Achieving goals

Now that you have established goals with a strong goal statement and you are ready to work with a structure to achieving those goals. We will visit value-based goals later, for now let's touch on the goals that are exactly what you want not something that sounds good. Let's go over seven steps for you to review for your achieving your goals.

1.)Keep your goals foremost in your mind. Write them down in your business journal that is a good way of making sure you don't forget or overlook them. Find some way to keep focused on them. Review your goals daily. This way it will remind you of everything you have to do daily to get you closer to making your goals a reality.

2.)Be on the lookout for goal hijackers. Goals and actions must work together. For example, if you have a goal of spending more time with your family, taking a job that includes 90 percent travel is going to hijack that goal. As you are making decisions, ask yourself does this activity bring me closer to my goal or does it move be further from it, if the answer is "closer to" then you are on the right track. If the answer is "further from" the goal, then it will be a good idea to rethink and see if you can rework it to "closer to". It is natural to sway from your goals from time to time. However, if you keep the goal in mind it will be easier to get back on track, remember goal highjackers and it will help you to recognize the difference between swaying from a goal and being confronted with a goal highjacker.



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