Start big, go big, and never look back. We must always go beyond. (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

This article is a continuation of the article “How to set goals correctly and achieve them. Why you need to be able to set goals ”, where we examined the main reasons why people do not achieve their goals and what it means to set goals correctly.

In order to independently and CORRECTLY set goals for yourself and, accordingly, achieve them, I will reveal to you 10 rules (or you can call it secrets, chips) for achieving the goal.
Even if you use at least some of them, you will significantly change the difference between "you BEFORE" and "you AFTER".

Proper goal setting includes 10 rules:

1. Break down your life into its component areas

Career, business, family, communication, self-development and others that you have.

Determine which of these areas are the most significant and valuable.

Here is a great opportunity to see what your personal life is filled with ...

2. Identify the areas of life that make the most sense to you

If you find it difficult to determine from the first time which area provides the greatest significance - think about what you will always find time for, no matter how busy and tired you are.

For example, even if you return tired from work, you will always find the time and energy to talk with your child or put him on your lap (if the child's age, of course, allows).

3. Create yourself two time charts:

The first is what you have enough time for, what you spend it on.

The second is what you would like to devote more time to, what less. Such a diagram of the ideal use of your time.

Compare these two charts.

You will get an answer for yourself what is taking your time now and what you should change in your life in order to get closer to the second diagram.

4. Dream! Yes, yes, dream!

Think about what you are striving for, what you want to achieve, what will make your life truly filled and happy?

I usually have such dreams during internal dialogues with myself: a bunch of options for what I want to be or what to be able to do in my head, and as a result, the brightest image is chosen.

5. Many of your desires can become your life goals.

How is a desire different from a goal?

Desire is just a dream, an idea, a thought.

And the goal has its own criteria and guidelines by which you can determine how much you have already done and how much you still have left.

Take yourself mentally into the future.

What needs to change in your life and how?

Set yourself benchmarks for the goals you will move towards.

6. Your goals must be specific.

You must clearly understand what you want, so your goals should be formed as specifically as possible.

“Becoming a businessman” is an example of a non-specific goal. Absolutely nothing is clear:

• In what area (what do you want to do)
• Whereby
• What does it mean for you to be a businessman: for some it is to open a company with a multimillion-dollar income, and for someone it is enough to cover their life minimum with the help of “bought and sold” ...

Maximum specifics:

• When?
• With whom?
• How much?

7. Define your quantitative criteria for achieving goals

A question to check the correctness of the definition of criteria: “How will I understand that the goal has been achieved? »

• Don't get strong, do 100 pushups.
• Not to become rich, but to earn 978564.00 money.
• Not to lose weight, but to lose -20 kg of weight.

8. Set a time frame for your goal when it needs to be achieved

This will encourage you to achieve it as soon as possible and put you in a clear time frame.

Set a time range for your goal

Do you know the state when you rewrite some goal from year to year? Do you know why? Because you didn't set a time frame for it!

• Earn 978564.00 money by the end of this year.
• Do 100 pushups in 1 minute.
• Lose -20 kg of weight in 4 months.

9. Set yourself realistic goals

Real goals are those goals that you can accept in your mind that do not make you feel that you and your goal are completely different parts of the world.
For example, the goal of flying into space for an ordinary man in the street, who saw space only on TV, is not realistic.
But for a professional pilot who has dreamed of space since childhood, this goal is much more realistic.
Although ... Now for "many millions of dollars" you can fly into space and without preparation right from the couch. This greatly increases the reality of this dream for ordinary citizens. It remains only to find many millions)))

10. Your goals should be ambitious and challenging!

Only overcoming obstacles makes the goal more valuable to you:

• Force yourself to wake up early every morning and go for a run
• Limit yourself in food in order to be in shape
• Making another cold call to close a new deal

So do not set yourself simple goals that you can achieve without much effort!

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All successful people know how to set goals and achieve results. Read about the basic rules for setting goals and achieving results that will help you realize your dream.

Making dreams come true consists of 2 stages: correct goal setting and an effective process for achieving results. First of all, we will analyze: how to set the right goal.

