How To Set A Goal and Achieve It

“The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.”  – Og Mandino

Og Mandino has written some great books …… The Greatest Salesman in the World (part 1 and 2), Secrets for Success and Happiness,just to name a few of my favorites.

Do you set goals on a daily, weekly or monthly, yearly basis?   Do your goals stretch you?

I am sure you have heard the acronym of SMART goals.  If you haven’t, or haven’t thought about it lately, SMART goals are:

Specific

Measureable

Attainable

Realistic

Timeframe established

Do you set goals for yourself?  Do you set base goals and stretch goals?  Sometimes you might even want to establish big audacious goals.  No matter what, we all set goals at some time or another, whether small or audacious, that we sometimes do not achieve.

So I want to ask you, why not realistically stretch yourself as you are setting your goals?  If you don’t, no one else will do it for you.  But when I say stretch yourself, don’t make your goals unattainable.  They need to be possible, but not small.

One thing some of the most successful people have in common is they take the time to list their goals and create a blueprint of how to achieve them.

Written goals without an action plan of how you are going to achieve them are probably not worth the piece of paper they are written on.

One other part of the equation is speaking those goals publicly to someone you respect, love or who you know will hold you accountable.  If no one else knows your goals besides you, it’s really easy to not work on them.

Your goals don’t have to be just business related, they can be personal as well.  What are you inspired by, what do you believe in?  What do you dream of achieving that will support your passions for making a difference? Those are a part of your core vales.    Your core values are what help shape you as you move through life.  Your values are also what determines your inner beliefs.  Those inner beliefs in yourself and your ability to achieve drive the cogs in your wheel.

What big goals are you going to set for yourself in the next 30 days?