Brian Tracy is a famous windbag, or self-development coach. His typical exercise goes like this: write down a goal, make a plan, take action. No one would ever think of doing that :)
Usually, his stories are related to some American university with an incomprehensible study, then he voices his “expert” thoughts and gives primitive recommendations. Brief example:
Brian Tracy on the 10 Goals Method:
You need to write down 10 of your goals in life for the coming year. If you could only achieve one goal, what would it be? Make a plan, lists of future obstacles, required skills and knowledge.
They say the 10 goals technique is “simply amazing.” Sometimes people achieved 5 goals in a week.
The sight of a Macaque with a banana near the volcano is simply amazing!
Brian Tracy gives exercises for primitive people with primitive goals. A little personal experience in goal setting will show you all the “expertise” of it.
This method is suitable for purposes like: “Wash socks”, “Call mom”, “Finally take out the beer bottles”. So, of course, you can achieve even 7 out of 10 goals in a week. And for the rest of the “next year”, collect new bottles and hide dirty socks.
If you don’t have experience planning your personal life, you need to urgently develop it so as not to remain a naive victim of “experts.”
Personal life planning experience
The main reason why most people don't set goals is the lack of experience in achieving them. They didn’t teach me at school, my mom and dad didn’t tell me. Business coaches force you to set goals, but they have developed a persistent habit of resisting development.
Then personal growth “experts” appear with magical techniques that give amazing results without leaving the computer. They can say whatever they want, because their listeners will not check a word or complete the exercises. They won't do anything. And the “expert” will become an expert.
The sorcerer of personal growth.
Lack of confidence in their strengths and abilities makes people only talk about their goals and never write them down. It's safer to forget your goals than to see untouched lists. Living with goals is not safe for a weak psyche.
The experience of planning your personal life will help you organize it, give you a sense of your strength and strengthen your self-confidence. Planning your personal life is the best way to increase self-confidence and self-esteem.
Your goals for the coming year
If this is your first experience and it’s difficult for you to assess your strengths, I recommend choosing easier goals. It’s better that you complete them in a month, then make a new list for the rest of the year. Each new plan will be more thoughtful, and with well-chosen goals.
To create a list of goals, I recommend doing the 100 desires exercise, selecting 5-10 desires from them. It is better to set not final goals, but a series of intermediate, simple and achievable goals. Instead of “Create your own business,” set goals: “Choose a niche for a business,” “Create a website,” “Write 10 articles,” “Learn SEO.”
It is very important that the first attempts to live with the prescribed goals are successful. Once again, I highly recommend making a simple plan to start with, even a list of tasks.
First, a simple plan.
To warm up your imagination and memory, study the examples below - lists of goals for the year by area of life. Additionally, explore the lists: 20 goals, 25 goals, 50 goals and 100 goals. Make yourself a list of goals that will change you over the course of the year.
10 goals for work and career
- Take a course in a related specialty.
- Explore career options.
- Read 12 books on work.
- Switch to management with the help of coaching.
- Get a promotion at work.
- Agree with management on an additional area of responsibility.
- Perform more complex work tasks.
- Change job.
- Determine the range of professions for a new career.
- Organize your own enterprise, or choose a direction to search for free niches.
10 life goals for health
- Remove 10 unhealthy foods from your diet in a year.
- Get a health consultation.
- Do 12 massages.
- Consultation with an osteopath.
- Try 5 new types of massage.
- Run a record distance for yourself, plus 5–10 km.
- Find a sport to practice regularly 2-3 times a week.
- Fast for one day.
- Undergo an unconventional health practice.
- Take meditation and relaxation courses.
10 shopping goals
- Consult with a stylist and make purchases with him.
- Assess the profitability of buying real estate in your city.
- Do not make emotional purchases for a month, buy in 3-10 days.
- Buy a MacBook and/or iPhone.
- Buy a toy from childhood memories.
- Give a “soulful” gift to a friend.
- Buy a toy for your adult self.
- Buy a cup, draw a smiley face on it and give it to a colleague.
- Take a weekend tour.
- Wear new things in the store after purchasing.
10 goals for the year for personal growth
- Read Thinking, Fast and Slow.
- Study material from a point of view that you do not accept.
- Learn to give a report.
- Set a personal record for books read.
- Improve writing skills: write 5 articles.
- Improve your understanding of statistics: Read The Black Swan.
- Learn to draw emoticons by hand.
- Raise your level of foreign language proficiency.
- Learn to drive a scooter.
- Make personal time management a habit.
10 goals for women, men, families
- Reduce the need to control everything.
- Read the book Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.
- Respect your partner more.
- Have a fun and romantic picnic.
- Take the course “Natural childbirth”.
- Give your companion a handmade piece of jewelry.
