Goal Setting – A Practical Approach To Setting Goals

By Anthony D Carter

Goal setting will play a vital part in your success. So it stands to reason that you want to start on a proper foundation. When it is done effectively goal setting involves four practical steps.

List Your Dreams

Write down whatever it is that you want to do. List all of your dreams. Whether it is writing the next great American novel, running a mile in five minutes or falling in love, you need to write it all down. You want keep that list of dreams in front of you so that you can actually look at it and build a plan around each item on that list.

Turn Your Dreams Into Goals

Break your dreams down into real, practical goals. This is best done by simply looking at your dream and thinking of what that really, literally means. So “being rich” means “having X amount of money, total”. Falling in love means “marrying the girl of your dreams”, etc. Dreams are broad and abstract. Whereas goals are literal and practical.

This plays to your advantage.  Because with some good planning and forethought you can set the process on autopilot. You want to make a plan which includes the daily weekly and monthly work habits that  are necessary to hit your goals. After you have it all mapped out then you simply set out to make it happen. You do not need to put much further thought into what needs to be done. You will do your work on a consistent basis, while occasionally checking your results for feedback to determine if you need to make any adjustments.

Break Them Down

Take your long term goal and break it down into chapters or a series of short term goals. For example, if you want to make that feature film, it would go like this: Learn about screenplay structure, make some short films to practice, write a script, get a budget, and finally, start filming. See, every goal, no matter how far off it seems, can be broken down into smaller, practical steps.

Put In The Work!

Just do it! You don’t want go through life just wishing, dreaming and hoping.  Embrace the challenge. No matter what  your goals are, there is certainly something that you can do RIGHT NOW to start to work towards them.

If you want to write a novel, you can write the first page right now. If you want to start a business, you can begin earning your start-up money with a smaller business. Selling items on auction sites can give you some instant cash. So get started. The key to hitting your goals lie in your determination to just start from where you are and continue moving forward daily.

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