To learn which of your
personal goal setting is most important to you, I give you some
guidelines so that you will get a clear overview.
If
you do not know what you desire, start with a brainstorm. If you
followed the steps that are outlined on this website I suppose you know
now exactly what you want and you are trying to make an
outline to work on. In both cases:
Make
a
list of all your goals
Big or small write them
all down.
Then
prioritize your goals by weighing them
On a
scale from 1 to 10 you give all your goals a mark: the most important
personal goal setting a
10 and the least a 1 or what they are worth to you. Pick the
3-7 most important goals and focus on them.
If you
have big goals, then take fewer. In any case, more then 7 is not
attainable. You will loose the overview and will get frustrated if you
do so. That will decrease your energy.
Put
a
time frame to your goals
Highlight
your 1 year goals, your 3 year goals, 5 year goals and 10 year
goals.
Simplify each
of your goals by breaking it into steps. Keep in mind the resources,
assistance and knowledge you may need to attain before accomplishing
your ultimate goal.
Long Term
Goals: 10-year, 5-year and 1-year goals
Short Term
Goals: goals for the next 9 months, 6 months and
3 months
Immediate Goals: 1-30 days from
now
You best do this by keeping the
end result in mind. For instance, if you want a new car, ask yourself
what you need to do before you get the car:
get
the car!
make the paperwork all right;
purchase
the car;
apply for a car loan;
taking
test drives with the cars that you can afford;
look
at your financial possibilities, the worth of your current car, your
income, your other responsibilities;
look at
different models, their properties and prices .
So
you start with the last point on the task list. If you don't know all
steps they will come up in your mind when you have written down what
you can imagine to do.
It is more difficult with
long term goals. In this case it is better to make a global scheduling
and make only a specific plan for the next six to twelve months. Try to
anticipate obstacles and develop plans for dealing with them. Make your
plan flexible, things don't always go as projected.
You
will be busy for a time to make your personal goal setting plan that
specific. If
you want to achieve your goals you have to prepare it well.
Ready?
You have done a great job.
Personal Development
Now
look
at your goals again:
Do they stretch
outside your comfort zone, but not so far that you can not attain it?
Good.
Do you have included time deadlines, dollar amounts,
etc..? Good.
There are mixed opinions on how
specific the deadline dates on goals should be. Some people cannot
handle deadlines and time pressure and work better without. Other
people like this little pressure and become more energetic by it.
Deadlines
and other specific demands can also be a good way to monitor your
advantages. Did you achieve what you wanted? Why? Or why not? Did you
estimate the time for different tasks well? Or did you procrastinate?
Never
judge yourself negative if you did not achieve your personal goal
setting in the time
frame you wanted, look what you can learn, learn it and go ahead in a
different way.
Use
a
"to do" list for taking daily actions
Using a "to
do" list and prioritizing your goals regularly is a useful technique.
Sometimes you will get bogged down in day-to-day busyness and you might
overlook the steps needed to get to your goals. Be sure to integrate
the goals into your "to do" list daily or weekly (at least), then put
the highest priority goals at the top and take action on those first
Use
a
goals journal
Use a goals journal to write your
goals and review your goals regularly and write the steps for the day
on your “to do list”. Re-evaluate and rewrite your main goals every
three to six months. Because things change, you may find that what you
wanted a few months ago is not exactly what you want now. Be sure to
review sub-goals, steps and strategies.
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