Your goal setting checklist!

Learning how to set goals – real goal setting that produces rapid results – isn’t difficult, it only seems that way – mostly because it is so easy to confuse ‘setting your goals’ with ‘achieving your goals’.

It is easy to confuse the action with the result.

Achieving your goal is a result, a result of all the actions you took that moved you in the direction of that goal. Sometimes it only takes a few actions to reach a goal, other times it takes many actions – sometimes repeated over and over – to achieve your goal.

But no matter how big your goal is or how many actions it will take to reach it, the very first action that you have to take is to SET A GOAL.

Setting your goal is an action. It is the most important action because if you mess up here, you will probably struggle to reach your goals.

In order to improve your life, in order to manifest or create those things that you want, you have to set strong, powerful goals. Nothing in your life will change until you decide to change it by setting goals and then taking action to reach those goals.

Here is a goal setting checklist to help you get the most out of your effort:

1. Know what you want.

Do you know what you want? Are you sure?

The more you know about your goal or dream, the more details and the more specific you are about it, the better your chances are of actually getting what you want. You wouldn’t walk into the supermarket and let some stranger fill your shopping cart with random items, would you? No, you pick and choose those things that you want. Your life is the same way. You have to pick and choose exactly what you want.

2. Commit to reaching your goal.

Are you committed to reaching your goal?

When you are fully committed to creating a change in your life, you tap into great reservoirs of strength that lie hidden within you, just waiting for you to use.  You find yourself willing to go the extra step, to do more, to risk more, to grow more. But this only happens if you commit yourself.   Don’t set goals that you are not committed to achieving. You will only waste your time and energy and find yourself frustrated and stuck.

3. Be willing to take action every day.

Are you willing to take real action every day?

Action is the engine that powers the creation process. The more specific actions that you take towards your goal, the faster you will get there. Reaching a goal is a journey, each step carries you closer and closer to your desired result. The more actions you take and the more often that you take them, the faster and easier it becomes to reach your goal. If you only work on your goals on the weekends, or only when you feel like it, or only when the sun is shining, it will take you infinitely longer to see your goals realized. Taking action every day though, will build momentum, which will increase your effectiveness and allow you to get the rapid results that you want.

How are you doing on your goals?

Are you clear on what you want? Are you committed to achieving your goals? Are you willing to take action every day?

Great! Then you are on your way to becoming a master goal setter. As you get better at setting goals, you will get better at achieving goals and the better you will be able to create the life and the lifestyle that you truly desire.

Are you making these goal setting mistakes?

When it comes to goal setting, nothing is more important than learning to do it right! In fact, learning how to set goals effectively is right up there on the list of important things that you can do to improve your life.

But if you are not doing it right, you could be holding yourself back.

To help you stay out of that trap, I want to share with you the top 5 goal setting mistakes that you absolutely must avoid if you are serious about making real changes in your life.

Mistake #1. Your Goal is Too Big. Often, the really big goals that you want can seem scary. There may be more than a few things between where you are now and where you want to be, and getting there can seem downright impossible.

How to avoid this trap: Take your big scary goals and break them down into smaller, less frightening ones. For example, rather than setting a goal like making a million dollars a year, you might be better off first aiming for one hundred thousand dollars a year, then when you hit that goal you can set your sights higher.

Mistake #2. Your Goal is Too Small. This is the opposite of the previous mistake. If your goals are too small it becomes easy to get distracted by other things and you wind up never getting around to your goals.

How to avoid this trap: Strong goals are ones that take you out of your comfort zone. Be certain that your goals are big enough to keep your interest long enough to achieve them.

Mistake #3. Your Goals Are Too Vague. If you are not specific about your goals, you will have a hard time deciding the correct steps to take. You might not even be able to figure out the next steps to take, because you don’t know where you are going. This is like trying to find your way through a busy city while blindfolded – you never know which direction to turn.

How to avoid this trap: Always make your goals as specific as possible. The more details that you know about your goal, the better. This doesn’t just mean the color or the size or the shiny features of your dream, it means be specific about how you will ‘feel’ when you achieve this goal.

Mistake #4. You Set Conflicting Goals. There may be times when you find yourself with two or more goals that seem to conflict with each other. For example, one of your goals might be to spend more time with your family, and another might be to move your career to the next level, which could require you to spend more time at work. Situations like this usually cause you to freeze up and not achieve either of your goals.

How to avoid this trap: You should examine each of your goals and see what you hope to get when you reach them. If any of your reasons for wanting the goals conflict with each other, you either have to make a decision about which of the goals is more important to you, or you can try to balance your goals – perhaps by meeting somewhere in the middle.

Mistake #5. You Are Not Setting Goals At All. I know that it sounds crazy, but some people talk about all these big goals that they have, but they never really set a goal and work towards achieving it. The reality is that it is impossible for you to hit a target that you are not aiming for, yet that is just what many people do!

How to avoid this trap: SET GOALS! By many estimates, only 3% of people set goals and write them down. Those are the people who are achieving their goals and changing their lives.

You can do that too.

Get serious about the things that you want to achieve. Form them into goals and write them down!

If you avoid these common mistakes when setting goals, you will be well on your way to something more important – like achieving your goals and then going after bigger and bigger goals.

How to set goals to attract success and manifest abundance.

Here we go! Another year, another wonderful series of opportunities for you to reach out and claim your dreams!  Yes, it’s goal setting time!

No matter what happened in your life last year, no matter what challenges you faced, or what your results were, you CAN make this year a fantastic year!

You can make this the year that you attract the success you desire, the year that you manifest the abundance you crave!

The key is in your mindset!

Master your mindset and you will no longer be wondering HOW to create your best year ever… you will be LIVING your best year ever!

The truth is that much of your ability to attract success or manifest abundance in your life begins and ends with your mental attitude. Which means that if you are struggling with success or abundance or anything else you are trying to create in your life, the solution to your challenge lies in your mindset as well.

Here are 4 tips from the Inner Circle Success Library to help you set goals that will empower you to attract success and abundance:

1. Define Your Dream – Every goal you set, every dream you pursue should be crystal clear in your mind. The more defined and detailed your dream, the more powerful your manifesting ability becomes. You should know every last detail of your dream or goal.
2. Write It Down – Do you remember the last 5 great ideas that you had? You would if you had written them down! Get in the habit of writing down everything – your goals and dreams, your to-do lists, your brilliant ideas, your silly ideas… Get them down before they disappear.
3. Take Action Every Day – There is something you can do everyday to move you closer to your dreams. Remember, even small actions can produce tremendous results! Especially on those days when you ‘don’t feel like it’!! Do something every day!
4. Be Bold – Go after your biggest dream. Doing anything less weakens you and lessens your power to focus. If you are not going after your biggest dream it will hang over your head dragging you down… whatever excuses you create to justify not pursuing that dream will weigh on you and influence all of your decisions and actions. Either move towards your big dream, or set it aside and free up the energy and attention you devote to it.

Start today, right now, and you can begin creating a life of success and abundance. Learning how to set goals doesn’t have to be a scary process. The most important thing is to get those dreams down on paper so you can work with them and begin planning to attract success!

Peace,

Bob Crawford
Success Coach, Speaker
and creator of Growing Your SELF!

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