How to set a goal and achieve it. Rule #1: The goal should only be you

This article will talk about how to achieve your goals and make your dreams come true. I will describe several approaches that, in my opinion, have a lot in common.

The dream will not come true until you take action.

A small digression: in Russia the word “goal” and “dream” have different meaning. A goal is the result we strive for, and a dream is something transcendental that may or may not come true. When we dream, we rely on chance, on the universe, on coincidence.

Consider the difference between these two statements: “I want to go to Gym” and “I intend to go to the gym.” There are desires, and there are intentions. To achieve something, you need to not just want, but intend.

Over the 4 years of working as a copywriter, I studied (there were orders) a lot of technologies for making wishes come true. I am a skeptic and don’t particularly believe in the Universe, miracles and all kinds of magic. But these techniques have their place and are popular.

A person who dreams of winning the lottery must at least buy a ticket. And if you dream of being at sea, buy a plane ticket or a trip.

1. A wish card is when you write down your wishes, put pictures on a sheet of paper, and hang them in a visible place. As coaches say: ask the universe and it will give you. This makes sense if you are clearly aware of your desires and see them every day. You program your brain, subconscious and actions to make them come true;
2. Write a list of 100 wishes for the year ahead. First the important ones, then the minor ones;
3. Keep a gratitude diary, every day before going to bed, write down 5 things for which you are grateful;
4. Imagine that you already have what you want. That is, you sat down, relaxed and imagined the emotions that fill your head when your desire is fulfilled.

All these desires will not come true if you do not act. If you just lie on the couch and wait for you to start earning more, then nothing will happen. I think you understand this yourself :)

How to set goals correctly?

There is a whole technology for setting goals called SMART. This technology is good for setting goals for 2-4 or even 6-8 months. It is used in many companies and helps to clearly formulate and understand their purpose.

• S pecific (Specific);
• M easure(Measurable);
• A chievable;
• R elevant (Current);
• T ime-bound (Limited in time).

Goal: buy a fur coat costing from 50,000 rubles. for money earned from freelancing until March 1, 2018.

The goal should have a time limit, a measurable result that you are striving for. The bar must be real. “I want to live with dignity” or “earn a lot” are not the goal.

• “I earn from freelancing from 60,000 rubles. Monthly, starting April 1, 2018";
• “I am married to the man I love until December 2018”;
• "I have a new, more high paying job with a salary of 50,000 rubles and free schedule until June 2018."

Did you notice? Everywhere there is “I” or “I have”, because the goal must relate specifically to you.

Once you've written down a list of your goals, take each one and divide it into subgoals.

• Find 6 regular customers before March 1;
• Make a price list for your services;
• Make a resume;
• Complete specialized training;
• Read book XXXXX.

Afterwards, break down each subgoal into even smaller steps.

• Every day you need to send your resume to at least 10 companies until 2 are invited for an interview;
• Write on social media network 1 post per day and add 6 potential customers as friends, write them messages offering services;
• Take 2 tasks on the stock exchange per day.

1. Break down one common goal into the smallest steps. So one difficult task breaks down into simple steps, it’s easier to take on simple things (just don’t go to the point of absurdity in crushing);
2. Write down all the steps on a separate sheet, and put a date next to each one;
3. The goal must be realistic. If you now earn 25,000, then set the bar at 28,000 for the next month, if 35,000, then set it at 39,000. Increasing your indicators by 10% is more than realistic. Naturally, if you have 20 now, then 1,000,000 next. It will be difficult to do in a month.
   Growth of 30% per year for the average person is the norm, but jumps in income by 2 times in a couple of months are rather beautiful marketing ploy various trainings;
4. You must really want to get what you want, if the goal is not yours, but imposed by parents, spouses or someone else, then you can take a lot of actions on how to set goals correctly and achieve them, but in the end nothing will work, because there is no sincerity in the intention;
5. Your goals don't exist until they are written down. Write them down on paper. We also have .

How to set goals for the year?

I listened to Andrey Parabellum’s audiocasts that any long-term goal should follow the formula: be able to, master, be.

I am an internet marketer, I have a Porsche Cayenne, I know how to set up automated sales funnels.

I have my own business, I know how to sell kitchens, I earned money for my own home.

There is another opinion on this matter: people live according to the formula - I have something, I do something, then I become someone. I earned initial capital, bought an apartment, rented an office, have a car, I started selling kitchens, I became the director of the company.

The following formula would be more correct: I have become someone, I am doing something, I have something. That is, you have to imagine the person you want to become in a year (maybe two), then do what this person would do, communicate with those with whom he would communicate, and one day you will become this person.

You can change in one moment - at the moment of making a decision.

I just write 100 goals for the year, I need this to understand where I’m going and what I want. Both personal and work-related - all in one list. Do I want to work more - no. But to buy a new, more spacious apartment - yes. Work is a tool, not a goal.

