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Essential Key To
Success: Goal Setting
Jared Winston
You know what most
successful people have in common? The answer is simple: goal setting. In
these current and ever more chaotic times, carefully setting goals is
far more important than aimlessly plowing through busywork. For
instance, take a look at Bill Gates. Barely into adulthood he founded
Microsoft and now he is the head of a huge software empire… and he
doesn't even have a university degree! Goal setting is what made him
(and all other achievers around the world) a successful person. The
ability of planning and setting personal goals really can make the
difference between being stuck on a lousy job for life or being able to
live your dream.
Of course, not everyone's dream is to own a gigantic software company.
There are many other goals; almost as many as there are people. But
whichever your own personal goal is, you must have very clear
understanding of a key concept: organization. Knowing how to be
organized is the basis of successful goal setting.
But being organized is useful not only for goal setting, but also for
ensuring that you actually get to accomplish the goals you set for
yourself. Planning step by step is a smart way to go. Other important
things to have in mind is to be realistic (there is no point in setting
extremely hard to achieve goals, because when you actually see that you
can't reach that goal you will end up losing confidence in yourself),
and you should also keep in mind that achieving your goals will not
happen immediately.
A great goal setting idea is to sit down and write down every single
goal you may think of. Once you have all of your goals written down on a
piece of paper, start eliminating impossible or unrealistic goals (i.e.
"buying a boat next month"). Then, take the time to carefully sort the
remaining listed goals by difficulty, from easier to harder (for
instance, "buying a new car" is somehow easier to achieve than "buying a
new house").
The next step is to assign a realistic estimated date of achievement for
each of the items on that list. Be careful not to set the deadline too
short or you just may end up frustrating yourself, but also beware not
to set it too far away in time: that will not be useful at all. After
you have written down a deadline for each of your goals, re-sort the
list by date, and start doing your best to achieve the first goal in
your list. Focus on one goal at a time, and put all your efforts to get
the thing done.
Set your goals carefully and there will be virtually nothing that can
stop you. Simple but powerful, goal setting is a great tool to improve
your life in any way you want, and will help you to be called an
achiever. Finding a husband or wife, having your own company, climbing
up into a much better position on your current job, getting a new house
or even becoming a classic cars collector: any goal can be achieved if
you really take goal setting seriously.
Copyright ©
Jared Winston, 2006. All Rights Reserved.
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