I’m sure you’ve heard or read a lot about goal-setting as you entered 2012. Well, it’s April now and where have you gotten with those goals? If what you’ve done in the past isn’t working, here’s a different approach.
I used to write down my goal of, “Get my pilot’s license.” But it didn’t work. The next year I wrote,?”Get my pilot’s license by December 31, 20xx.” Thinking that a specific date was better? (even if I all0wed myself the entire year to get it done.) I even kept images of airplanes ?around as my motivation and reminder—still didn’t work.
Then I did something different—I wrote on my To-Do list,
“Go down to the airp0rt and sign up for flying lessons by Friday.”
That I could do. And did. Now I’ve had my pilot’s license for many years.
Here some other ideas:
L0se 20 lbs by May –> Take the Buns & Guts class at the gym every Tuesday and Thursday. ?(Add it to your smartphone with the alarm set!)
Make $10,000 by December –> Give 20 presentations each week
Organize my office by June –> Throw away everything I’ll never use by Friday
Your ambition can be a great goal, but the act of starting is the operative action that gets the ball rolling.
Burke Franklin offers practical ideas and tips on his business website.
Tracey C. Velt is a writer, blogger and editorial strategist who specializes
in the business of real estate. For the past six years, she's been writing
and editing for REAL Trends, is the editor of the REAL Trends blog and the editor of LORE magazine. Prior to that, she served as an editor for
Florida Realtor magazine and continues to contribute to multiple real estate
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Thanks for the goal setting tip! I think it’s really better to be more specific in writing our to-do-list. I have this daily planner notebook where I can write my goals. It’s really helpful to be S-M-A-R-T. Goals met!