American approach to goals and planning

At one webinar on SMM from Timur Tazhetdinov, he said that in America goals and dreams are very closely connected. There is one common vision for your future or the product you produce. The more accurate this vision and more detailed idea of ​​the necessary steps to achieve the result, the faster you can get what you want.

If you want to set goals and achieve them, you need to be able to imagine the desired result in great detail.

Goal: climb the volcano and watch the sunrise before the end of 2018. Before doing this, you can look at a photo of this place to get a better idea.

Freelancing - microbusiness

– small business, since this is work with orders. Working with indicators, planning, and goal setting are part of any business, if, of course, you strive for success. If there is no boss, then you will have to set tasks for yourself.

Without clear goals, there will be no results.

How to force yourself to move?

1. Trainings. During the training you will receive good motivation for action;
2. Inspirational films. It doesn’t work for me; I only need inspiration for a day or two. But this may be enough to get started;
3. A hopeless situation. Any discomfort makes you move;
4. Find a mentor who will push you to achieve results.

To achieve your goals, you need to do more, talk, think, and reason less. Just start moving.

Goal: learn to hit a target from 15 meters.

Literature and films on goal setting

On the topic “How to set goals and achieve them” written great amount books that are freely available. I recommend watching the movie “The Secret”. Watching a movie is easier than reading a book. Spend a couple of hours, it will really inspire you to do great things. Already from a state of inspiration, start writing your goals.

Goals written on paper work. Believe me.

In conclusion, I would like to give an example:

When I worked as a coach, I set a goal for my students - to get an interview within 1 week. Those who sent their resumes once or twice were not included. The names were those who sent 20-25 times. This suggests that you need to go towards your goal, and not wait for everything to work out on its own. You can't wait.

When you realize what you want, don't stop, dig even deeper. Is this your goal? Is this what you want? Maybe your mother wants this, the environment or other other people’s voices are imposing theirs?

Are you sure you really want this? Choice and correct positioning goals are half the battle and the basis for a successful outcome. Let's look at the criteria for correctness.

Specificity

It is not enough to set the goal “apartment”. It is necessary to describe the nuances in as much detail as possible, otherwise discrepancies are possible. An apartment seems to have appeared, there is a place to live, but it is not yours, you cannot dispose of it as you please. This apartment is the wrong size, in the wrong city, it’s not an apartment, but a room in a communal apartment. Has the goal been achieved? Yes. Is this what you wanted? No.

Wrong target: apartment.

Correct goal: three-room apartment without encumbrances in the center of Moscow in my ownership.

Measurability

Let's say your goal is to become a popular blogger. Thanks to social networks, there is a simple and concrete sign of popularity - a large number of subscribers. If you find it difficult to determine this figure for yourself, look at how many subscribers the person you consider popular has, and use this number as a guide.

Wrong target: I want to be popular.

Correct goal: 5,000 followers on Facebook.

Reachability

As one boss said, ask the impossible, you will get the maximum. Set yourself ambitious goals, wish in your heart to jump above your head, believe in yourself, and then land and take into account objective reality. There is no point in setting yourself the goal of growing a third arm.

Wrong target: I want people not to get cancer.

Correct goal: employment with a cancer organization.

Significance

Ask yourself the question “Why?” Repeat until you come to an answer like “This will make me happy,” “I will feel fulfilled,” “I will be fulfilled as...”. Ultimately, most human desires come down to these simple things. Therefore, it is not recommended to set a goal of a certain amount of money. Money is not a goal, it is a means to achieve something that will bring joy, benefit, and happiness.

Wrong target: I want a lot of money to buy a yacht.

Correct goal: yacht.

Deadlines

The deadline is a necessary parameter to achieve the goal. Without buoys, the sea of ​​time seems endless, but suddenly life passes. An approaching deadline stimulates acceleration and will help correlate current progress with the remaining time.

Wrong target: I want to learn to draw.

Sign of goal achievement

By what sign will we understand that the goal of “getting married” has been achieved? will appear official document, confirming this is a marriage certificate. I’ll say a seditious thought, but in achieving a goal we move rather not towards the goal itself, but towards a sign of its achievement. Without a sign of achievement, the goal ceases to be specific. It's not enough to want your own car. The car becomes mine the moment my name is entered into the vehicle passport.

Incorrect sign: Dodge brand car.

Correct sign: PTS for a Dodge car.

Tools for achieving goals

Countdown

Register key milestones in order from last to first. The question “What is needed to..?” will help with this. Determine the approximate deadlines for each stage so that you can check the plan later.

Example

Goal: October 2019 - housewarming in my own house, which I will build.

