The following guest post is posted on the Blog “Business-Opportunities.biz” by Scott Quitter of A Couple of Quitters.
While there isn’t one perfect way to set goals, there are ways to increase your chances of success. These tips come from personal experience-the best teacher.
- Only set a few meaningful goals that you are serious about achieving, goals that will have a big impact on your life if you were to accomplish them.
- Think about where you want to be in the future and set goals that will move you in that direction.
- Once your goals are set, focus on the most important one as your primary goal.
- Write out a broad, step-by-step plan on how you will achieve your primary goal.
- Work on subordinate goals as time, energy, and enthusiasm permits.
- Review all your goals bi-weekly or monthly. Review your primary goal daily or at least weekly.
- Be willing to cross any goal off your list if you change your mind about it.
- Set up a reward or consequence (or both) for keeping you on track and moving closer to achieving your goal (consequences are far more effective than rewards).
- Enlist the help of a spouse, partner, friend, co-worker or relative to establish accountability.
Some examples of effective consequences:
- Missing the Sunday football game
- Missing your favorite weekly TV shows
- No video games for a week
- No online gaming for a week
- No computer for a week
- No non-essential phone use for a week
- No trip to your favorite restaurant
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