- Prepare breakfast for lovers.
- Be aware of when you are not listening carefully.
- Have a family dinner by candlelight.
- Speak words of support and care more often.
In continuation of our conversation about life without haste (see article) - a new trend of our era, a new look at your life, I want to say this.
The idea of “slow living” does not mean “doing nothing” while lying on the lawn. Against. Adherents of this lifestyle specifically choose a job that will NOT “take away” all their time, but only a small part of it. For what?
Yes, just in order to have time to do and try the most in your life. To have balance in life between work (business), personal life. To have more free time to communicate with family, to achieve your goals, to fulfill your desires. To make your dreams come true.
Other useful articles: * * *1. Are you interested in knowing which 50 goals in a person’s life list are the most popular now among people from different countries?
List of goals collected online publication 43things.com. On this site, more than 3 million people from all over the world talk about their goals. It is interesting to know: what is the purpose in life of a person from another country, or rather, many people from many other countries?!
Here they are, 50 goals in a person’s life - the most popular in the world:
- Lose weight,
- Write your book
- Don’t put off dreams and things until later (the problem is called “procrastination”)
- Fall in love
- Become a happy person
- Get a tattoo
- Go on a spontaneous trip without planning anything
- Get married or get married
- Start traveling around the world
- To drink a lot of water
- Keep your diary
- See the Northern Lights
- Learn Spanish
- Keep a personal blog
- Learn to save money
- Take a lot of photos
- Kissing in the rain
- To buy a house
- Make new friends
- Learn to play guitar
- Run a marathon
- Learn French
- Find a new job
- Pay off loans
- Read a lot of books
- Become confident
- Live actively
- Write a story
- Jump with a parachute
- Switch to a healthy diet
- Exercise
- Learn Japanese
- Learn to cook deliciously
- Start your own business
- Quit smoking
- Visit 50 states
- Learn sign language
- Swim with a dolphin
- Learn to play the piano
- Become a surfer
- Correct your posture
- Find 100 things other than money for happiness
- Don't bite your nails
- Determine an occupation for the rest of your life
- Learn to dance
- Learn to drive a car
- Change, improve life
- Gain financial independence
- Learn Italian
- Be organized
I was surprised that there were so few financial goals on this list. The first places are occupied by goals about travel, self-development, love and happiness. It’s great that more and more people in the world have stopped listening to stupid advice in personal growth trainings, that supposedly all people, without exception, should set inflated demands and goals for themselves, and achieve them in order to become very rich. I think that such recommendations cause anxiety and do not bring happiness.
2. Why are goals needed in a person’s life (examples) and how can they change life?
There is, I would say, some kind of mysticism in this issue. Do you know what unites successful people who became happy because they spent their entire lives doing what they loved? They are united by a common quality inherent in all of them - determination and an irresistible desire to achieve their dreams or goals. All of them very early, even in childhood or adolescence, set themselves and wrote down a list of goals and did everything to achieve them.
An example is the life of John Goddard, a Guinness Book of Records holder, explorer and traveler, an outstanding anthropologist, holder of scientific degrees in anthropology and philosophy.
But don’t be embarrassed and compare yourself with this hero. Such people are the exception rather than the rule. It’s just that John Goddard’s example clearly shows how written goals help you live a more interesting and vibrant life.
How many goals should a person have? The more you write on your list, the easier it will be for you to find your deepest desires and dreams, make them come true and become happy.
3. Which goals are more important, financial or goals of spiritual and personal growth?
This question is very similar to the question “What came first, the chicken or the egg?” Now I’ll explain why. Materialists will say that if you have money, you can easily realize all your dreams and achieve your goals. For example, start traveling around the world. To buy a house. Learn languages. Therefore, first you need to fulfill your financial goals - find a new job, build your own business, and the like.
For information: who are Materialists and Idealists. Materialists believe that matter is primary and gave rise to consciousness. Idealists, on the contrary, believe that consciousness is primary and it created matter. This contradiction is called by many the main question of philosophy.
But my grandmother always told me (without knowing it, she was an Idealist) that if God is in first place, then everything else will follow and will be in its place. She said: “You don’t have to wait for financial well-being to have a child. Because if God gives a child, he will also give for the child!”
Using logic, prudence, and pragmatism, it is difficult to understand this grandmother’s principle and even more difficult to apply it in life. Because it is difficult, impossible to explain it from a scientific, materialistic point of view.
But sayings and proverbs (I call them the quintessence of the centuries-old experience of our ancestors) seem to be trying to convey to us the knowledge and wisdom of previous generations.