• What do you need to celebrate a housewarming in the house that I will build? Interior decoration (September 2019).
• What is needed for interior decoration to appear? Bring up communications (May 2018).
• What is needed to carry out communications? Cover the roof (April 2018).
• What does it take to cover a roof? Build walls (March 2018).
• Lay the foundation (September 2017).
• Select a construction contractor (June 2017).
• Order a project (April 2017).
• Find an architect (tomorrow).

So we come to the first step: write a post on social networks tomorrow and ask to recommend an architect.

Action every day

Take at least one action every day to achieve your goal. Even if you only have enough energy for one microtask, let it be done: curtains, call the architect and discuss the date of the meeting.

Creating an Environment

Fill the air. Subscribe to thematic resources, meet and communicate with experts and experienced people, read, watch. This contributes to the accumulation of knowledge and helps not to forget about the goal.

It is ideal if loved ones support, encourage, and help. Specialists and experienced people can also provide moral support, not limited to just expertise.

Self-tuning

A method for those who do not deny that thought is material. Put yourself in the image you want. This could be a visualization of the goal: someone draws a goal, someone makes collages from their photographs and photographs of the goal. Someone practices the principle “Live as if you have achieved it”, models and cultivates the feeling that you have what you want.

What to do if the goal is achieved or not achieved

Regardless of the result, analyze it. What hindered you in achieving your goal, what helped? What inspired you, what provoked procrastination? What should you consider or improve next time?

Analysis and adjustment:

• The goal was not achieved within the desired period. Review the deadlines and adjust them in accordance with the input data.
• The goal is irrelevant. Interests, values ​​may have changed, life situation. Adjust the goal or abandon it.
• The goal is relevant, but priorities have changed. Life has made adjustments to plans; other issues require attention. Review the goal and timeline.

Don’t regret, don’t criticize yourself, analyze, look for cause-and-effect relationships, draw conclusions. Accept a situation that cannot be changed. It will be easier if you give your all along the way and enjoy the process. Even if things didn't work out, at least you had a great time. What's next on the list?

They say that dreaming is not harmful, but many dreams should remain just dreams. I lived with this statement since childhood, my parents always pulled me back when they found out about my fantasies - come down to earth!

Well, okay, let’s say the idea of ​​having a unicorn and flying it to other planets really needs some work, but such simple human desires as good house, stable marriage, interesting job and travel can be realized. How many very simple and small desires do people have?

Get your figure in order for summer, open your own store, learn to dance flamenco... And every day I hear from someone - well, this is impossible. Absolutely anything is possible if you know how to achieve it! I will talk about my approach to goals and their implementation, and you will learn how to set goals.

Setting goals

A correctly set goal has the following characteristics:

• she is very specific. If we take the example of purchasing a home, then you need to sit down and write down in detail what options may suit you: square footage, location, layout.
• it is measured in specific terms. For example, buying a home in three years. Lose ten kilograms by summer.
• it has an implementation plan. If you know how to implement it, you will always achieve results.

Formulating goals

Not long ago I pursued exactly this dream, and I can tell you what and how I did. It's not too difficult, but it can't be done in a jiffy, so you'll need to understand how to set a goal correctly and achieve it.

The next step is to formulate the goal, express it as specifically and in detail as possible. To do this, you need to confirm the reason. Answer yourself the following questions (I indicated possible options answer for study purpose foreign language):

1. Why do I want to achieve this?
   Possible answers:
   • I want to feel the culture of a new country.
   • I need this language in my work; knowing it will make me a more specialized and valuable specialist.
   • I want to travel and knowing a foreign language will expand my capabilities.
   • I want to read, write, listen to music and watch videos in this language.
2. What will achieving this result give me?
   • I will be more free when traveling.
   • I will be able to watch the films of my favorite director in the original.
   • I will get a promotion.
3. How will I feel when I achieve my goal and how will I know that I have achieved the result?
   • I will feel satisfaction from the first book I read without a dictionary.
   • I will experience new sensations when watching the film in the original.
   • I'll feel a little less "foreign" while traveling when I can freely talk to the locals.
4. How will achieving results improve me?
   • A foreign language develops thinking, I will remember information faster.
   • I will study diligently, become more disciplined and learn to work with information.
5. What can I do next?
   • It will be easier for me to learn new languages.
   • I will be able to teach or tutor.
   • I will be able to get a certificate of knowledge of a new language.
   • I will be able to go to another country to work (having an accredited diploma and confirming the spoken language with a certificate).

I determined the deadline as follows. I chose IELTS testing to test my knowledge. Then I called my English teacher and asked her how long it would take to realistically prepare for IELTS with my level of preparation. Having thrown in a couple of months for unforeseen circumstances, I started drawing up an implementation plan.

How to make your plans come true

How to achieve what you want?

By the way, did you notice that in each example I mention time? It is needed to learn English, to lose weight and buy real estate... This is not an abstract meaning. You can’t listen to a song in English once a week and pass IELTS in a year, just as you can’t do squats twice and get great muscles. Every good thing takes time, so decide right away how much time you will devote to your goal.

