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average human being has the ability to achieve almost
anything. Lack of basic capability is rarely the problem,
but rather finding our what you want and being willing
to sacrifice, change, and grow to satisfy the want.
In
the sales training seminars I conduct throughout the
country, I teach a 20-step system of goal setting to
help people achieve and I firmly believe it can be applied
to all walks of life. Here it is:
1.
If it's not in writing, it's not a goal. An unwritten
want is a wish, a dream, a never-happen. If it's in
writing, it's a commitment.
2.
If it's not specific, it's not a goal. Broad desires
and lofty aims have no effect. It must be concrete.
3.
Goals must be believable. If you don't believe you
can achieve a goal, you won't pay the price for it.
4.
An effective goal is an exciting challenge. It must
demand your best and a bit more or it isn't going to
change your ways and elevate your lifestyle.
5.
Goals must be adjusted to new information. Adjust
them down if they become unbelievable or up if they're
too easy.
6.
Dynamic goals guide our choices. If you want it
badly enough, you'll turn off the TV and get to it.
Goals will show you the right way to go on most decisions.
7.
Don't set short-term goals for more than 90 days.
If you set a short-term goal that takes more than 90
days, you may lose interest.
8.
Maintain a balance between long-term and short-term
goals. Long-term goals tend to be hidden in a fog
of the future, so have some short-term goals – like
clothes, cars, vacations - to keep your excitement up.
9.
Include your loved ones in your goals. Involve them
and they'll buck you up when you need encouragement.
10.
Set goals in all areas of your life. Have other
goals besides career objectives.
11.
Your goals must harmonize. Whenever you detect a
conflict, set priorities that will eliminate the conflict.
12.
Review your goals regularly. Remember, long-term
goals can only be achieved if they are the culmination
of short-term goals.
13.
Set vivid goals. Define not only what you want but
by when you want it, and concentrate on it for a few
moments every day.
14.
Don't chisel your goals in granite. Sometimes you
have to change goals to conform to your growing awareness
of what's really important in your life.
15.
Reach out into the future. The idea of goal setting
is to plan your life rather than taking it as it comes.
Begin by setting 20-year goals. Then 10-year, five-year,
30-month, 12-month, monthly, weekly, and finally goals
for tomorrow and each day for the coming week.
16.
Have a set of goals for every day, and review results
each night.
17.
Train yourself to crave your goals. Visualize yourself
possessing what you've set your goals for.
18.
Set activity goals, not production goals. Activity
will lead to production by itself.
19.
Understand luck, and make it work for you. Expect
good things to happen, and they probably will.
20.
Start now. Give goal-setting two hours of concentrated
focus through today. Then set aside 10 minutes a day
for the next 21 days to review and revise. After that,
two minutes a day and one hour a week is all it will
take to keep you on track.
Try
this system if you want to achieve your goals and within
21 days you'll be well on your way to an immensely greater
and richer future.
You
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