This wisdom is based not on logic and pragmatism, but on observations of the connection between actions and events, both in the life of one person and entire generations:
- Man proposes, but God disposes (Russian proverb)
- Easy come easy go (English proverb “What is easily gained is easily lost”)
- What happens happens at the right time (Chinese proverb “Accidents are not accidental”)
The list of proverbs from different nations can be continued indefinitely. But how can even these three proverbs of different nations be explained from the point of view of logic and materialism?
Based on these considerations and being an idealist, I compiled goals for myself in the following sequence: Spiritual improvement -> Personal growth and relationships -> Physical health -> Financial goals.
Spiritual improvement:
1. Don’t judge, watch your thoughts
2. Conquer your talkativeness, listen to others
3. Charity: transfer money monthly to those in need (orphanage, children's hospital, elderly neighbors)
4. Complete the house for parents, help parents
5. Help children until they get back on their feet
6. Do not interfere in other people's affairs unless they ask for advice.
7. Give alms to those asking for alms - do not pass by
8. Do not retell other people’s sins (Boorish sin)
9. Go to Temple for Sunday services at least 2 times a month
10. Do not store, but give unnecessary but good things to those in need
11. Forgive offenses
12. Fast not only on Lent, but also on Wednesdays and Fridays
13. Visit Jerusalem for Easter
Personal growth and relationships:
16. Get rid of your laziness, stop putting things off
18. Take your time, live in a slow-life style, leaving time for communication with your family, contemplation, reading and your hobbies
20. Learn to cook deliciously for family and friends, go to master classes
21. Learn to grow herbs, vegetables, fruits and flowers in your garden
22. Go to Latin American dancing with your husband
23. Learn to take professional photos
24. Improve English - watch movies and read books
25. Go on a spontaneous car trip with your husband without planning anything.
26. Learn to do daily cleaning for 15 minutes instead of general cleaning of the whole house.
27. Meet more often with children and friends, go to concerts, performances, exhibitions
28. Travel the world 2 times a year with your husband, children and friends
29. Go on a trip with your husband not for 2 weeks, but for several months to Thailand, India, Srilanka, Bali
30. Ride an elephant, swim with a dolphin, a huge turtle, a sea cow
31. Visit the Serengeti Park in Africa with your husband
32. Visit America with your husband
33. Take a cruise on a multi-deck ship with your husband
Physical health:
34. Get a massage periodically
35. Do exercises every day
36. Go to the sauna and pool once a month
37. Every evening - a brisk walk
38. Avoid harmful foods completely
39. Once a month – 3-day hunger strike
40. Lose 3 kg
41. Drink 1.5 liters of water per day
Financial goals:
42. Increase income from a vending enterprise - a network of payment terminals
43. Increase your monthly blogging income
44. Become a professional webmaster
46. Raise your blog traffic to 3000 visitors per day
47. Make money on affiliate programs
48. Write one blog article every day
49. Purchase products from wholesale stores
50. Swap a gasoline car for an electric car
51. Organize the work of your projects in such a way as to receive passive income
52. Learn to save, open a savings account and replenish it monthly
You can, of course, write all your goals in any order. Actually, this is how they should be written. I divided them into 4 groups to make it clear that in life we need to maintain a balance between goals for Business and Finance, Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. In general, I always write down all my tasks, goals, dreams in a row. Below in section 4 “How to make a list of your goals?” I will tell you about this in detail.
I gave my goals as an example only. They are different for everyone and change over time. For example, parenting goals are not on my list. This is because they have already been completed - our children have grown up and live independently.
4. How to make a list of your goals? 50 goals in a person's life list in the present tense
Working in large banks, on large IT projects, I took many interesting trainings on psychology, motivation, stress management, time management, emotional intelligence, personal growth. At these trainings we were taught production techniques goals and intermediate tasks to achieve them.
But I especially liked this simple and effective technique:
- You need to mentally “turn off your consciousness” and, without hesitation, start writing by hand on a blank sheet of paper all your desires, goals, tasks - large and small.
- You need to write as much as possible, the main thing is to “don’t turn on your brain” and don’t stop.
- Write also “today’s” problems, for example, “so that my son passes his test” or “take out the trash from the garage” or “buy a live Christmas tree in a pot for the New Year.” And global ones, for example, “so that children choose professions they like”, “so that they successfully graduate from universities.”
- Then break down your goals into short-term, medium-term and long-term. Also highlight the actual goals and what can be called tasks to achieve these goals.
By the way, I often came across this idea in the books of successful people, but did not attach any importance to it. They all say that it is important to write down desires and goals and this helps in some incomprehensible way to fulfill them.
If you are thinking about goals, then you will probably also be interested in this useful article. It will help you take a different look at your personal finance goals. After reading the article, you will understand how easy it is to provide yourself with a decent “pension”, without even waiting for retirement age! Be sure to pass on this simple but valuable knowledge to your children, because in our schools it is not customary to teach personal finance issues.