This requirement will need to be strictly observed - otherwise the goal will not be achieved.
The deadline is determined either by the person’s capabilities or by external circumstances (in a situation with a language, for example, when a certificate is needed by a certain deadline, they act based on the available time).

I had nowhere to rush, so I allocated 8 hours a week to learning English. Six days of one hour each self-study, reading books, watching videos, and studying on the Internet, and two hours of studying in courses. Your deadlines may be different, it all depends on the goal and discipline.

Making a list of tasks

1. Find out your assets
   You need to understand what you have to achieve your goal right now. I had this:
   • school level of English. Not God knows what, but still not from scratch.
   • good educational materials, classics and modern literature in the original.
   • good teacher (no need to look for a group).
   • enough money for training (if I didn’t have it, I would take out a small loan).
   • several English friends who agreed to talk with me on Skype and correct my mistakes.
   You need to determine what you have to achieve your goal and how you can work with it.

   The next question on the list to answer is

2. What needs to be done to get results?
   I had these answers:
   • take the test and find out the state of my English.
   • talk with the teacher, soberly assess your capabilities and listen to the recommendations of a professional.
   • make a lesson schedule.
   • Separately, engage in training for IELTS testing - find examples of tasks, complete them, learn to do it as correctly as possible.
   • line up independent tasks so that they are effective.

In the situation with large purchases, for example, everything is a little different. First of all, there will be a completely different list. In order to purchase a home faster, you will need to not only save money, but also protect it from inflation, increase capital, monitor the situation on the housing market, if the need for a mortgage arises, then write new list on how to pay it off quickly.

We must not forget about why all this is being done. Two months after the start of classes, I started reading - so that it wouldn’t be so scary, I first took up the old ones good fairy tales on English language, then read something more difficult, and then I found myself wanting to listen to audiobooks. No sooner said than done.

I recommend doing the same thing to everyone who has set a goal and is achieving it - start enjoying the process. The path to a goal is not an easy one, and those who know how to set goals correctly will always achieve their goals. But there is a significant difference between “to achieve” and “to achieve with pleasure.” The second, as you understand, is much more pleasant.

I would also like to give one very important advice which I received from my teacher. It so happened that in our group there were several guys who had already tried to take IELTS and did not receive the necessary scores to confirm their level. They gave a lot of advice, talked about their experiences and shared opinions.

But our teacher gave one of the most valuable advice in my entire life - You only need to learn from those who have already achieved the result you want! Simple, right? Ask for advice from those who know what to do. This was a revelation for me.

If there was a need to prepare for testing in three months, I would do it too, there are no unfulfilled desires if you organize your life correctly for at least a year or two.

Any achievement of a goal is not only work, but also some overcoming of oneself. You will have to overcome yourself every day, or even several times a day. I convinced myself every day that languages ​​were easy for me (this is true, because I know four languages), I also praised myself ( positive emotions help me cope with the matter), and all the time I organized myself.

Organizing yourself is a difficult task, and if at some point it does not work out, then it is better to turn to a coaching trainer. These are special psychologists who not only develop the theory, but also help achieve desired result and implement in your life what makes it even more interesting.

I am sure that if a person knows how to set goals correctly and achieve them, he will be able to achieve the desired results, and at the same time he will be able to learn to live differently - more meaningfully. Ultimately, goals help you mobilize yourself, make yourself better, smarter and more interesting. I’m talking about this because I’ve gone through this stage many times in my life - I achieved results, re-read the list of goals set for the year over and over again, and looked for ways to make my desires come true.

Now I’m ready to organize the process of achieving not only personal goals, but also work ones - this helps me a lot in life. Remember, nothing is impossible. And write down your list of goals - for a year, five years, or even for your whole life today, so that you know each of your dreams and start making them come true.

How to achieve your goals

What goals to set, how to set goals correctly, and the necessary steps to achieve any goal.

Good time to you! In the last article, we discussed the importance of the fact that success in any area of ​​life primarily depends on what many people think is nonsense.

And today we will consider: what goals need to be set, how to set them, and what is generally needed to ensure that you achieve your goals.

By and large, I won’t tell you anything particularly new, everything has long been known, but rather I’ll draw your attention to some key points, and I’ll give you a simple, but really working scheme that I use myself, and which helps me step by step to achieve certain successes.

I will not say that I have achieved great results in financially, but the good thing is that I was already able to get out of a deep hole in the form of considerable debts and loss of housing after my first unsuccessful experience in business.

So, as for goals in general, I am sure that the first thing that should be most cherished for any person is target - BE HAPPY.

That is, you need to want not to survive, not to somehow reach old age, but want to truly be happy! This means living a life in which you will increasingly feel comfort, peace and joy within yourself.

