Setting Goals To Set Goals
The topic of goal setting comes up commonly in our society and in many circles in today’s day and age. People recognize that goal setting is an important part of life yet we lack vision and the motivation to accomplish goals that we have set. We set goals for the New Year to lose weight, pay of debt or buy a particular car. With so many people setting goals in our society why are there so few goals being met? In today’s column I am going share with you secrets to setting goals and achieving them.
A recent survey by the Ford Motor Company has some very interesting insight into goal setting.
- 23% of people don’t have any goals.
- 67% of the population how the general idea of what they want but they don’t have any plans as to how to get it.
- 10% of the population have specific will define goals but even then seven out of those 10 people reach their goals only half the time. Additionally the top 3% of those studied back slates either goals 89% of the time.
So what we drive from this study personal we can see that many people do cycles. Approximately 67% of population do set goals but they don’t have any action stance steps as to how to get to where they want to go. We also find out that a significant number of people do not cycles to what is the most interesting about the study is that those people that do cycles and have action steps for those goals accomplish there goals nearly every time. My goal is to help you go from wanting to set goals, to setting personal goals, the setting action steps for those personal goals, and achieving those goals. Michael if you’re in the 67th percentile of the population is to get you into the 10% of the population and even into the top 3% of the population. Enter
The following five points will help the said effective goals that will make a difference in your life and help you achieve your goals.
- 1: Setting small goals build momentum.
Sometimes we set goals that are to grand to accomplish in one big swoop. It’s important to have large goals but once we’ve established our larger goals it’s important to step back and write down smaller goals. We need to learn to break things down into milestones that are achievable. The little successes create momentum to build on for greater successes. Sometimes we set a goal to do 5 things but only accomplish 4. That’s great because 4 things is better than 0. We feel good about achieving something and we’re going somewhere. Here’s an example of how small goals can build momentum.
Joey is an account manager for a large computer firm and he has a goal at the beginning of the month to hit a certain sales target. This new gold that Joey has set is a larger goal that he’s ever accomplished before and he feels that if he accomplishes this goal it will be a milestone. Joey continues the first week of his month with his goal in mind and on paper in front of him. He also has a positive attitude going forward and he’s up to face any obstacle. By the end of the first week he gets distracted and discouraged with little set backs. In the second week he rarely thinks about his goal. Now Joey is behind his target to achieve this goal and he puts it on the back burner instead of in front where he used to see it at the beginning of the month. Then to the month comes to an end and Joey feels disappointed that he did not accomplished his goal in full. Joey could have sent small goals that would help them build momentum to the bigger goal at the end of the month. The small goals could be calling “x” amount of clients in a day. Another small goal could be creating a better environment for him to succeed in his workplace. Joey could set a small goal of finding three new clients in that take for months. Accomplishing the small goals will hold Joey to his long term goal because he’s seeing progress with the small goals that have build momentum and progress toward the bigger goal.
- 2: You must have clarity in “why” you set your goal.
When you set a goal you must understand why you’re setting that goal and you must understand the rewards and consequences of reaching or failing to reach that goal. When you’re have clarity behind why you’re setting a goal you will have a stronger motivation towards achieving this goal. Sometimes in life we set goals but we’re not in tune with what the goals are. These goals might seem like they are the right thing to do, they may have positive implications for our family, for our jobs, for our children, for our church, for our friends or many other positive things. We back off from the goal because we do not have a clear mission path towards accomplishing this goal and we do not have a clearly defined reason “why” the goal is important to us. When we have passion and vision around why we’re setting a goal we will have now much more motivation towards accomplishing our goal. Take a brief moment and think of one of the goals the you’ve recently set and reflected one Y few setback cool. Now think about some of the additional motivations behind the goal that you set. Now that you think of these questions can you tell yourself that this goal has a deep resonating passion around it? If there is no passion behind your goal you will be very unlikely to accomplish it.
- 3: You need to have clearly defined expectations with your goals.
When goal setting you need to be realistic with the goals that you choose to set yet the same time you need to set goals that hit a high enough mark that the challenge you. Sometimes we place to live in expectation our cells from what the goal is that we desire to achieve that we actually scares sells out of even taking steps to word accomplishing that goal. For an example write a current goal that you are working towards right now. Now write down some expectations that you have with this goal. Ask yourself if you feel this goal is realistic. Now ask yourself what to you expect of your self to sacrifice or give up in order to accomplish your goal? Now ask yourself what expectations you have about your life when you do complete this goal? It is always important to evaluate your expectations and to define your goals.
- 4: Keep your goals in front of you.
Run with an assumption that if you do not put your goals up in a place that you will constantly see them that you will not accomplish them. Right Brain thinkers like myself especially need to put visual reminders of our goals in front of us. Some people use vision boards for vacation spots or insightful goals that they have, others use notepads or desktop backgrounds. Find a place to put your goals that you will see them on a daily basis, then they will not be forgotten.
- 5: What Legacy are you leaving behind with your goals?
I had the privilege of being on a conference call yesterday and a woman shared a story about her dad who had cancer. He was on his last days laying when he looked his daughter in the eyes and asked “Did I leave the right legacy behind? Did I remind you that you were loved and cared for?” The father wanted for his life to matter for the daughter. It did not matter what he thought of himself, all that mattered was knowing that his daughter feel like there was a legacy that was left behind.
It is vital to remember what is really important when you are setting goals. Sometimes we set goals for the wrong reasons and the pursuit of those goals will never have a lasting legacy. Achievement doesn’t always bring the rewards we think it will and that is why we need to evaluate what is really important in our lives. When we set goals that matter in the grand scope of our life then our goals and our legacy will be in alignment with each other.
So there you have my five Goals in Setting Goals.
- 1: Small goals build momentum
- 2: You must set clarity in “why” you set your goal
- 3: You need to have clearly defined expectations with your goals.
- 4: Keep your goals in front of you:
- 5: What Legacy are you leaving behind with your goals
This weeks Reflect and Apply
Using the five Goals in Setting Goals write down one or two goals and filter them with what you have learnt by reading this column. Make sure that you ask yourself “Why” You are setting your goal. Keep your goal in front of you on paper where you can see it. Then reflect about how you can set smaller goals to build momentum with your goal. Now that we have action steps to achieving our goal, let’s go for it.
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