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Tips and Tricks on How to Write Goals That Can Tremendously Affect Your Future and Business
November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Regardless of what you are planning for, there are a couple of basic tricks to learning how to write goals that you can truly reach. These tricks will work regardless of whether you desire to lose a few pounds, run a 5K, or tone up your flabby arms. These tricks to accomplishment are to make your goals attainable and as definite as possible.
If your goals are not reasonable, then you are sure to fail no matter what you do. When you at the end of the day understand you have failed, the setback can be devastating.
Let us consider losing weight as a case in point. If you state you wish to lose thirty pounds by the end of the year and it is already mid-November you have practically no likelihood of really achieving that goal. When the end of the year arrives you will be disappointed no matter how much weight you did manage to lose.
A practical substitute may be to state you want to lose 6 pounds in that time frame. This is something that could truly occur, and in fact you could lose some extra pounds and beat the goal.
Your probability of success are much higher with the lower, more pragmatic goal. Yet, it still doesn’t hurt to keep the hope of losing a few extra pounds in your mind. This will push you to work harder, increasing your odds of success all the more.
If you attain your goal of six pounds you will feel successful, but if you reach the higher mental goal you will feel an added surge of satisfaction. Either way, you come out a success.
So, how do you monitor your progress and measure success in the end? The second secret is to make sure your goals are as precise as possible.
Think of our prior example of losing six pounds by the end of the year. A generalized goal may be that you want to look exquisite on New Year’s Eve. There is very little here by which to measure progress.
To get specific, you should amend this goal to say you want to lose six pounds and fit into a certain dress for New Year’s Eve. As long as the dress size is realistic, you can now gauge progress by trying on the dress occasionally and you will know exactly when you meet the goal.
These two tricks to learning how to write goals that result in success depend on your knowing exactly what you really want. Once you know where you want to go, you can set exact and realistic goals which will in due course lead to that destination.
For further information on exactly “what are goals?” and how best to accomplish them, go to GoalsSettingTips.com
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