And until this goal becomes paramount for you, some fears, laziness and excuses will stop you all the time.

“Everything comes true when the decision to be happy becomes a lifestyle.”

But very, very many people, without even realizing it, live just by survival, just to somehow live. They are not trying to change anything for the better, to achieve something, but simply go with the flow, living in the usual (old) comfort, not caring about the quality of their life, and believe the well-known saying - “Better a bird in the hand than a pie in the sky.” .

Well, okay, if this tit can still fly somewhere, but for some it has been half-dead for a long time, its wings have been cut off and it’s not like flying, but weaving spruce-spruce.

Of course it's very important be able to live comfortably, being content with what you have, but you need to strive for the crane .

Therefore, you just need to set yourself main goal become happy. This is the most important and wonderful goal!

But the point here is that this goal itself is vague, it does not indicate what we need to be happy. Therefore, first of all, let’s look at what it could be and where to look.

What goals should you set for yourself?

We have many areas in life and each is important in its own way:

• Internal, State of mind , this is the most important thing! If you experience mental suffering, all the time or often feel some kind of internal pain, then everything else (given below) begins to lose meaning. And this is the first goal that you need to set for yourself - to find spiritual comfort. After all, life is, first of all, internal state, not achievements, events and situations.

• Physical health , in case of poor health, for example, a person is paralyzed, even having a million dollars will not make him cheerful, money can only provide some comfort.

• Job(creative realization), if a person goes to work as if it’s hard labor, is forced to obey, endures and is afraid of losing his job, and every morning begins with the thoughts: “God, how can I get through another working day, I wish it was the weekend soon,” then we can hardly talk about happiness;

Take a closer look, everyone has some plans for you, your work colleagues, companies (organizations), the state and even your loved ones. Everyone wants something from you, but by and large no one cares about what you want. But it is very important not to ignore your sincere desires, satisfy them and do what you want in life. exactly for you likes it and gives pleasure.

Remember what aroused your interest or try yourself in something new, and listen to yourself, what causes a pleasant response in your soul. This could be any activity - dancing, music, painting, knitting, photography, cooking, gardening, programming, or even animal training.

And start getting involved in this, study and gradually become an expert, in the future, this can become the main source of your income, because it is in what they love that people achieve the greatest success. Especially now, when, with the development of the Internet, a lot of new professions and opportunities for self-realization and earning money have appeared.

And for this it is not at all necessary to take drastic steps, quit your previous job or start a revolution, act for the future, just start trying things and learning.

• Financial(material) sphere, if there is not enough money and you have to worry all the time about where to get something to at least eat normally and give the essentials to your family, this is also not very rosy and will always be stressful. I'm not even talking about our dreams and desires - to travel, to pamper ourselves, our family, etc.

• Personal(family) relationship. A lonely person can live well, but he will be happy only if he has been able, so to speak, to develop deeply spiritually, when he can only be pleased with his own existence. But you and I are not some enlightened people, not Buddhist monks, and constant loneliness will be a burden to us.

• Environment and friends , all this is also important for joy and pleasure in life, and our success largely depends on it.

But you need to be careful in choosing such people and not be afraid to leave those who do not support and inspire you.

• Self-development . Here I’ll just say - it’s always important for us to strive to develop, even in the smallest steps. We don’t have such a thing that having achieved some result, you can hang in this state and somehow hold back development. We either move forward or degrade.

If, for example, you are overweight and weak muscle tone, then it would be good to strive for body development if internal problems bother you and you often experience negative emotions, and perhaps there are emotional disorders, then it’s important to take care of your inner world, learn and apply something to improve your well-being and its stability.

In general, you need to set your own goals in these areas, because all these moments together make us happy, inspired and energetic, and for everyone they will be somewhat different, because we are all different, for everyone different conditions and resources, different predispositions and inclinations, and for everyone right now something may have a special need.

How to set goals correctly.

Take a pen, a piece of paper and, slowly, think and write down what your goals are now. What do you want from life? First write down everything that comes to mind, it could be 10, 20 or more goals.

Next, take another piece of paper and write down from all the previously described goals, the most-most necessary , the most cherished 2-3 goals for you, which you cannot imagine without happy life, what you will commit to with all your heart, what excites you when you think about it. In general, determine what you will want to wake up for every day, what will give you the feeling that your life is not in vain.

By the way, one of these goals, for a given period of life, will have priority over the others, this is the most what you need now, but priority may change over time.

When you write these two or three goals, leave between them free place about a third of the sheet, here we will enter “necessary actions.”

So, for these purposes, describe in detail, how would you like to live and what to do? For example, I would like to do this, have such and such a family, have such and such, specifically in numbers, material income, where and how to live, for example, in your own house on the river bank, there are so many rooms in the house, there is a garage, etc., in general, describe in more detail and more colorfully.