Why you need to know how to set goals

• turn your dreams into reality;
• competently allocate time and energy;
• motivate yourself on the way to the result;

When you set a clear goal for yourself, your actions become as effective as possible. subordinated to a specific idea. A correctly set goal will not only show you the easiest and most effective way to achieve results, but also give you the necessary motivation when the desire to work will leave you.

Setting goals is a habit

Some successful people have dedicated their lives to the study of effective goal achievement. Brian Tracy, the author of more than 70 books on self-development, paid much attention to the study of this art. Of the Russian writers, Gleb Arkhangelsky, the author of the book Time Drive, stands out. Each of them came to the conclusion that the ability to correctly set goals and achieve them is a habit that can and should be developed. We will touch on some of the thoughts of these authors in this article, but to a greater extent, the article will be based on my personal experience in achieving goals. Writing this article is also a small goal, a step towards achieving a more global goal - creating a useful website for self-development. And the fact that you are now reading this article indicates that the result has been achieved quite well. Here we go?

How to set a goal: 5 rules

In total, I identified 5 basic rules that affect the quality of the goal. If you follow each of them, you will be able to formulate a correct and motivating goal for yourself, with which you will undoubtedly be able to achieve results. Let's start.

Goal must be in writing

A verbally stated goal is just a thought. Only written down on paper, a specific wording is a real obligation to oneself. The written formulation of the goal implies the presence of some convenient tool to fix it. There are 2 handy tools for setting goals:

1. diary

The most efficient and user-friendly tool. People who use a diary are much more efficient than those who neglect it. The diary is convenient in that goals can be formulated for the year, month, week and day, and you can always have it at hand. At the same time, short-term goals (for example, a plan for the day) should always come from long-term goals (goals for the year).

1. visualization board

This is a small drawing and erasing board that is hung in a visible place at home or at work. It is not suitable for daily planning of tasks, but for the formulation of global tasks, for example, for the coming year, this is an ideal option.

For myself, I chose a diary.

The right goal should be as specific as possible.

One of the reasons many people don't achieve goals is lack of specificity. Because of this, it is not clear whether you are getting closer to the goal, and how far you have progressed. Let's take weight loss as an example.

Bad wording: lose weight

Good wording: lose 10kg in 10 months, dropping 1kg monthly by November 1, 2018;

The more specific the goal is, the brighter in your head you can imagine the final result, which means you can effectively motivate yourself.

The goal must be measurable

A measurable goal should be as detailed as possible. It must specify the period during which you plan to achieve this goal. If the deadline for achieving the goal is not set, then you give the brain a setting: there is nowhere to rush, which means that it is also not necessary to make maximum efforts to achieve the goal.

The deadline does not have to be exactly set the first time. Perhaps it will undergo adjustment, become shorter or longer. Just assessing your strengths right away is not an easy task, but in the process of work it will become clearer to you.

The goal should be divided into the maximum number of subtasks

This is especially true for global goals, which may take more than one year to achieve. A very good association on this issue was voiced by Gleb Arkhangelsky. He compared a big goal to an elephant, and the process of achieving a result to eating an elephant. Eating a whole elephant seems like an overwhelming task, but if you divide the elephant into small pieces - "steaks", and gradually eat them, then soon you will see that your impossible task is completed in many small steps.

Goal must be achievable

You should not set yourself impossible tasks - they greatly weaken the motivation on the way to the result. You must constantly see progress and be aware that you are approaching the intended goal. Therefore, first of all, you need to evaluate your strengths and decide what result is really achievable for you.

The goal should inspire

Even just the very wording that you make up should make you want to make efforts to achieve a result. Closing your eyes and seeing yourself having achieved your goal, you should literally be filled with strength and inspiration. And remembering her early in the morning, when you don’t want to get up, fly up out of bed.

In order for the goal to inspire you as much as possible, do a simple exercise. Take a piece of paper and write down the 10 most desirable changes that achieving your goal can bring to your life.

An example of a well-set goal

Take for example a goal: buying a car.

If this is your cherished dream, then you should choose which car model can inspire you to exploits. For example, Chevrolet Lanos.

