How
often do you review your goals? Annually or Bi-annually? If so, you are
definitely ahead of people who have not set theirs. Nevertheless, I recommend a
more frequent review period that will seem like overkill for some people; I
personally believe this is a key to maintaining focus on your goals and
actually making them a reality. The key habit to actualizing your goals is
to review your goals at least once a week.
Truth
be said, if you don’t think of your goals, you might not be able to actualize
them. The fact that you are not doing anything about your goals makes it a
wish. And trust me, a wish is simply you hoping it happens. If you are yet to
set your goals yet, I highly recommend you do so.
In
order to actualize your goals, you need to take the following steps:
1. Set
your goals: See and think about your life goals.
2. Set
action tasks for each goal.
3. Do
the action tasks – once a day is ideal.
4. Motivate
yourself to stay focused.
5. Review
your goals often; weekly is ideal.
Here’s
the process I recommend:
· Once
a year (New Year is convenient, but really any time is good) you should review
what you’ve done this year, and set your goals for the next 12 months. Yearly
goals should be mini-goals of your life goals.
· At
the beginning (or end) of each month, review your progress for the past month,
and set your goals for the coming month. Set easily achievable goals — it’s
better to set your sights low (at least at first) and achieve them than to set
them too high and fail. Monthly goals should be mini-goals of your overall
yearly goals.
· At
a set time each week (e.g. Saturday), review your progress for the week, and
set goals for the new week. These goals should be mini-goals for your monthly
goals. For each of these goals, list a few action steps. Then schedule the
action steps throughout the week (one step per day is ideal).
· Each
day, when planning your day, make your goal action step for that day be one of
your most important activity for the day. Do it first thing in the morning.
Once you complete it, you have done something awesome for that day — you’ve
taken a small step towards making your dreams come true!
The
key is to review these goals and set action steps each week. If you only do it
once a year, or even once a month, you won’t remember them on a daily basis.
If
you fall off your weekly review, just re-focus yourself and start again the
next week. Do not let small mistake stop you from achieving your goals!
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