5. How to achieve goals, slowly and to the delight of yourself and your loved ones?
We know that everyone is different. They have different psychotypes, abilities, charisma, efficiency, intuition. That's why everyone lives, creates, realize their dreams and goals in DIFFERENT WAYS, based on their abilities and character.
Let's look at a small example. I will now describe the “portrait” of my successful friend:
- He is an optimist, this helps him a lot in his business.
- He has good abilities, but he is lazy.
- At some moments, when he needs to get together and do something important, laziness recedes and he becomes assertive and purposeful.
- He is also a very spontaneous person. If he gets excited about an idea, he immediately implements it without thinking. Because of this, there are often losses, but in general the job is done quickly.
- He often relies on intuition and if something “doesn’t go well,” he easily puts it aside, knowing that in “due time” it will be done easily.
- He does a lot of things absolutely selflessly, helping people.
Now you can roughly imagine (based on this characteristic) how my friend achieves his goals: sometimes lazily, sometimes impulsively, sometimes assertively and purposefully, sometimes relying on intuition. But he never goes against his nature, character, his moral principles. And this is the secret of his success.
Do you understand what I'm getting at? I want to say that we are all different and what you definitely shouldn’t do when achieving your goals is don’t break yourself. There is no need to drive yourself into a state of stress, no need to reproach yourself for being sluggish. And never go against the dictates of your heart and do something you don’t like just because everyone has such a goal on their list.
For example, I don’t like to exercise in the gym. Let everyone go, but I won’t, because I tried it several times and was convinced that it didn’t bring me pleasure, and therefore no benefit.
Don’t listen to anyone who says that you need to devote so much time to your goal each day, that you need to schedule everything by day and hour. In this case, you will turn into a slave to your ambitions. You need your goals in order to live an interesting life, love, be a happy person, and do what you love.
Live slowly, enjoy life, give up rushing at home, at work and in relationships with all people. To this idea of slow life Many progressive people from many countries have already come. And stop reproaching your children for their sluggishness the way your parents reproached you (I recommend an article on how to raise happy children and unleash their intellectual and creative potential:). Since we are talking about children, I also recommend that you read an article about progressive and about, which will be in demand in 10 or more years.
Conclusion: In order to start living a more interesting life, without delay, sit comfortably now and write, without thinking, as many small and big things, goals, objectives and desires as possible.
And then, if the mood strikes, you can divide them into financial, personal and others. For big and small. But I will tell you that I always write down my life goals, desires and dreams in a row. And I divided them today for the first time just for this article, so that it becomes clear what the goals are.
Do you like this approach to business? No tediousness! I like this new positive approach to life - do everything with joy, as your heart tells you!
Finally, I suggest you watch a wonderful video describing an ingenious and simple method, How to joyfully and effectively achieve results in 4 areas of life goals. I loved the idea of setting small goals along the way to big ones and celebrating each one's accomplishments! At the same time, cover all 4 areas of your life and set only one goal at the beginning. I'm taking this cool idea to heart!
I wish everyone inspiration and self-confidence!
See you soon!
The basis of the goal can be a dream or just hope. Having set a goal correctly, you can outline ways to achieve it. Setting goals is not only useful, but also quite exciting. Psychological research has shown that setting goals makes us feel confident, even if those goals can't be achieved in a couple of weeks. Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” You can take this first step by setting realistic goals.
Steps
Part 1
State your goal- Imagine a future in which you have achieved your goals. What will you look like? What will be most important to you now? Focus on what you want to achieve, not on what your friends or family expect from you.
- Try to imagine every detail. Be optimistic, you can dream up whatever you want. For example, if you work as a baker, you might imagine owning your own bakery. How does she look? Where is? How many employees do you have? What product?
- Write down all the details of your dream. Think about what characteristics and skills would help you achieve such a result? For example, if you want to open your own bakery, you must understand this business, you must be able to manage money, interact with people, negotiate, and monitor the demand for baked goods. Write down all the skills you need to achieve this goal.
- Think about what skills and characteristics you already have. Be honest with yourself and don't judge yourself. Then think about what characteristics and skills you need to develop.
- Think about ways you can develop these skills. For example, if you really want to open your own bakery, but have little business knowledge, take a business or financial management course.
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Set your priorities. Once you have made a list of areas of your life that you would like to change, try to understand which ones are most important to you right now. If you try to succeed in all areas at once, you will most likely fail. You will feel depressed and your goals will seem unattainable.
- Divide your list of goals into three categories: general goals, second-order and third-order goals. The “general goals” category should contain the goals that are most important to you. Divide the remaining goals into the remaining two categories in order of importance. Typically, specific goals are written into the “general goals” category.
