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Goals Should Be Compelling

December 3, 2009

Remember, your goals are not a to-do list. You don’t need a long list – one or two at the most in each section will be more than enough. You do not need to know how you are going to accomplish the goal just that it is something that will make you feel happy/good/self-fulfilled once it is accomplished. Play with the list for a while to see how you feel about these items as they start making their way onto the page. If you start to feel worried or burdened, “How will I ever do this,” reconsider whether it belongs on your list at all.

Choose a variety of goals – some fun and easy to knock out within 1 week, 1 month, then start stretching yourself so that you have at least one goal that will take all year to accomplish. As you confirm each goal, then take some time to map out an action plan for accomplishing each item – with dates and specific to-do actions.

 

Hold Yourself Accountable

 

One of the most important things that will help you succeed in achieving your goals is to proclaim them to the world. Share them with your family, your colleagues and friends. Post them on your desk where you can see them every day. Carry them in your notebook if you travel. As you share them, each time you speak about them, you are making them more and more real. The spoken word is very powerful, and the very act of saying them out loud builds energy towards the actualization of a dream, a vision, and turning it into action, which in turn creates reality.

 

Proclaim your future!

 

Sure, this year is one we want to move out of as quickly as possible. However, let us not forget the lessons we paid so dearly to learn this year. Remember the three axioms so important for implementing change:

1.      Take an honest look in the mirror. Be brutally honest with where you are right now. Don’t sugar coat the reflection, but don’t judge yourself either. Try to remain objective.

2.      Accept your situation without blaming yourself or anyone else for your current condition. Take responsibility for what you have control over.

3.      Now that you have a solid understanding of where you currently are, you can build the path towards your new future that excites and motivates you to go out each day.

 

Good luck and best wishes for a happy, successful and fulfilling 2010!

Read my first two blog posts of this series titled, "A Guide to Setting Goals" and "Create Compelling Goals" on The Rawls Group website.

Posted by Ricci M. Victorio on December 3, 2009 | Comments (1)