I am buying a black Chevrolet Lanos car on June 30, 2020 at a price of 180,000 rubles.

To do this, I need to save 5,000 rubles a month for the next 3 years, which I will save to a special bank account, with interest.

When I buy a car, I will make my dream of car travel come true, I will be able to travel to work in comfort, I will get rid of the need to travel by public transport, I will listen to my favorite music loudly, I will be able to ride through an empty night city late at night, go to an endless highway and drive , drive, drive ...

Let's move on to the next step.

How to achieve results: 5 rules

Even the most correct and inspiring goal will not be achieved if it is not supported by action. After the goal is correctly formulated, it is necessary to proceed to the most important stage - the process of achieving the result.

The first thing you will encounter is a lot of fears in your head, most often invented. Let's look at the 3 most popular fears and how to deal with them:

Work with fears

1. "I can't do it"

A very common idea, and extremely harmful. Take a look around. Look at what incredible results others are achieving: they create a million-dollar business, become screen stars, popular performers. Imagine that one day one of them would say to themselves - I will not succeed. It would stop him and he wouldn't even try. Who would he be now? You do not want to deprive yourself of future victories, success and achievements, simply because you are afraid of failure?

Actually, you don't have to be afraid of defeat. In any case, it will be experience, practice, efforts. But what you really need to be afraid of is not even trying. Drive this fear out of your head, and constantly tell yourself - "I can do it!". Soon you yourself will believe in it and achieve results that you only dreamed of before.

2. "The goal is unattainable"

You need to figure out why you think so. If no one has achieved such a goal before you, then be the first. Many people were once the first in something, and this did not stop them.

And if someone has already achieved a similar result (especially if many), then you have every chance. You are no worse. Most likely even better. Now you are working on yourself, reading useful material. And that speaks volumes about your determination. You simply cannot fail. I believe in you!

3. "It's too late"

A dangerous and very destructive thought. I used to like talking to myself. When I was a student, it was precisely this thought that stopped me from achieving an important goal. And after many years, I nevertheless returned to my goal, and began to work on its achievement. And I have already achieved good results. It turned out that even after many, many years it was not too late, and after many more years it would not be too late. But then, when I studied at the university, it was the perfect time. I'm sorry I didn't understand it then.

If you now refuse to achieve the goal, because It seems to you that it’s “too late”, then after many years you will be very sorry and realize that it was “it’s time”. Believe me.

To achieve results - act

The key to success is to keep moving forward. Have you broken your goal into many subtasks? It is necessary to take a step towards the goal every day, even a small one. But be sure to do it. If you do not have the strength, or you want to postpone the matter until tomorrow, remember that the same thing will happen tomorrow.

Think about this.

If you write only 1 page a day, then in a year you will write a book.

If every day you save 100 rubles, by the end of the year you will have 36,500 rubles.

If you do 100 push-ups every day, then in a year you will do 36,500 push-ups.

Thinking about this, you realize what a huge power the constants have, even if small steps to reach your goal and what big results can be achieved through small but regular actions.

Control the achieved result

Your constant companion in achieving results is progress tracking. If you decide to use a diary, then it will be right to report to yourself every day about what results you have achieved.

Such reports help you not only to see progress, but also to feel responsible to yourself if you "cheat". Are you ready to accept what you have today and give up your dreams? I'm sure not. Report to yourself every evening, analyze the mistakes and think about what can be done better.

Get inspired by success stories

Here is a very important point - for sure there will be people who have already achieved the result you are striving for. Find their success stories - books, personal blogs, forum posts. The stories of people who have conquered the peak you aspire to will not only inspire you, give you the opportunity to gain experience and valuable knowledge; learn about the mistakes they made and not make them yourself.

That's all, friends! Believe in yourself and you will succeed!

A dream, a cherished desire, a life goal - at first glance, these are similar concepts. In fact, these words mean completely different things. A dream may be unrealistic, and a desire may be impossible. In order for what you dream of to come true, you need to move from wishes to goal setting. However, the goal can also remain unattained if you formulate it incorrectly. Correct setting of goals and their achievement. This logical chain is the path to success.