And don’t write some pipe dreams, like: to have a billion dollars and for everyone to love me, but let them be brave and hot dreams, but what is certain is that realistically achieved in some foreseeable future(for example 1 or 3 years).

You can take your time and draw up a sheet of goals gradually, over several days, now the main thing is begin, and then, without delaying too much, bring it to the end.

How to achieve a goal - specific actions

After describing the goals, in the space left, write the following paragraph: “The most necessary actions leading to the goal.”

At this point, think and mark those specific actions that need to be taken to achieve what you want.

Moreover, write actions starting with the smallest steps, what will be the first and what will happen next.

For example, if you are single and want to start a family, then the first action would be: go out and walk to where you can meet certain people, or find a dating site. And the second step will be: without any extra thought, while still feeling embarrassed, approach and talk to the person, say at least a few words or write him a message.

And if now you are prevented from doing these actions by being overweight and the uncertainty associated with it, then we set ourselves intermediate goal: “Start eating right and playing sports in order to become more confident and attractive.”

The same applies to the most important thing – our health.

What does it take to feel good, cheerful and energetic? And now think about how best to achieve this - what actions, where to start here and there?

These actions should be reliable, that is, proven, proven and working effectively, and not some of your own or someone else’s, little-tested stories and conjectures.

Example. For your good health, stable, wellness and I need energy:

• relax regularly (what concrete actions?)
• proper rest (when, how and what?)
• playing sports (what sport, what do I like best, what will be especially useful in my case?)
• learn (which ways exactly?), etc.

That is, describe specific actions in stages necessary to achieve the goal.

Scheme:

1. A detailed, clear goal that we have set for ourselves.

• (most effective actions)
• (... action)
• (... action)

1. Second detailed purpose

• (... action)
• (... action)
• (action), etc.

We consolidate our goals

After writing a piece of paper with goals and actions, often find a separate minute and remember (dream), periodically look through this sheet, and even better, if you at least sometimes (preferably more often), and for example in the morning, rewrite the goals in a separate notebook, in this case motor skills will be activated. It has been scientifically proven that the brain begins to perceive information described by the hand differently, more deeply and purely, and assimilates it better. Imagination and writing on paper are the most powerful tools for self-development.

It will also help greatly if you record your goals on an audio player and listen to the recording from time to time. After all, it is important not only to know your goal well, but fix it in your mind, make it an idea And start living for her . After all, there is nothing stronger than an idea; once some thought has built a nest in our heads, it begins to control our lives, and it’s good if this idea is useful!

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What you should always remember

Dreaming and acting towards your goals is important remember the present otherwise, constantly thinking about where you would like to be, you lose the ability to enjoy life here and now.

It doesn’t work in life that, well, I’ll achieve my goal and then I’ll live and become happy. In life it's the other way around at first you relax mentally and begin to relate more simply towards yourself, towards your goals and life itself, and without unnecessary stress, without burnout, you begin to move towards your plans, that’s when everything magically, although not always quickly, it works.

Therefore, keep a big goal for the future, but try seize the day , solving small problems as they arise, and not thinking about everything in advance, and not driving yourself to illness with the race for achievements. A big goal, like a bright landmark to which you need smoothly pursuit.

Just don’t forget that everything you do is primarily for the sake of your happiness, and to be in good mood and be content with life, you can right now, and this, oddly enough, depends only on you!

How to achieve your goals

Having set goals and periodically remembering them, begin to move towards this, trying no distractions to harmful thoughts, useless and stupid people, quarrels, arguments with someone and empty activities.

And start already right now, at least just do it taking your first steps without waiting for the perfect moment .

Many people do one of the most gross mistakes, they are constantly waiting for that perfect moment to start something. Their whole life passes in this expectation, until their dream one day turns into disappointment. And this happens very often in life.

People think like this: I’ll start when I’m ready, when I gain more knowledge, or when my condition improves and I gain confidence, or in general, when some stars align and there’s a sign from above.

In fact, it's simple - there will never be a perfect moment, and you you're disturbing yourself change life for the better. You are afraid and listen to your fear, you have no faith in yourself and your strength. Probably sometime earlier you made a mistake and perhaps more than one, or maybe someone told you some kind of “nasty” thing, you believed it and that’s it. And now you are fixated on the fear of failure, which now prevents you from doing something necessary, and some people even began to think that he is in life.

And the maximalist always thinks that they are not competent enough, that they need to gain more knowledge, although, in fact, you don’t need to gain anything, it’s enough if you just know something well and can bring real benefits with it, and perfection will come with practice and time.

And all you need is trust yourself, trust life And take the first step!.

Of course there is a risk, but risk, this is second gold, it always exists, and it differs from recklessness with great opportunities to make your life and the lives of your loved ones happier.

And often in life, some one required action is more important than all knowledge, just as a few seconds can change everything. For example, when meeting someone, when all you need to do is make up your mind and just start talking.