- Perhaps your most important goals are: “improving well-being,” “improving family relationships,” and “vacation abroad.” In the second category you will have goals: “find friends”, “be a good housewife”, and in the third category: “learn to knit”, “succeed at work”, “play sports”.
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Now start getting specific. Once you've identified the areas of your life you want to improve, set more specific goals. To do this, ask yourself questions: “how?”, “what?”, “why?”, “when?”, “where?”.
It is very important to understand that you are the one responsible for achieving this goal. Most likely, your perseverance will play a key role in most goals, but in some, for example, “spending more time with family,” your family should also participate. Therefore, it is important to determine who is responsible for what goals.
- For example, the goal “learn to cook” applies only to you, so only you will be responsible for it. But if your goal is to “throw a party,” then you will only have part of the responsibility.
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Try to specify the goal by answering the question “what?" Understand exactly what result you want to get. For example, the goal “learn to cook” is too broad. Think about what exactly you want to cook. For example, the goal should be “learn to cook Italian food for friends” or “learn to cook chicken noodles.”
- The more specific the goal, the clearer it is to you what steps you need to take to achieve it.
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Answer the question “when?" Break down your goals step by step. Determine an approximate time frame for achieving each goal.
- Be realistic. The goal of “losing 10 kg” is unlikely to be achievable in a couple of weeks. Consider how long it will take you to achieve your goals.
- For example, the goal “to learn how to bake chicken in batter by tomorrow” is hardly a realistic goal. This goal will make you feel anxious and nervous because you don't have enough time to learn anything.
- And the goal of “learning how to bake chicken in batter by the end of the month” is a fairly achievable goal because you will have enough time to learn something and practice. However, it is better to break this goal into several stages, because this greatly increases the likelihood of your success.
- For example, this goal can be broken down into smaller steps: “I want to learn how to bake chicken in batter. By the end of the week I will have found some good recipes. I will make chicken using each of these recipes. Then I’ll choose what I like best, cook some chicken and invite my friends over for dinner.”
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Answer the question “where?" This way, you can decide where exactly you will work to achieve your goal. For example, if you plan to exercise 3 times a week, you need to decide whether you will go to the gym, work out at home, or run in the park.
- In our case, if your goal is “learn how to bake chicken in batter,” consider whether you will take additional cooking lessons or cook at home.
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Answer the question “how?" By answering this question, you will understand how you are going to achieve each stage of your goal. This step is necessary so that you understand what actions you will have to take to achieve your goal.
- Let's return to our chicken example. To achieve this goal, you will have to find some good recipes, buy chicken and other ingredients, prepare dishes and utensils, and find time to practice.
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Answer the question “why?" As mentioned earlier, the more motivated you are, the faster you will achieve your goal. You must understand why this goal is so important to you. By answering this question, you will understand what motivates you. Think about what achieving this goal will give you?
Try to frame your goals positively. Research has shown that a goal sounds more realistic if it is formulated in a positive tone. In other words, you will achieve your goal faster if it is something you strive for rather than something you are trying to avoid.
- For example, if you are going to eat healthy, then the goal “stop eating junk food” will be formulated in negative terms. This formulation unconsciously sets you up for the need to limit yourself.
- Instead, phrase your goal differently: “Eat at least 3 fruits and vegetables a day.”
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You should set goals when you know exactly what result you want to get. Achieving your goals will require you to work hard as well as feel motivated. Therefore, make sure once again that these are exactly the goals that you are willing to try to achieve. Remember that you are only responsible for your actions, so you cannot control the achievement of a goal if someone else is responsible for it.
- Try to focus on what you can do to achieve this goal. This will help you not to lose heart if at any stage you fail. By feeling successful, you will be able to achieve a certain result, and even if it is not exactly what you planned, you will still be happy with it.
- For example, the goal of “becoming president” depends not only on you, but also on the actions of other people (in this case, on the willingness of voters to vote for you). You cannot control these actions, so this goal is theoretically achievable, but not under your responsibility. However, being included in the list of candidates is an achievable goal. Its achievement depends largely on you and your efforts. Even if you didn't win the election, but you were among the candidates, you can already consider this a success.
Part 2
Develop an Action Plan-
Think about how you can achieve the goals you have set for yourself. Make a list of tasks that you need to complete to achieve your goal. To do this, pay attention to the answers you gave (to the questions “where?”, “what?”, “when?” and so on).
- For example, you might have the following goal: “I want to go to college and study law so that I can become a lawyer and help my family win cases in court.” This is a specific goal, but it is quite difficult to achieve. To make it easier to navigate and start somewhere, break this goal into several subgoals.