How to set goals correctly

Goal setting is the process of setting a goal. This concept is devoted to many popular science books. According to psychologists, a correctly formulated task is a 50% guarantee of its achievement. Many do not know how to set goals correctly. Therefore, it is not surprising that trainings have become popular, where professional psychologists teach the basic principles of goal setting. Unlike desires and dreams, the goal is a definite, clear concept, since there is a specific result behind it. This result must be seen. You have to believe in reaching your goal. Only then can it really be achieved.

Wordings: “I want to expand my business”, “I want to increase my income” are examples of desires. To translate them into the category of goals, you need to specifically define what it means for you to expand the business. Open new branches? Expand your range of services? Attract more customers? Increase production? How much to increase or expand: by 20% or 2 times? The result you are striving for must be measurable.

The result you are striving for must be measurable.

It is best to write down a specific goal in a diary. To formulate it, use active verbs, such as "make", "earn", "achieve". Do not use the words “must”, “necessary”, “necessary”, “should”, as they carry a semantic connotation of coercion, overcoming internal barriers. This is your goal. You want to achieve it, no one is forcing you to do it.

Achieving too simple goals is not interesting. The task must be difficult, so that on the way to it you have to overcome difficulties, only in this way you can develop. But the goal must be real. Therefore, before formulating it, it is necessary to analyze the current state of affairs and assess the available resources and opportunities. Opening 5 new branches at once or increasing income by 10 times is unlikely to succeed. Achieve more modest goals first. Over time, you will come to what you did not even dare to dream of at the beginning of the journey.

The correct setting of the goal necessarily contains an indication of the time of its achievement. For example, goals to expand the customer base or increase production volume should be specified in terms of percentages (by 30%) and a period (1 year).

If you learn to correctly and specifically formulate goals for yourself, you will be able to clearly and clearly set them for others. The head of the organization must know the basic principles of goal setting. Then he will require his managers to correctly formulate the goals of their work. And this is a guarantee that they will actually fulfill their tasks.

How to achieve goals

The methods for achieving the goals are as follows:

1. The goal leads to a result. If it is very important to you, then it will be easier to achieve it. Imagine all the benefits of achieving the end result. Anticipate in advance the sensations of joy and success that you will experience in that moment. Then no fears and doubts will interfere on the way to your goal. Psychologists call this technique the visualization method. It helps to update all external and internal resources to achieve the goal, attracts the necessary ideas, people, and means. For example, think about the benefits you would get if you increased your income by 50%. You will be able to afford more expensive real estate, a car, vacation, gifts to loved ones. Raise your social status. Which of these benefits do you most desire? Imagine that you have already achieved it. And let this picture inspire you. When you set goals for your employees, help them see the positives in their overall accomplishments. Salary increase, bonuses, career growth, obtaining additional funds to the company's budget for corporate events.
2. To go a long way to achieve a big and important goal, you need to divide it into stages. To do this, the global goal is broken down into smaller goals. These, in turn, can also be broken down into smaller tasks. If all this is schematically depicted on paper, then we get a real system of goals and subgoals. Try to formulate each of them clearly with an indication of the timing of achievement, and then this scheme can be easily turned into a step-by-step plan for moving towards the main global goal. Such planning will become the basis for compiling a clear instruction for action for your subordinates. For example, the goal to expand the range of services can be divided into subgoals: to study the specifics of new services, purchase the equipment necessary for their provision, select specialists or train your employees, find an additional job.
3. Close people can help you achieve your personal goals. And when it comes to business-related tasks, you can't do without the help of employees and partners. After breaking the global goal into specific sub-goals, consider which of the subordinates can cope with each of them most successfully. But remember, you set the initial goal for yourself, it is important for you, therefore, the responsibility for achieving it also lies, first of all, on you. If you do not reach your goal because one of the employees did not complete the task assigned to him, then the blame for this will lie with you. It means that you overestimated the resources of this worker. Perhaps he needs more time to solve his problem or needs to improve his skills. Or maybe a completely different specialist is needed to achieve this subgoal.
4. Try to assess in advance the obstacles that will arise on the way to achieving the goal. Think about how you can overcome or eliminate them. Not all at once, but gradually, one at a time. Of course, it is impossible to predict all problems. But you will have a plan to eliminate at least some of them.
5. Look for additional resources. New information, new knowledge and skills will help overcome obstacles that at first may seem the biggest. You may have to hire new specialists (marketers, analysts, content managers, business coaches) or your old employees will need to take training courses, trainings, seminars.
6. Make a general plan of action for the period of time that you have given yourself to achieve the goal. It reflects who and in what time frame will solve intermediate tasks, what resources and additional investments will be attracted to overcome obstacles. Based on the overall plan, make more detailed plans for each quarter, month, and even week. Of course, during the execution you will have to adjust a lot in the plan. After all, on the way to the goal you will have new knowledge, experience, and circumstances may change. Most likely, during the implementation of the plan, you will see mistakes made in the preparation. So along the way, you will need to work on the bugs. You may even have to adjust your goals if you realize that so far your resources are not enough to achieve the original ones. But it's not scary. Anyway, you will already go part of the way, gain new knowledge and experience that will help you adjust your goals and move on.
7. Periodically review your goals, methods to achieve them, and resources. This is useful for further rational planning of your path.
8. Consider the price you will have to pay to reach your goal. Financial investments will be required to train employees and purchase equipment. Additional time is needed to supervise the work of the new branch. You may need to cut back on your private time or spend less time with your family. It takes time and effort to complete the training. And involving a partner in business will make you give up the habit of solving everything yourself. Assess your willingness to sacrifice all of this and get out of your comfort zone.

