What You Should Not Do When Setting Goals December 10, 2009
Posted by janey in : self improvement , trackbackThe biggest mistake when writing down your personal lifetime goals is not being honest with yourself. This is the one reason why so many people do not achieve their goals. And because many people do not achieve their goals, they think writing goals on paper is a waste of time.
When it comes to setting your goals, writing them down is recognized as one of the most effective ways to remind yourself what is your goal. This may be your goal in life or it may be your goal for the week. The real issue you need to get straight is why you are writing down your goals. Just think about this for a moment. If you are writing down your goals because you will forget them, then they cannot be very important to you. You must not be very serious about obtaining your goals and outcomes, especially when you are required to write them down to remember your goals. What this means is they must be fanciful goals like becoming a billionaire by next year or anything else that is impossible for you.
There is value in writing down your goals. The benefit of writing down your goals and referring to them regularly is so that you can keep your focus and not get distracted, which can be easy when friends come calling. You must agree that this is a good thing.
Another reason why it good for you to write down your goals is that by reading them regularly you are more likely to achieve them, if they are reasonable and within your reach.
Also writing down your goals enables you to measure your progress towards achieving what you are aiming for. It helps when you have mini goals that are steps along the way to achieving your larger goal and, just by doing this, allows you to record your successes. Recording your successes then encourages you to push ahead to the achieving the next step towards the heights of success you are climbing.
One of the more important reasons for writing down your goals is they will begin to appear to be more believable for you to achieve. This is especially so when your goals fit in with your underlying life’s purpose. When you have a mission statement that defines why you want to achieve what you set out to do, then you will find yourself able to succeed in many more of your little pursuits and endeavors. Here is the biggest mistake you can make when deciding to take control of your destiny and achieve what you desire to obtain out of life. If you cannot be absolutely truthful with yourself, and acknowledge your present circumstances, and why you want to change them, you are impeding your chances for success. This can be very confronting, but it has to be done. The more cuttingly honest you are with your own self, the greater are the possibilities of succeeding. And not only success when it comes to achieve goal, but also doing them in record time.
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