If you can achieve 100% of your goals
with little effort, then you are not pushing yourself enough. You want
goals that are about 70% attainable - 30% attainable and your goal is TOO hard.
It is important to incorporate all areas of life into your goal setting. We need balance. If we neglect our family because we are too focused on friends or neglect our work because we are exercising too much – that is out of balance.
It is important to incorporate all areas of life into your goal setting. We need balance. If we neglect our family because we are too focused on friends or neglect our work because we are exercising too much – that is out of balance.
TIPS
FOR WRITING DOWN YOUR GOALS:
1. Make a
list of things you are grateful for from this past year. This will help you prioritize your life’s dreams and goals.
2. Ask
yourself what areas of your life need improvement: faith, marriage, family,
finance, fun, work, fitness, diet, etc.
3. Brain
storm and write down 5-10 goals. These goals should include things you want to work on in each area of life: faith, family, finance,
etc.
4. Edit
your goals using the SMART
criteria: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-sensitive. (see related article by Jim Rohn)
5. Focus on the areas that need improvement (not your strong areas) and narrow
your list to three major goals that meet the SMART criteria and incorporate the
major desires of your original ten goals. (More than 3 is too much to focus
on).
6. Break
your goals into quarterly, monthly, and weekly goals.
7. Track your goal achievement somehow. You will
need a chart or weekly journal where you can write down how successful you were
that week and what areas need improvement for the following week. This doesn't have to take long but is VERY important.
If one of your top three goals is a Young Living goal,
share it with us. If your Young Living goal only made the minor list – that’s
OK. Please let us know what your priorities are so we can focus our collected efforts.
It is very important to us to see all our friends thrive as human persons - striving
together to build a culture of life, love, joy, and good!
Please a leave a comment below. Let’s encourage one another!
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