The goal always leads to action, because if you do nothing, then you will not achieve the goal. And vice versa, in order to start acting, you need to set a goal for yourself. There is no better motivation for action.

Angela Duckworth was only 27 years old when she left her career as a consulting manager and took on an even more responsible position: she took a job as a math teacher at a New York public school.

Duckworth quickly realized that her less-than-great intellect helped her students achieve their goals and get good grades. “I am absolutely convinced that each of my students could successfully learn all the material if they put more effort into it,” Duckworth said at a popular conference called TED talk.

After several years of working at the school, the teacher had a question: “What if success in school and in life depends not only on the ability to grasp everything on the fly?” This idea helped her career, because Duckworth soon became a psychologist specializing in how people achieve their goals. In her opinion, it is the firmness of character that distinguishes the winners from the losers.

“Fortitude is endurance. This means that such a person constantly thinks about his future and tries every day to make it better. A successful person perceives life not as a sprint, but as a marathon.

Continuous work on yourself

Angela Duckworth conducted a study at the Chicago Public School and found that those who reached the last year of high school had the greatest endurance and strength of character. In other words, endurance and willpower are characteristic of those who have been able to go a long way and have succeeded in mastering all school disciplines.

One of the main ways to achieve the cherished goal is to constantly engage in self-development. Stanford University psychologist and author of books on popular psychology and self-development, Carol Dweck, believes that the desire for self-development is nothing more than an awareness of the imperfection of one's abilities. Self-development involves constant work on yourself and improving your own skills. “These people are constantly moving forward. They don't always care how smart they are, how good they look," says Dweck. “But they are constantly challenging themselves and evolving.”

Meaningful goals need to be set

In order to constantly develop, you need to set yourself goals that are of great importance to you. According to a well-known psychologist and author of the book "Pump Yourself!" John Norcross, specificity is very important when setting goals. Goals should be clear, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time specific. Instead of creating a general idea of ​​what you want to achieve, break your "path to success" into several small steps. “Many small steps add up to one giant leap,” says John Norcross.

Achieving goals is not about understanding how to get the end result. This is an understanding of what intermediate steps need to be taken in order to get closer to the cherished goal. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal says: “Make even the smallest changes in your life related to your ultimate goal. You may not even realize how you can achieve it, but such a strategy will certainly lead you to success.

