievable
Can I actually achieve this goal? It doesn't mean easy, just that you can have a reasonable expectation of achieving the goal.
Realistic
Time Bound
How much time will it take me? Put a deadline on achieving your goal.
Writing Goals
Big picture goals your end destination as defined by the Big Picture Statements for your various life aspects. Milestone Goals these are the series of goals that will take you to your destination. Mini Goals milestone goals may need to be broken down into bitesize chunks to make them more manageable. You milestone goals can be achieved through many mini goals. And your big picture goals can be achieved through many milestone goals.
An Example
If you want to climb Everest, your big picture goal will be climb Everest. Then you subdivide it to several milestone goals: -find climbing school -take lessons -practice climbing on other mountains And your milestone goal of "finding climbing school" can be achieved through many mini goals such as: - Buy climbing magazines - Find local mountaineering society - Make phone calls - Choose course - Reserve place on course of choice
Goal Mapping
Step 1: Dream What do you want? Vision for future Step 2: Order- Whats most important? Identify THE MAIN GOAL: the one that would most help in achieving others (write in positive, personal and present tense) select four sub-goals one from each area in your life such as health, wealth, adventure, work or home. Step 3: Draw-What does it look like? Place your right brain template next to your left brain template and draw images, pictures and symbols that represent your goals
Goal Mapping
Step 4: Why- why do you want it? What are the benefits? Capture both words and feelings on your templates Step 5:When- When do you want it? Step 6: How- how will you achieve it? New habits, skills etc? state them in pictures and words Step 7: who- whose help will you require? Who will have responsibility for the major actions of the goal? What roles will you play? Record names and qualities of character in pictures and words