- Here are some sample subgoals:
- To graduate school
- Take part in debates
- Select a university
- Enter university
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Set a time frame. Some goals are easier to achieve than others. For example, the goal “walk in the park for an hour 3 times a week” is quite easy, you can start working on it today. But some goals take years to achieve.
- For example, achieving the goal of “becoming a lawyer” will take more than one year. You will need to achieve several sub-goals and go through several stages that will lead you to this main goal.
- Take into account possible troubles and other life turns. For example, the goal of “choosing a university” must be achieved before you decide to enroll there, and there will be little time for this. Also keep in mind that each university has its own requirements and time frames for submitting documents.
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Turn subgoals into tasks. Once you have broken down your goal into several subgoals, try to set yourself goals that will lead you to these subgoals. Set a time frame for completing each task.
- For example, if your goal is “to become a lawyer,” then the first subgoal “to graduate well from high school” can be divided into several stages. For example, “take additional classes in law and history” and “take additional law courses.”
- Some subgoals have specific time frames. This is important to remember to always stay motivated. If some subgoal does not have a time frame, we advise you to allocate yourself a certain period of time during which you will cope with this task.
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Turn tasks into responsibilities. Soon you will feel that achieving your goal is not so difficult! Research has shown that specific goals, when broken down into tasks, lead to increased productivity, even if the tasks themselves are quite difficult. Accomplishing these tasks can be a lot of hassle, especially if you are not entirely sure that you are truly committed to achieving this goal.
- For example, if you have the task “enroll in law and history classes,” you can limit it to a time frame by dividing it into subtasks. You may end up with the following subtasks: “find out the class schedule”, “discuss attending classes with the teacher”, “sign up for classes before [date]”
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List the sub-items that you have already completed. You may have already achieved some subgoals or are about to achieve them. For example, if you want to go to law school, you should be more interested in news and changes in the law.
- Make a list of even the smallest actions that can help you achieve your goal. You will realize that many of the items on the list have already been completed or are being completed. This will give you a feeling of motivation and progress.
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Think about what you need to learn and develop. If you have many goals, you may not be able to develop all the qualities at once. Think about what skills and knowledge you already have. An exercise to visualize yourself in the future will help you.
- If you realize that you need some other qualities, start developing them in yourself.
- For example, if you want to become a lawyer, you must develop the ability to speak in public and the ability to structure your speech. If you are very shy, you will have to develop your communication skills to achieve your goal.
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Make a plan for every day. Most people put off important things “for later”, “for tomorrow”, and in the end never start doing them. Even if it's something very small, if you can do it today, don't put it off. This will help you get a little closer to your goal.
- The tasks you complete today will take you further. For example, if you need to agree with someone about something, then first you need to collect enough information about this someone. And if your goal is “to walk 3 times a week,” then first you need to buy comfortable shoes. Even the smallest actions will motivate you to move on.
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Think about what is stopping you. In fact, there are not many real obstacles to achieving your goal in the world. Think about what is slowing down your progress. This will help you deal with this “brake” more effectively. Make a list of the obstacles to your goal and think about what you can do to overcome them.
Think about what is important to you. Research results show that the likelihood of achieving goals depends very much on the level of motivation. Think about what areas of your life you would like to make changes in. At this stage, the goal can be quite broad.
Try to understand what you want to become in the future. This image will bring some positivity and happiness into your life, and will also help you understand what goals are most important to you. To understand what you want to be in the future, you need to take just two steps: imagine yourself in the future when all your goals have been achieved, and then understand what characteristics and skills you need to have to become what you want.
Hello friends!
Why make a list of 100 goals?
- Usually, each of us has many different desires, some of them are smaller, others, on the contrary, large-scale and large. And we constantly keep all these desires in our heads. By making a list of our goals, we can unload our heads.
- Having your list of goals gives you an idea of what you should work on throughout the year.
- You will be able to prioritize and select from the entire list of goals those that you should work on first.
- Thanks to your list of goals, you are constantly improving. After all, it’s not easy for you to compose it this way, but you make a promise to yourself that you will implement at least half of them next year. But at least that's what I do.
- You will realize that it turns out that you don’t need much to be completely happy and most of your goals are not that difficult to achieve.
- By writing down your goals, you give them extra power. I don’t know why, but I noticed that goals that are written down on paper are realized faster and easier.
I think these reasons are enough to take a notepad, notebook or regular piece of paper and start making a list of your goals for the year.
How to write goals correctly?
1. Break all goals into specific categories:
- Business or work. Here I write goals related only to my business, for example, to promote a certain website to 5,000 visitors per day, gain 10,000 subscribers, etc.
- Money. In this category, goals related only to money are written, for example, earning $1000 on such and such a project, having such and such total income, saving $300 per month in a bank account, etc.
