Are you a Goal-oriented Person?

Becoming a goal-oriented person will be one of the best things you can do for your life. Write down every goal you could want to accomplish in the next 10 years then choose the most important one. Perhaps the most important single word in achieving great success in your work and personal life is the word "clarity."

Clarity requires that you become absolutely clear about who you are, what you believe, what you are or could be really good at and the goals you want to accomplish. People who have clear written goals and know exactly what they want to accomplish in each area of their lives achieve vastly more than people who are unsure or unclear about what they want. Perhaps nothing can help you to be paid more and promoted faster than for you to become an intensely go along in a person. Your ability to set and achieve goals is often called the "master skill of success." Fortunately, all business skills are learn about and this is one that you can't learn quite quickly and then improve through practice day after day.

There are many approaches to goal-setting. You can even attend multi-day seminars on the subject. The great truth, however, is that any method is better than no method at all. Here is a simple yet powerful step formula that you can use to set and achieve any goal.

#1 Decide exactly what you want

Decide what you want to achieve in your career. Decide your ideal income. How much you want to earn next year? in the year after? Decide on your desired lifestyle, a kind of a home, do you want to have your perfect family? Situation your level of health - your weight and level of physical fitness is very important and your goals in every other area that is important to you. If you can decide upon your goals, you can achieve them but if your not decide upon them you can't. It's as simple as that. Most people never do this. By the way, when you know exactly what you want, you separate yourself from the majority of the population. You join the top 20% of high achievers.

#2 Write it down

When you write your goals down on paper, something amazing happens between your head and your hand. The act of writing actually programs these goals into your subconscious mind. They then begin to take on a power of the roam attracting people and possibilities into your life. Every person I have ever spoken with who began writing their goals down on a regular basis was absolutely amazed at how rapidly those goals were achieved.

#3 Set a deadline

If it's a large goal, set sub deadlines as well. If you miss your deadline for any reason, set another deadline. Your subconscious mind needs a clear forcing system or specific time target to aim at. When you set a deadline, you activate more of your super conscious powers. You will feel yourself internally motivated to take those actions that are necessary to achieve your goal on schedule. You'll start to see possibilities all around you that you would not have seen if you hadn't written your goals down.

#4 Make a list

Write down every task you can think of that you will have to complete to achieve your goal. As you think of new tasks and activities, add them to your list. Keep developing your list until it is complete, until you can't think of anything else that you could possibly do.

#5 Organize your list into a plan

A plan is very a list of activities arranged by time and sequence - what has to be done first, what can be done later, what is more important, what is less important. Once you have a goal and a plan, you will have a print for success. You'll be ready to achieve your goals at a more rapid rate than ever before. You will accomplish five or ten times as much as a person without goals and a plan.

#6 Take action on your plan

Do something. Do anything. But whatever you do, get going. Don't delay. Select the most logical first step and get started. It's amazing how many great goals and plans die for lack of implementation. Don't let this happen to you.

#7 Do something every day that moves you toward your major goal

Take specific actions that move you in the direction of your most important goal every day. This is perhaps the most important step of all. By doing something every day, you develop the power of momentum. With this power, you will move faster and faster towards your goal at the same time your goal will move faster and faster toward you.

It's absolutely amazing the more goal-oriented you are at work the more focused you will be. The more focused you are, the less time you will waste and the more you will accomplish, the more valuable you will be to yourself and to your company. When you become intensely goal-oriented, you will stand out from the other people around you. You will attract more opportunities for greater responsibilities.