Why Should You Set Goals?
Wonder why some people could not even achieve an inch of what they dream of becoming? Blame it on pure dreaming and lack of setting goals for achieving their dreams.
Setting goals is a very significant part of success and positive accomplishments. It is like scaling a 20 feet building and marking early on what feet you would like to reach at this specific period.
People who set goals literally create a map of their target achievements in life, marking where they should begin, where to pause, where to delve a bit, and where and when to stop. Once this map is created, it allows the map drawer to check where he is in the scheme of things and whether or not he is making some achievements that will take him closer to his/her goals.
By setting goals, people will know how they are doing and what they should be doing to achieve their targets or dreams in life. They will know if they can relax or if they have to double their efforts when they are falling short of what is expected of them.
Goal setting means a person is proactive in dealing with challenges that may affect his/her plans. Being proactive means one is able to outline possible difficulties that may occur as well as the solutions to these difficulties. By doing this, a person is not easily scared or defeated when challenges occur because he has already prepared for them. He knows they can happen and he has prepared a solution or strategy when that time comes.
Setting goals will enable people to track their progress in whatever endeavor they have set out to do. It will help people become more confident in themselves and more motivated to achieve their plans.
However, goal setting is not enough, as this should be accompanied by a positive outlook and self-discipline. A person may have a blueprint of where he wants to go, but if he does not have the necessary discipline to carry out the plan, then nothing will come out of it.
To be successful in goal setting, the goals that one has set for himself should be realistic and based on his/her capabilities, as well as selected and important external factors. Being too ambitious in setting up goals can make the goals unrealistic and difficult to achieve. However, do not also set goals that are too low because this might discourage one’s vision instead of achieving it.
It is also necessary that the person setting the blueprint for his/her direction should also include a time frame within which the goal will be achieved. This way, he is able to determine if he has to fast track his/her strategies or to slow down a bit. Goal setting will also help a person check if he is performing within his/her plans or if he is doing things towards the achievement of his/her plans.
Once you have achieved something, even a little of what you hoped to achieve, then you should always give yourself a pat in the back to keep you motivated. But do not be too complacent with any little achievement, as this may cause you to backslide.
Setting goals can be used in any aspect of one’s life - from one’s personal or family life, to his/her career and finances. Goal setting can be as simple as setting a target weight when you wish to lose pounds or something big, like earning your first million.
When setting goals, it is always important to set standards that would suit your present situation, your capabilities, and other factors that may influence the achievement of your goal.
Goals for 2008
It seems cliché to write a blog post about making changes in the New Year right now– but frankly, it is on everyone’s minds so here we go….
2007 was a great year for me. My business grew in leaps and bounds and I am so happy about where Mann Made Time is today. But, I’m not happy with my level of stress and the time I’ve been taking away from my family to work.
2008 is going to be different. I’m almost at the end of my first week of vacation for the holidays and I haven’t done a stitch of client work. I kind of miss it, but I am really enjoying this time with my kids and my husband.
Next week is when the real work will start. One full week to focus on my business. I should have done this eons ago, but better late than never. I’m going to share some of my goals here, and I hope they will serve as inspiration for my fellow VAs:
· Set up a collaboration site for my clients to post their projects to. This will hopefully eliminate the massive amounts of emails I receive, and there will be one central place for my team to work from.
· Hire a bookkeeper. My books are in an awful state, and I will be outsourcing this task monthly so I don’t get this behind ever again.
· Complete my policy and procedure manual.
· Prepare handbooks for my associate VAs, so my team members will all be on the same page with regards to how I want my business to operate.
· Overhaul my filing system to increase efficiency.
· Put a better backup system in place for my computer. The technique I’m using now has served its purpose, but it’s time to step it up.
· Improve my newsletters and create autoresponders for my info products.
· Become a better affiliate sales person to increase my passive income.
I’m not sure if I will be able to complete all of these items next week, but at least I have these goals written down. I’ll take a good stab at it next week, but I’m going to try to relax a bit too.
2008 will be a revolutionary year for Mann Made Time – you can hold me to it!
Happy New Year everyone.
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