- Personal life, relationships. In this category, you write down goals related only to your personal life, for example, getting married, having a child, organizing a romantic evening for your loved one every month, etc.
- beauty. Goals related to improving your appearance are written down here, for example, visiting the gym 2 times a week and getting a fit figure, visiting a cosmetologist once a month, seeking the services of a stylist and updating your wardrobe, etc.
- Health. The following goals may be here: do eye exercises every day and improve your vision to one, eat right, treat your teeth, etc.
- Travel and interesting places. Here write down which countries you want to travel to next year and which places to visit, for example, fly to Bali, visit Disneyland in Paris, the aquarium in Bangkok, etc.
- Vivid emotions, new experience. In this category, you write down something new you would like to try, something that will give you vivid emotions, for example, diving, skydiving, hot air ballooning, swimming with dolphins, trying exotic fruits, etc.
- Skills, abilities. Here you write down what you want to teach next year, for example, understand spoken English, edit videos, cook food, get a driver's license, set up a Yandex Direct advertising company, etc.
- Things. In this category, you write down everything you want to buy for yourself, for example, a camera, a car, an apartment, a fur coat, a bag, etc.
- Environment, dating. Here you write down what kind of people you want to communicate with, who to meet, for example, surround yourself with people who have their own business, meet a specific person, etc.
- Charity. Here you write down what you want to do for other people, for example, donate a certain amount of money to the church every month, give your toys to an orphanage, teach your sister to skate, etc.
I believe that by dividing your list of goals into categories, you will develop more harmoniously and it will be much easier to create 100 goals.
2. Write specific goals. If you set a goal: “Increase income,” then this goal is unclear. It is important to be specific. For example, earn $2,000 in six months or double your income in a year. Everything should be measurable so that at the end of the year you can understand whether you achieved this goal or not.
3. The goal must be achievable. That is, you understand that you can achieve it within a year, but there is no need to lower your goals. The goal should cause stress, you may not yet understand how to achieve it, but it should not be some kind of exorbitant. For example, if you earn $1000 a month, then you don’t need to set goals: buy an island in the Indian Ocean, a plane or a villa in Hawaii.
4. The goal must be positive. That is, to be without the particle “not”. There is no need to set goals such as not eating at night, not being late for work, and others. It is better to replace them with such as following a proper diet and being punctual.
5. This is an optional item. But, for example, I always write down my goals in the present tense. Not “Earn $3,000 in six months,” but “I will earn $3,000 in six months,” not “Fly to Singapore in December 2017,” but “I’m flying to Singapore in December 2017.” I like it better this way.
My experience
I always thought writing 100 goals was easy. And thanks to the fact that I broke my goals into categories, I wrote 80 goals pretty quickly. And after that my goals ended. The last 20 goals were difficult for me. I went through all the categories again and mostly the last goals were different purchases: buy a dress, bag, shoes, etc.
What to do next?
Of course, it’s not enough to just make goals and put your list on a shelf. It is important to purposefully help your goals come true. I recommend choosing the most important goals from your list and starting working on them. I understand that there are goals that may seem quite difficult to you, which you do not yet know how to implement, where to start and how to approach them. In this case, I can advise you to use visualization, imagine that your goal has already come true. I myself often start with this, and then gradually the universe begins to throw up opportunities, the right people and knowledge appear. I don't know how it works, but I know for sure that it works, no matter what anyone tells me. I described how I use visualization in a separate article.
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Write in the comments whether you have made your list of 100 goals for the new year or perhaps you decided to do this after watching my video, I will be interested to know. If you still have questions about setting goals, then also write in the comments.
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One of the best pieces of advice that can be given to you is: “look to the future with confidence - in the direction of your dreams” and set the right goals in life.
Most of us live like the wind - moving back and forth, from one day to the next.
But I believe that our life is not just an accident, and that we all have to participate in its “design”. You can call it lifestyle design.
Since the release of the movie "The Bucket List" starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, even more people have started writing down a list of their own goals.
Setting goals isn't just about writing a list. This is the starting point towards designing the life we live. Perhaps it’s time for you to think about all the big and small things that you would like to accomplish in your life.
Every year, usually in December, people make a list of things they would like to achieve in the next year. However, these are short-term in nature. 100 life goals will set you more ambitious goals. Some of them will be short-term, while others may take your entire life to complete. Some tasks you can start and do right away, others will take more time.
100 Life Goals should be so exciting to you personally that you will have trouble falling asleep at night! If you are not excited about your goals, then you will not strive for them at a high enough level.
I'll give you an example of 100 life goals (both basic and "exotic"), but I highly recommend making your own list. So, be patient...
100 goals of human life
- Create a family.
- Maintain excellent health.
- Learn to speak English (with the help of a native speaker or on your own).