Finally:

Surely, many of you are now thinking, “Oh, I’m reluctant, I’ll write about my goals later, I don’t have time for that right now,” or “This is not so important, I won’t write anything, it’s unlikely to help anyway.” This means that your old beliefs have worked inside you, which are slowing down and ruining your whole life.

For those who did, save this sheet with goals and actions, review and apply it, it will be very useful to you!

If nothing comes to your mind right now and it’s incredibly difficult to think about goals, perhaps

Sincerely, Andrey Russkikh

P.S. Watch Brian Tracy's video on how to set goals.

A goal differs from a dream in that it has not only an image, but also real ways to achieve it. Without the means and concrete actions that make approaching the goal possible, one can only dream and fantasize.

A goal is an ideal, mental anticipation of the result of a person’s actions and the ways to achieve it using certain means.

In other words, a goal is a possible, imaginable future event or state of something, the implementation of which is desirable for a person (personal image of the future). At the same time, the means and means are always consistent with the goal. possible ways necessary to achieve it.

Otherwise, this desired future will only be a spell of the elements (lack of possible means) or fruitless dreams (lack of ways to achieve it). Thus, a goal is always something for which specific human actions are carried out. No actions, no goals. And vice versa.

How to set goals correctly

The fulfillment of our desires and the realization of our dreams largely depends on how correctly we set our goals. Rules for setting goals help turn our aspirations and desires into reality. Therefore, in this article we will consider in detail the question “How to set goals correctly?”, and we will understand how to translate your desires and dreams into the category of real and clear goals that can be achieved.

1. Rely only on your own strengths

Before you set a goal, make it clear to yourself that all responsibility for its implementation falls entirely on your shoulders. To avoid the temptation to blame someone else for your failures, set goals that you can achieve without outside help. This goal-setting rule will save you in the future (if you don’t achieve something) from making the wrong conclusions when working on mistakes.

2. Formulate your goals correctly

Firstly, goals, like ideas, must be written down on paper (notebook, diary, diary). A goal written down in detail has a much greater chance of being realized. If you believe that you can keep them in your head without formulating goals on paper, then do not flatter yourself about achieving them. Such goals can safely be classified as dreams. Dreams and desires wander chaotically in our heads, they are chaotic, disorderly and completely unclear to us.

The efficiency of such dream goals is extremely small; in reality, they are achieved very, very rarely. Even with words, we often cannot describe what we really want. Therefore, formulating a goal must necessarily take place with a pencil in hand. The saying is true: “What is written with a pen cannot be cut down with an axe.”

Setting and formulating a goal with the help of a recording involves our subconscious in active work; a formulated goal gives confidence and makes everyone next step meaningful.

Caught by a man goldfish. And she says to him: “Let me go, I will fulfill any of your wishes.” Well, he thought and thought about how to fit everything into one desire and said: “I want me to have everything!” “Okay,” the fish answers, “you HAD everything.”

Secondly, correct goal setting and formulation imply that the goal must carry a positive charge. Therefore, it is better to formulate it using the rules of affirmations - talk about what you want, and not about what you don’t want. The correct goal is “to be rich”, “to be sober”, “to be slim”. The wrong goal is “to avoid poverty,” “not to drink,” “to get rid of excess weight.” If nothing positive comes to mind and something like “I don’t want this, I don’t want that” is constantly spinning around, try asking correctly: “This is what I don’t want. Then what do I want instead?

Also, following this rule of setting a goal, when formulating it, it is better not to use words that create resistance and reduce the effectiveness of the goal - “necessary”, “needed”, “should”, “must”. These words are the antipodes of the word “want”. How can you want, using blocking words to motivate? Therefore, replace “must” with “want”, “should” with “can”, “should” with “will do”.

The correct goal is “I want to relax and will go on vacation”, “I can and know how to earn money and will earn a lot of money.” Wrong goal - “I need to relax and go on vacation”, “In order to pay off the debt I must earn money.” It is also best to formulate a goal in terms of a result rather than a process: that is, “do this” rather than “work better.”

3. Break big goals into subgoals

Any big goal seems overwhelming until you begin to divide it into parts. For example, the desire to buy real estate abroad seems impossible at first glance. But if you move towards your goal in systematic steps, dividing it into stages, it will be easier to achieve it.

You can first set a goal to earn 3 thousand rubles a day, then 5 thousand, etc. Step by step (goal by goal) you will reach a level where you can think about buying real estate. Setting complex (global) goals and objectives, breaking them down into smaller ones, has an excellent motivational effect. Having achieved one, albeit insignificant, goal, you will feel satisfaction and the desire to move on. Reaching near goals, you gain strength and confidence to reach distant ones.

The way of thinking will gradually change. Understand, it is unrealistic to earn 20 thousand a month, and then in a few weeks increase your income to 500 thousand. Big money loves the prepared.

