Goal Setting, 11 Easy Steps

1. Set your goals as large as possible think big! This will create excitement, the desire to achieve your goals, and a sense of challenge.
2. Be specific in describing your goals.  A clear and specific statement can be helpful in keeping you focused. Writing your goals in the present tense, as if you have already achieved them, can be a very powerful tool. This helps to create the belief that you can achieve your goals.
3. Write your goals down and tell others about them. It is also a good idea to include pictures, objects , and other representational items to describe them.
4. Use both logic and creativity in developing your goals; for example, use visualization exercises to help you.
5. List the blocks and barriers between you and your goals and formulate a plan to overcome them.
6. Break down the tasks involved into daily units.
7. Discipline yourself to take the necessary steps to achieve your goals.  Develop your willpower.
8. Don’t worry too much about how to achieve your goals.  Having some clear first steps worked out is often a more effective approach than a detailed plan of action.
9. Be flexible.  Review your goals from time to time, and adjust them where necessary.
10. Assume success rather than failure and try not to concern yourself with whether you can or cannot achieve your goals. Learn to trust that the process will deliver them. This creates and expectation that the goals will be achieved.
11. Take responsibility for the outcome positive or negative.

Reward yourself when you achieve your goals!