Have you considered why it may be hard to achieve goals once set?
I found out one simple step to ensure that goals become possibilities. (Of course, it involves, like all things, follow through.)
Many times I have set goals and not achieved them. I have been pleased to have progressed, but in the back of my mind would liked to have gone further than 60-80% of the way to the goal.
Other times, I totally got sidetracked. Often, now, I have greater success that has come from building determination, it is true, but also because I discovered a missing step.
It landed on me about a year or two ago that something was missing… and that was….how to go beyond setting the goal.
Goal-Setting tips: (My version of how to make realistic and achievable goals)
- Set a goal with an end-date; (so you know whether you made it or not)
- Make sure it’s achievable; (it is within your skill set or a set of skills you can develop during the target time period.)
- Set the next step that will lead to getting there–ongoing; (once achieved, add the next step.)
It is as simple as that. This last part was missing for over ten years while I was a goal-setting maniac bent on growth. Now I am a goal-achieving developer of skills bent on growth. Hope you’ll join us. There are many in the world…
Please share this information so those who wish to achieve will go beyond hoping things go well.