Many people feel or think they are being dragged around in the world. They're working hard to change that, but it still seems like their path is going nowhere.
The main reason they feel this way is because they haven't spent enough time thinking about what they want out of life and haven't set any serious goals for themselves. Consider this: Would you take a big trip without a real idea of where you're going? You probably wouldn't!
How is the Goal Determined?
First you need to think about what you want to achieve and then stick to it. It is also essential to set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound goals that motivate you and write them down to embody them. Next, you need to plan the steps you need to take to achieve your goal.
Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, turning your vision of that future into reality, and motivating yourself.
The goal setting process also helps you choose where you want to go in life. If you know exactly what you want to achieve, you know where to focus your efforts. You also quickly notice distractions that can easily lead you astray.
Why Are Goals Set?
Top athletes, successful business people, and successful people in all fields all set goals for themselves. Goal setting gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation. Goals focus you on gaining relevant knowledge and help you organize your time and resources so you can live your best life.
Sharp and clearly defined goals make the achievement of these goals measurable, and reaching points that previously seemed like pointless torture will make you proud. This increases your self-confidence. Because in this process, you begin to understand your own abilities and competencies in achieving the goals you have set.
Starting to Set Personal Goals
You should divide your goals into several levels:
First, create in your mind the “big picture” of what you want to do in your life (or in the next 10 years) and define the large-scale goals you want to achieve.
Then break them down into smaller goals to achieve your big goals.
Finally, once you have your plan, start working on your plan to achieve these goals.
As mentioned above, once your big life goals are determined, the subgoal setting process begins. Then, with sub-goals like next year, next month, next week, and today in the next five years, you get down to the sub-steps you can take to start moving towards the big goals.
Achieve Goals
When you reach a goal, take time for yourself to experience the satisfaction of doing it. Absorb the effects of goal achievement and monitor your progress towards other goals.
If the goal is important, reward yourself appropriately. All of this will help you build the self-confidence you deserve.
Review the rest of your goal plans with this goal-achieving experience:
If you accomplished the goal too easily, make your next goal even harder.
If the goal took a long time to reach, make the next goal a little easier.
If you've learned something that will cause you to change other goals, do it.
If you notice a gap in your skills despite meeting the goal, decide whether or not you should set goals to fix it.
Incorporate lessons learned as feedback as you set your next goals. Remember that your goals will change as time goes on. Adjust them regularly to reflect the growth in your knowledge and experience, and if goals no longer interest you in the light of your new knowledge, drop them.
