| It is that time of year, GOAL SETTING TIME! First let’s address why goal setting is so important:
1. It builds Self Confidence! This is a big reason why we should set goals and it is also the excuse as why people do not like to set goals. You see, if you set a goal and reach it, it totally boosts our self-confidence. If we set a goal and do not reach it, it can diminish our self-confidence. However we cannot meet all goals, simply impossible. By setting reasonable, measureable goals and reaching 80% of them, that truly boosts our confidence. If on the other hand we do not reach the other 20% of them but choose to learn from that ‘failure’ that too can be a confidence booster. Learning is good for our self-confidence!
2. It gives us a sense of accomplishment. You know when you put a goal on the table, and meet it…. It feels so good. It does not matter if it is big or small, personal or business, the fact that ‘I DID IT’ – makes us feel productive. In today’s world it seems we accomplish less and less but are busier and busier! So by setting goals, we strike that needed balance of accomplishing something.
3. It perpetuates more activity. When we set a goal and accomplish it, often times it generates energy to do more! For example, if we set a goal to call 3 potential clients/customers and the first call goes really well, we have high energy and the other calls are a breeze! Always use the energy from setting and meeting goals to accomplish more. Ride that positive energy wave. So many times, we stop and talk ourselves into a ‘break’ and lose the momentum.
4. It moves us. Setting and achieving goals keeps us moving. Again in today’s world, we could spend all day every day on email, social media, and returning phone calls… these activities can all be reactive and being reactive mode has us feel like hamsters on their wheels at the end of the day. No one wants to feel like that, setting and achieving goals keeps us off the wheel. It is so much more fun.
5. It makes us happy! Research has shown that those with written goals are happier. I think that is just natural. Those with goals are in charge of their life. When we are feeling in charge of our life, we are happier. It is that simple!
6. It creates success, one step at a time. Most of us have a vision and by writing down your goals and working toward them you make that vision a reality! There is nothing more powerful and rewarding but truly creating the life that you know you can have.
7. It creates a BUZZ! Everyone wants to work with the ‘hot, buzzing’ company in town right? Well by setting and accomplishing goals, you create a natural buzz around you and your company. Success creates more success, like magic!
| So have I convinced you that this year it is time to write your goals down?! I hope so, here are some steps to make it easier: |
| Step 1: Be sure your vision is written. If it is not at the least create a vision board (pictures of your vision of the life that you have and want). |
Step 2: Look at your life in categories but the whole picture of your life. We, at Big Fish Nation, like to look at our lives in 8 specific areas:
• Personal/Spiritual Growth
• Health
• Business/Career
• Money
• Significant other
• Family and Friends
• Recreation
• Environment
By setting targeted goals in each area we naturally create more balance. This is critical to our overall success. |
| Step 3: Be sure that goals are measurable and only you know what kind of goal to set and if it is a stretch goal or not. Quite frankly, it matters most that you set it and reach for it. |
| Step 4: Next we set intentions for each of the 8 areas. Intentions are the way we need to be in order to make that goal happen. [My favorite example of this an example I can share from my own goals and intentions. My health intention is ‘buff’ – this is my intent, to be buff. So by stepping into that perspective it inspires me to work out, because of course a ‘buff’ person works out regularly. And a person that works out regularly is buff! So to stretch into the intention is an inspiration and ultimately helps us reach that way of being. ] |
| Step 5: Be sure that goals are written down…. Writing goals is a much more powerful exercise than if you just think about them and keep them in your head. |
If you are reading this article and would like our special ‘Big Fish One Page Goal Sheet’ please email me should you want the document to set your goals: Lorin@bigfishnation.com
Happy Goal Setting! |
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