How to Set a
Goal (long-term)
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| Long-Term Goal. |
A major
reason for procrastination and lack of motivation is vagueness, confusion, and
fuzzy-mindedness about what you are trying to do and in what order and for what
reason. You must avoid this common condition with all your strength by striving
for ever grater clarity in your major goals and tasks.
There
is one quality that one must possess to win, and that Is definiteness of
purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to achieve it.
NAPOLEON HILL
Here is a
great rule for success:
Think on
paper.
Only
about 3 percent of adults have clear, written goals. There people accomplish
five and ten times as much as people of equal or better education and ability
but who, for whatever reason, have never taken the time to write out exactly
what they want.
There
is a powerful formula for setting and achieving goals that you can use for the
rest of your life. It consists of seven simple steps. Any one of these steps
can double and triple your productivity if you are not currently using it.
Step
one: Decide exactly what you want. Either decide
for yourself or sit down with your boss and discuss your goals and objectives
until you are crystal clear about what is expected of you and in what order of
priority. It is amazing how many people are working away, day after day, on
low-value tasks because they have not had this critical discussion with their
managers.
One of the
very worst uses of time is to do
Something
very well that need not be done at all.
“Before
you begin scrambling up the ladder of success,
Make
sure that it is leaning against the right building.”
Step Two: Write
it down. Think on paper. When you write down a goal, you Crystallize it and
give it tangible form. You create something that you can touch and see. On the other
hand, a goal or objective that is not in writing is merely a wish or a fantasy.
It has no energy behind it. Unwritten goals lead to confusion, vagueness,
misdirection, and numerous mistakes.
Step Three: set a deadline on your goal; set subdeadlines
if necessary. A goal or decision without a deadline has no urgency. It has
no real beginning or end. Without a definite deadline accompanied by the
assignment or acceptance of specific responsibilities for completion, you will
naturally procrastinate and get very little done.
Step Four: Make
a list of everything that you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve
your goal. As you think of new activities, add them to your list. Keep building
your list until it is complete. A list give you a visual picture of the larger
task or objective. It gives you a track to run on. It dramatically increases
the likelihood that you will achieve your goal as you have defined it and on schedule.
Step Five: Organize
the list into plan. Organize your list by priority and sequence. Take a few
minutes to decide what you need to do first and what you can do later. Decide
what has to be done before something else and what needs to be done afterward.
Even better, lay out your plan visually in the form of a series of boxes and
circles on a sheet of paper, with lines and arrows showing the relationship of
each task to each other task. To achieve your goal when you break it down into
individual tasks.
Step Six: Take
action on your plan immediately. Do something. Do anything. An average plan
vigorously executed is far better than a brilliant plan on which nothing is
done. For you to achieve any kind of success, execution is everything.
Step Seven: Resolve to do something every single day that moves
you toward your major goal. Build this activity into your daily
schedule. You may decide to read a specific number of pages on a key subject. You
may call on a specific number of prospects or customers. You may engage in a
specific period of physical exercise. You may learn a certain number of new
words in a foreign language.
Whatever it is, you must never miss a day.
Keep pushing
forward. Once you start moving, keep moving. Don’t stop. This decision, this discipline
alone, can dramatically increase your speed of goal accomplishment and boost
your personal productivity.
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