Setting Meaningful Goals

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Are your goals meaningful? Follow the simple process below to start setting and achieving goals that matter to you.

1. Get serious Take the goal out of your head, put it down on paper, and decide to get on with it. Put a process in place that has some structure. A process that shows you the path to realizing your goals.

2. Write it down, and know thyself - Start out by making a list of things to do. Most of us don't like reading lists, let alone making them.

But by writing your goal down, and in as much detail as you can possibly do, you'll come to understand it better in terms of its benefits (which should be a motivator).

Get some insight as to what is going to be involved in attempting to achieve the goal. Most importantly, you'll get a realistic picture of where you are now, as compared to where you want to be going.

3. Create a plan, and a very detailed one - Use the computer, spreadsheets, charts, or whatever, to set forth your plan of action.

Use charts, graphs, or electronic journals.

Take advantage of software applications to manage your finances (for a financial goal), or to keep track of your progress when embarking on a health and fitness goal.

4. Measure, measure, measure - There's a saying - “If you don't know what you're doing, don't do too much of it”. If you're not constantly measuring progress, or at times the lack of it, you'll never know how you are doing, and that is almost certain to lead to doing nothing.

5. Build on both success and failure - Achieving an interim goal is a cause for celebration. Enjoy the moment. When failing at an interim goal, it's time to learn from it. Enjoy that as well.

6. Forget what others think – Focus on YOUR dream - Often the “American Dream” is pushed by life coaches or gurus. Forget it. The phrase is often used as a ploy by others to get some of your money.

Start setting meaningful goals and define your own dream!

It's your goal we're talking about. Share your goal with others along the way, as you may need their help.