How To Achieve A Goal Successfully | Goal Setting Principles
If you want to know how to achieve a goal successfully then follow these steps which can be applied to all aspects of your life.
Hi Trish Davies, here from TrishDaviesInternational.com and BuildYourAU.com. Goal setting is a vital element to becoming successful in any aspect of life. Therefore, you must have a structure or process in place in which to follow.
I am going to share with you the important steps that make up that process. These steps will show you how to achieve a goal successfully whether they are personal or professional goals.
Also, I am going to share a video that I have just recorded while out enjoying the beautiful landscape of Tasmania. The context of that video revolves around my journey in life and how it has brought me to the place I find myself now.
Hopefully with the steps I share with you and how my story has evolved it will inspire you to set your goals. Goals that will deliver the life you want to live, a life that you live on your own terms, a life for of joy and fulfilment.
How To Achieve A Goal Successfully – The Steps You Must Complete
I am going to share with you 10 specific goal setting principles that you must have in place. If you implement them then your chances of achieving your goal are dramatically increased. I hope they give you some clarity on what is needed to become successful in any aspect of your life that you feel needs to be improved.
You Must Have Absolute Belief
You must have absolute belief they you can achieve anything you want in life. Also, you must have belief in the process you intend to embark upon. Your goals have the ability to transform your life. Therefore, if you don’t believe you can get what you want then you may as well forget starting altogether.
To give you some inspiration I want you to look around where you are at the moment. Everything you see started as a thought, a seed was planted into someone’s mind. That person had the belief they could achieve the desired outcome which then became a reality. This is the mindset you must have to achieve anything in life.
You Must Visualise What You Want
Can you see your dream, your goal? Have you a clear picture in your mind what you want out of life? Your goals and dreams are your desires, they are the changes that you want to make within your life. Are there things you need to learn to make your goals become a reality?
Goals usually fall into some broad categories in life such as financial, emotional, spiritual or physical and wellbeing. These are all areas of your life where things need to be addressed and your goal is what addresses the problems.
The clearer you will sharpen your focus and will become easier to make things happen.
How To Achieve A Goal Successfully Means You Must get Them Down
You must write your goals down either by old school methods, pen & paper, or create a digital record. As soon as you write them down you become a creator of your own destiny.
If you don’t write your goals down then you tend to forget them or lose focus. Having them written down is a permanent reminder that you can refer to anytime you want to.
Know Your Why!
Your why is your purpose and the reasoning behind your goal. Once you know your why you will have clarity on why your goal is important to you, you will know why it is worth working towards.
Your why motivates you to make it happen, it will tug at your emotional heartstrings. When this happens, you will do anything possible to make your dreams come true, you know how much it means to you.
Make That Commitment
When you get to this stage you must make a commitment to follow through. This is a critical step and must not be taken lightly. It helps by writing down why your goal is important and just what it means to you.
Write down why the outcome is necessary in your life and the steps you are going to take to make it happen. Unless you are committed you are unlikely to follow through.
Keep Focused
Developing focus on your goals will make them easier to achieve. That is why having a physical representation of your goals, what you have written down, that you can see is a great idea.
By looking at what you want to achieve will show you the difference from where you are now to where you want to be. The void will become obvious which then stimulates your focus to fill that void. Therefore, you will not become distracted as your focus will be laser targeted.
Create A Plan Of Action
Up to know I have focused more on the mindset to goal setting. Now it is time to become much more practical. You must have clarity on what steps you must take to achieve your goals.
Therefore, you must write down those action steps and create a clear plan to follow. If you don’t plan then the likelihood is that you will fail. Your plan is like a foot path that you follow directly so that you don’t deviate and go down rabbit holes.
You must have clear a clear structure to follow, you must be organised, so you keep to deadlines. What you will create is your blueprint for success!
Start Right Now
There is no time like the present, don’t wait until tomorrow, next week, next month to start. Think of an actionable thing you can do today to start moving forward towards your desired outcome.
Taking one small step will get you motivated, you will feel a sense of achievement. Just imagine how you will feel at the end of today because you have taken action. Then take that feeling into tomorrow and build upon that to create momentum to carry you forward.
Become Accountable
How to achieve a goal successfully relies on you being accountable and there are ways you can do that. Some of your goals may require you obtaining professional help, coaching or mentoring so you can become accountable to those.
They can monitor your progress based upon the actions you say you will undertake and give you feedback. Also, you can tell your family friends and work colleagues what goals you have set and what you are going to do. That accountability may be all you need as these people are who you are most close to. You won’t want to come up short!
Monitor Your Progress
The great thing about setting goals in the way that I have shared with you is that you can monitor your progress. You goals are measurable because you will set milestones along your journey.
Whether you meet those milestones is up to you on the actions you take. If you are true to your word you can tick off milestones when you achieve them, maybe give yourself a small reward in the process.
If you fall behind then it will become obvious where you are letting yourself down on. Then it is time to re-evaluate, tweak what you are doing where necessary to get yourself back on track.
How To Achieve A Goal Successfully | Goal Setting Principles
The steps I have shared with you will help you achieve the goals that you set in life. As promised I want to share with you my perspective on how to achieve a goal successfully. The following video is recorded in the beautiful Tasmanian countryside which I hope you enjoy. After watching, please visit my YouTube channel, subscribe and hit the notification bell to receive regular updates.
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Trish Davies
Trish Davies International
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