Goal setting is the process of deciding on something you want, planning how to get it, and then working
towards the objective.
Personal Goals (Social, Emotional, Financial, family & friends, Acquisitions)
Professional Goals
Spiritual Goals
Academic / Learning Goals
Specific Measureable Achievable Realistic Timed
Most of us start with strong motivation, but somewhere along the line, we tend to lose our momentum towards achieving pour set-goals. We face "Goal Paralysis".
The reason most people don't reach their goals is that they don't define them, or seriously consider them as believable or achievable.
Faith & Conviction in your Goal is mandatory!
Setting unrealistic goals
Underestimating completion time
Not appreciating failure
Not reviewing Progress
Setting Negative Goals
Setting too many goals
Setting "Other People's Goals"
Planning and Execution are important for Goal Setting. However, there is something else that is more
important for achieving a goal... Motivation
Stephen Covey has succinctly put it. "Motivation is fire from within. If someone else tries to light that
fire under you, chances are that it will burn very briefly." Thus, Intrinsic Motivation is the best form of
Motivation.
Unexpected challenges
Stress and pressure
Emotional issues
Mismatch between concept and reality
Failure at a point
Procrastination
Specific Measureable Achievable
Visualise:
your goal all over again. It is noted that Visualizing is far more powerful than writing. Human beings are the sum total of what they think about and focus on the
most.
Realign:
Keep the operational Goals small.
Prioritize which goals are most important for you to focus on right now. Sometimes we may have too many goals to confuse us.
Identify the limiting beliefs that are holding you back from moving forward. Replace them with new healthy belief systems
Use WIFM - what's in (it) for me: costs and gains
Reconnect:
Don't set very low goals... Higher Goals lead to a greater effect.
Identify environments and activities that unlock energy and creativity.
Positive self talk & self affirmations - Change the inner script primed for failure and criticism
Reassess strengths and weakness
If your Goals seem very big, divide it into Short Term Goals and Long Term Goals. Remember, your Short Term Goals are the stepping stones to your Long Term
Goals.