Do you ask yourself what your full potential is? Do you feel like you are falling short of where you should be and feel frustrated most of the time with where you are at in life? And the thing is, you know you are smart and you know you have and can develop your skills.
Don't be hard on yourself if this sounds a little like you. Many Americans, and people around the globe, are in the same boat, so it isn't just you. You just need to learn what the many successful, goal-oriented people are doing to achieve success.
You can change your life, and give it meaning and purpose, by learning how to achieve goals. Setting and reaching goals is a habit, and like all habits, they take time and conscious effort to develop into long-lasting ones.
It may sound simplistic to say that the reason you are having trouble right now is because you do not know how to achieve goals. Although not all problems stem from this inability, most problems can be solved with effective goal setting.
Take someone who's having trouble with their finances. They've been meaning to address it for some time, but they just never have gotten around to it. So months after they first notice the problem, they're still in the same boat, wondering why.
You must have a way to get where you are at now to where you want to be. Write down where you are at now, and then write down how you want your life to be once your goal has been achieved. Next, label every step you have to take to get to your goal. If one step seems to big, then keep breaking the step down into smaller steps.
A specific time frame is also important to achieve your goals. Goal-oriented people do not just set a time line for their ultimate goal, they also set a time frame for each individual step they have to take to reach their goal. For example, write down "July 30th, 2011" instead of "Summer 2011".
If you honestly apply just these two steps to an area of your life, you should see almost an immediate difference. Goal setting and achieving has to be a way of life, a habit, for it to be effective. And think about it, you deserve success!
Don't be hard on yourself if this sounds a little like you. Many Americans, and people around the globe, are in the same boat, so it isn't just you. You just need to learn what the many successful, goal-oriented people are doing to achieve success.
You can change your life, and give it meaning and purpose, by learning how to achieve goals. Setting and reaching goals is a habit, and like all habits, they take time and conscious effort to develop into long-lasting ones.
It may sound simplistic to say that the reason you are having trouble right now is because you do not know how to achieve goals. Although not all problems stem from this inability, most problems can be solved with effective goal setting.
Take someone who's having trouble with their finances. They've been meaning to address it for some time, but they just never have gotten around to it. So months after they first notice the problem, they're still in the same boat, wondering why.
You must have a way to get where you are at now to where you want to be. Write down where you are at now, and then write down how you want your life to be once your goal has been achieved. Next, label every step you have to take to get to your goal. If one step seems to big, then keep breaking the step down into smaller steps.
A specific time frame is also important to achieve your goals. Goal-oriented people do not just set a time line for their ultimate goal, they also set a time frame for each individual step they have to take to reach their goal. For example, write down "July 30th, 2011" instead of "Summer 2011".
If you honestly apply just these two steps to an area of your life, you should see almost an immediate difference. Goal setting and achieving has to be a way of life, a habit, for it to be effective. And think about it, you deserve success!
About the Author:
April Ladrey is passionate about achieving her goals. Are you? Check out her practical blog on goals setting. Also, find out why writing goals down is so key to achieving your dreams!
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