Control your life

We wouldn't do half of what we should if we weren't controlled. If you don't pay your bills on time, you face a fine. If you forget to take your dog for a walk, you risk finding a nasty surprise on your living room rug. If you don't prepare for your presentation, you'll fall flat on your face in front of the audience. All these activities are easy to control, but when it comes to large-scale creative tasks, it becomes more difficult to control yourself.

Economics researchers at the University of California have studied the impact of rewards and punishments on the achievement of long-term goals. They observed the visitors of the gym and found out that people work out with enviable constancy if they receive material rewards for this. But if you stop cash payments, interest in training immediately disappears. Another group of gym goers entered into a commitment agreement, and in case of missing a workout, the person had to donate a certain amount to charity. However, after the termination of the contract, these visitors continued to exercise in the gym for a long time.

Do not entertain yourself with "false hopes"

Sometimes, on the way to achieving goals, we tend to overestimate our capabilities. Ambition is important, of course, but there is a danger of setting expectations that are far from reality, which can lead to a false sense of failure. University of Toronto psychologist Janet Polivey called it "the unfulfilled hope syndrome."

“In matters of self-development, it is very important to learn to see the difference between feasible and unrealizable goals. This is necessary in order to avoid overconfidence and false expectations, which can lead to psychological stress, ”writes Polivi.

It is also very important to prepare for a possible defeat, so that if it suddenly happened, this fact would not unsettle you. “When a person fails, the first thing that comes to mind is to abandon the intended goal,” says McGonigal. "Any person will feel uncomfortable when he is overcome by doubt and guilt." Knowing that you may fail will help you better cope with this condition.

Don't underestimate the power of positive thinking

Sometimes you need to rethink your goals in a more positive way, as this helps to achieve success.

One way to do this, according to leadership coach Peter Bregman, is to focus on areas of activity. For example, a sales manager sets himself the goal of attracting a certain number of customers. If you think about this goal in terms of line of business, then you just need to focus on attracting the maximum number of customers, and not get hung up on any particular number.

Today we'll talk about how to set a goal and what should be the right goals any person. In any business, you should start with setting goals. Therefore, what exactly you will strive for and what you will achieve as a result depends on how correctly and competently the goal is formulated. Thus, this issue must be approached very thoughtfully and responsibly.

Rules for setting goals and objectives.

1.Good goals should be specific. When thinking about how to set a goal, try to formulate it as specifically as possible, so that there are no uncertainties and vague concepts in it. To do this, I recommend following three rules:

– specific result. Goal setting should include a specific outcome that you want to achieve.

– measurable result. The goal you want to achieve must be expressed in some specific measurable value - only in this way can you really control its achievement.

– specific deadlines. And finally, the right goals should have their specific deadlines for achieving.

For example, “I want” is an absolutely non-specific goal: there is neither a measurable result, nor specific deadlines. “I want to have a million dollars” - the goal already contains a measurable result. “I want to have a million dollars by the age of 50” is already the right goal setting, because. contains both the measured result and the time frame for achieving it.

The more specific the goal is, the easier it is to achieve.

2. Good goals should be realistically achievable. And this means that you must set goals, the achievement of which is within your power and depends mainly on you. It is unacceptable to plan something that is fully dependent on other people or some external factors that you are not able to influence.

For example, “I want to have a million dollars in 5 years, which my American uncle will leave me after his death” is a completely wrong and unacceptable goal. In order to sit and wait for 5 years for the uncle to die, there is no need to set goals. And the most interesting thing will be when it turns out that he bequeathed his fortune to someone else. Well, in general, I think you understand.

“I want to make a million dollars in a year.” Right target? No, if now you have not a penny for your soul, you simply will not achieve it.

“I want to increase my income by $100 every month.” This is already a realistically achievable goal, of course, if you have calculated and understand exactly how you will increase your income.

Set realistic goals and you can achieve them.

3. Right goals must come from the heart. When thinking about how to set a goal, you should choose only those goals that are really interesting and necessary for you, that beckon you, that you really want to achieve, from the achievement of which you will be truly happy. It makes absolutely no sense to set goals for yourself to do something through force, without having a desire, simply because it is “needed”. Also, do not pass off other people's goals as your own. Even if you complete these tasks, you are unlikely to get anything really needed from it.

