How to Set Goals

How to set goals? Like all things, its actually quite a simple process – once you’ve done the ground work, which is:

• Step 1 – Understand yourself first. We are all unique and have our own natural talents, abilities and personality – but have you thought about how this affects the way you set and achieve goals?
• Step 2 – Get the ‘Big-Picture’ first, and always keep your eye on it. Work out what you REALLY want, not what you think you want. And work out what you can realistically do and achieve.
• Step 3 – Set SMART Goals and document your goals using the proven SMART goal setting process.

These are the foundations or the ‘rocks’ of your goal setting process. They set the direction for your goals, so it’s really important to put the time into working them out properly. And they are unique to you, which is why only you can do it.

Once you’ve worked this out, you can prioritize and set your goals! You’ve probably heard of SMART Goals, well ours are SMARTer , which guarantees your goals contain all the necessary components to maximise your goal setting success.

Goal setting is of course an on-going and dynamic process. Your priorities and therefore your goals will change from time to time (for example if you start a family) and when this happens, it’s important to sit down and go through the goal setting process again.

Also as you grow older and mature, your motivators and drivers will change so on-going review is necessary to make sure your goals are still relevant to you.

What you want when you’re 20 will not be the same as what you want when you are 40. But armed with these skills, it is a tool for life – no matter what stage you’re at or how old you are.

The Personal Strategic Plan offered by GoalsGuy is a step-by–step program that leads you through the goal setting process, and delivers a strategic plan of attack for your to achieve YOUR goals. It is based on the premise that life will not go according to plan, if you do not have a plan to begin with. The Personal Strategic Plan also helps you identify what’s really important to YOU – and that’s what’s REALLY important.