- Visit a new country in the world every year. Visit all continents.
- Invent and patent a new idea.
- Receive an honorary degree.
- Make a significant positive contribution to peace.
- Go on a trip by ship.
- See the earth from space + Get the experience of weightlessness.
- Take a parachute jump.
- Take part in a marathon.
- Create a passive source of income.
- Change someone's life forever.
- Participate in the Olympics (or World Championships).
- Make a pilgrimage to Israel.
- Help 10 people achieve their life goal.
- Give a birth to a baby. Raise a child.
- Be a vegetarian for a month.
- Read the entire Bible.
- Have lunch with a famous person.
- Speak at a conference (+give a speech in front of more than 100 people).
- Write and publish a book.
- Write a song.
- Launch a website on the Internet.
- Learn to ride a motorcycle.
- Create your own business.
- Climb to the top of the mountain.
- Learn to play tennis.
- Learn digital photography and learn how to take photographs.
- Donate blood.
- Get rid of bad habits (Alcohol, smoking).
- Meet an interesting person of the opposite sex.
- Own your own 5 hectares of land.
- Feed the sharks.
- Find a job you love that won't stress you out.
- Go scuba diving (diving or perhaps even sailing in a submarine).
- Ride a camel or ride an elephant.
- Fly in a helicopter or hot air balloon.
- Swim with dolphins.
- See the 100 best films of all time.
- Visit the Oscars.
- Lose weight.
- Take a trip to Disneyland with your family.
- Take a ride in a limousine.
- Read the 100 best books of all time.
- Canoe in the Amazon.
- Visit all the games of the season of your favorite football/basketball/hockey/etc. teams.
- Visit all the largest cities in the country.
- Live without TV for some time.
- Seclude yourself and live like a monk for a month.
- Memorize the poem “If…” by Rudyard Kipling.
- Have your own home.
- Live without a car for some time.
- Take a flight in a fighter jet.
- Learn to milk a cow (don't laugh, it can be a learning experience!).
- Become a foster parent.
- Take a trip to Australia.
- Learn belly dancing.
- Found a non-profit organization aimed at helping people.
- Learn how to do home renovations (and do them).
- Organize a tour of Europe.
- Learn rock climbing.
- Learn to sew/knit.
- Take care of the garden.
- Go on a hike in the wild.
- Master a martial art (possibly become a black belt).
- Play in a local theater.
- Star in a film.
- Go on a trip to the Galapagos Islands.
- Learn archery.
- Learn to use a computer confidently (or help your girlfriend or mother with this)
- Take singing lessons.
- Taste dishes of French, Mexican, Japanese, Indian and other cuisines.
- Write a poem about your life.
- Learn to ride horses.
- Take a gondola ride in Venice.
- Learn to operate a boat or boat.
- Learn to dance waltz, tap dance, etc.
- Post a video on YouTube that gets 1 million views.
- Visit the headquarters of Google, Apple, Facebook or others.
- Live on an island + Live in a hut.
- Get a full body massage.
- For a month, drink only water and juice with meals.
- Become the owner of a % of the shares of a profitable company.
- Have zero personal debt.
- Build a tree house for your children.
- Invest in gold and/or real estate.
- Volunteer at a hospital.
- Go on a trip around the world.
- Get a dog.
- Learn to drive a racing car.
- Publish family tree.
- Achieve financial freedom: have enough passive income to cover all your expenses.
- Witness the birth of your grandchildren.
- Visit Fiji/Tahiti, Monaco, South Africa.
- Participate in sled dog races in the Arctic.
- Learn to surf.
- Make a split.
- Go skiing with the whole family in Aspen.
- Have a professional photo shoot.
- Live in another country for one month.
- Visit Niagara Falls, the Eiffel Tower, the North Pole, the pyramids in Egypt, the Roman Colosseum, the Great Wall of China, Stonehenge, the Sistine Chapel in Italy.
- Take a nature survival course.
- Own your own private jet.
- Be happy in this life.
- …. your goals...
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The question may arise: why are 100 goals in life so many? Setting so many goals can really test your motivation and talents in many areas and areas of your life. Life is so multifaceted, and goals should demonstrate your discipline and responsible attitude towards it.
You are the one who takes control of your life. And goals are like a GPS in life. They give direction and will help you choose where to go in this life. Your vision of an ideal future can become reality.
When you set 100 life goals and then evaluate your achievements, you will be able to see what you have accomplished and what you are truly capable of. The very process of achieving goals will give you confidence and faith in yourself. Once you have achieved one goal, you will try to achieve other goals, perhaps higher ones.
You will see the great progress you have made when you look back after some time. Goals are the starting point for success. Just start...
And a good start, as you yourself know, is half the success!