For example, you don’t need to set a goal to get a law degree if you want to become a pop star, but your parents “push” you into lawyers, because this is a “money and prestigious profession.”

Set goals that will inspire you, not stress you!

4. Good goals should be positive. One and the same task can be formulated in different ways: with both positive and negative connotations. Therefore, when thinking about how to set a goal correctly, avoid negativity and use only positive expressions (you write everything down!) - this will psychologically motivate you more to achieve a result. Here, too, there are 3 important rules.

- The right goals should show what you want to achieve, not what you want to get rid of;

- Correct goals should not contain negatives (“I don’t want”, “I want that I didn’t have”, etc.);

- Correct goals should not contain even a hint of coercion (the words “should”, “must”, must, etc.).

For example, “I want to get rid of poverty”, “I don’t want to live in poverty”, “I want to have no debts” - the wrong formulation of the goal, because. contains a negative. “I want to become rich” is the correct formulation of the goal, because contains positive.

“I must become rich” is the wrong goal setting: you only owe banks and creditors, it is much better to formulate the goal like this: “I will become rich!”.

Positive goals are achieved much easier than getting rid of negative ones!

5. Goal setting must be written. When your goal is written down on paper or in an electronic document, it will psychologically motivate you to achieve it much more. Therefore, when thinking about how to set a goal, keep in mind that your goals must be recorded in writing. And it is a mistake to believe that you will remember what you have planned so well. Even if you have a good memory, a goal that you have not recorded anywhere is easiest to change or even abandon it altogether.

Goals in your head are not goals, they are dreams. The right goals must be written down.

6. Break down your big goals into smaller ones. If your goal seems too complex and unattainable, then break it down into several intermediate, simpler ones. So it will be much easier to achieve a common global goal. I will say more, if you do not break down important life goals into intermediate ones, then you are unlikely to achieve them at all.

Take, for example, our first goal, “I want to have a million dollars by the age of 50.” If this is all that you have planned for yourself, you will not complete this task. Because it is not even clear how exactly you are going to earn this same million. Therefore, it is necessary to break this strategic task into several smaller, tactical ones, showing exactly how you will go towards the intended goal. For example: “Set aside $100 a month for”, “Within a month”, “Open by age 30”, etc. Of course, these are only approximate goal trends, the right goals should look, as you already know, more specific.

The global strategic goal will be achieved if you break it down into several intermediate, tactical ones.

7. Goals can be adjusted if there are objective reasons. If you have already set a clear and specific goal, this does not mean that it cannot be adjusted. However, and this is very important, goals can only be adjusted if there are objective reasons. Reasons like “I can’t do it” or “I’d rather squander this money” cannot be considered objective. Anything can happen in life and in the surrounding world that will have a significant impact on the achievement of the goal. And in the event of such force majeure circumstances, the goal can and should be adjusted, both in the direction of weakening and in the direction of strengthening.

For example, you set a goal to save $100 a month in a bank account to raise a certain amount. At the time of setting the goal, the deposit rate was 8% per annum. If the rates in banks drop to 5% per annum, you will need to adjust the goal: either save more, or, if this is not possible, reduce the amount you want to raise. But if the rates rise to 10% per annum, you will be able to adjust the goal in the direction of increasing the planned result.

There is nothing wrong with adjusting goals for objective reasons - circumstances may arise in life that could not have been foreseen.

8. Believe in achieving your goal. It is necessary not only to set the right goal, but also to believe in its achievement. This will psychologically help you go to the intended and overcome all the obstacles that come your way.

Faith in achieving the goal is the most important factor on the path to success. Setting yourself goals that you don't believe you can achieve makes no sense at all.

I hope this article has helped you understand how to set a goal correctly, and what your proper goals should be.

In other publications on you will find many more useful tips and recommendations that will become your assistants on the path to success, as well as teach you how to properly manage your personal finances, because achieving almost any life goal has its own financial side. Until we meet again on the pages of the site!