4. Specification of the goal

Often the reason why a set goal is not achieved is its lack of specificity, namely:

• Lack of clearly formulated specific results. What does it mean – “I want to learn Chinese” – to learn a couple of hundred words, or does it mean to learn to communicate fluently in this language, or perhaps “to learn Chinese” means to learn all 80 thousand characters and read the text without a dictionary?
• There is no way to measure this result. When setting goals and objectives, it is important to consider the further ability to measure the result. For example, if you want to reset excess weight, then you should know how much weight you want to lose, five, ten or maybe thirty kilograms.
• Lack of clearly defined deadlines. Here are two examples of goal setting: the first is “I want to increase the traffic to my website to a thousand unique visitors per day,” the second is “I want to increase the traffic to my website to a thousand unique visitors per day in three months.” The first option, without clearly defined deadlines, looks more like a desire than a goal. Well, a person wants to increase traffic to his resource, so what? He can come to this only in five years. The second option is a different matter - there is a set deadline that will stimulate and encourage in every possible way. Surely the deadline was determined reasonably, and not taken out of thin air, and therefore you will have to forget about laziness and work productively.

More, more specifics!

5. Goal adjustment

Be flexible! Just because you've set a goal doesn't mean you can't make adjustments as necessary. Anything can happen, circumstances may arise that can slow down or speed up the achievement of the goal, so you need to be prepared to adjust the goal. Remember that inertia in aspirations has never made anyone either successful or happy man. Life changes, and you must have time to change with it!

6. Attractiveness of the goal

The goal and the consequences that its achievement will lead to should attract you! choose goals that attract, inspire and inspire you, otherwise “the game is not worth the candle.”

7. Believe that your goal is achievable

After formulating and setting a specific goal, you need to penetrate it and consolidate it in the subconscious. It happens that while consciously trying to achieve a goal, we are subconsciously not ready to achieve it. You can desire a goal, but deep down in your soul you don’t believe in its feasibility, you don’t believe in your abilities, or you simply consider yourself unworthy.

It is not enough to correctly formulate a goal, you need to charge it with the energy of confidence - this the most important condition readiness to achieve the set goal. All successful people, starting from television stars (Oprah Winfrey, Larry King...) and outstanding athletes(Michael Jordan, Fyodor Emelianenko...), ending with politicians (Mitt Romney, Silvio Berlusconi, Arnold Schwarzenegger...) and businessmen (Richard Branson,...) have achieved what they have thanks to the ability to correctly formulate and set goals.

8. Adjustment of goals and objectives

If you have already identified your main life goals, this does not mean that you cannot partially change them over time. Adjustments to goals and objectives can take place at every stage of your life path. Flexibility nowadays is the most important quality allowing you to adapt to changing conditions. It must be remembered that rigid views have never led anyone to success or happiness. You must change along with the world around you.

At least once a year, every person determined to succeed should devote time to such an activity as goal adjustment. For example, you can do this every birthday because it is the moment when you grow one year older and realize that you are wiser. Dedicate this day to analyzing the fruits that you managed to collect over the previous year.

Focus on your victories and don't forget to praise yourself for them. At the same time, you should not lose sight of your defeats. Make the most of it correct conclusions and think about what you have to work on in the coming period. Be sure to evaluate the list of goals that was compiled a year ago. Carefully analyze each of the assigned tasks. Think about what exactly you did during the year to implement it.

Assess how far you have come in your pursuits. Ask yourself whether specific goal for you the same meaning that it had a year ago. Perhaps today this task will seem insignificant to you or, in some respects, even naive. In such a situation, you can safely cross it out.

Once you've gone through all your goals, start creating a new list. You can modify old tasks, focusing on the requirements of the present moment. If you have new thoughts about your goals, be sure to record them. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that new tasks do not contradict the old ones that are still relevant. We must remember that our capabilities must be assessed adequately. Try to set achievable goals for yourself, since unrealistic tasks that are almost impossible to achieve at this stage will become the subject of your disappointment in a year.

If your life has changed significantly over Last year, adjusting tasks is almost mandatory for you. There is no need to set too strict time limits for yourself. You don't have to wait a year to adjust your goals. By forming new life priorities, you will have the opportunity to understand and accept all the changes that have happened in your life.

Most likely, you have many goals. Try to write them down briefly and clearly on a piece of paper. Most likely, you won’t be able to do this quickly the first time, and the results of such work may surprise you. It wouldn’t hurt to compare the old and new lists in order to understand what you’ve given up and where you’re heading.

Remember that you have the opportunity to change both the goals themselves and the methods for achieving them. For example, a past strategy for achieving a certain goal in currently may seem like universal stupidity to you. Make changes in your life, otherwise there is a risk that you will remain in the same place for a long time.