Secrets to success: Goal setting

Do you ever wonder how some people became so successful? Want to learn the secrets of success so you can live the life you dream of? Well luckily for you, success isn’t as big a secret as you might imagine.

One of the secrets is GOAL SETTING. 

David Schwartz wrote in The Magic of Thinking Big that “Goals are essential to success as air is to life”.

When you think of success what do you imagine? Athletes breaking records and winning medals, individuals climbing the career ladder to CEO, musicians reaching Number 1 or a startup becoming a Unicorn.

These are all examples of extreme success, but success is also achieved at a much smaller scale. Essentially, success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. So if you don’t have a goal, you can’t achieve it and will never be successful.

So how do you set a good goal?

1. BE TRUTHFUL WITH YOURSELF

When we think of successful people we think of people who have achieved great success, but often by societies terms, such as CEOs, millionaires, award-winning artists and record-breaking athletes. Now if you genuinely want one of those things then go for it! But just really take the time to think are you creating a goal that genuinely excites you and is for yourself. Never make a goal to please someone else.

 

2. THINK BIG 

There can be the tendency when setting a goal to be ‘realistic’ so that you can achieve it. That is how the average people set their goals, not the successful. Your goal should be stretching you and it should excite you. Yes, it will be hard work, but when you achieve it, you will have something genuinely be proud of and that is so much better.

3. KNOW YOUR WHY?

The really successful have a ‘why’ behind all of their goals. I can guarantee you now there are going to be times when working towards your goal is hard work. So it is really important that you have a ‘why’ behind you, that is compelling to move forward, during those difficult times.

 

4. WRITE THEM DOWN

I can’t emphasise enough the importance of writing your goals down. I recommend you write your goals down everyday. I know that might sound excessive, but if you want to be successful you have to focus and writing your goals down every day will ensure that your goals of top of mind.

So to recap when it comes to goal setting you need to be

• truthful with yourself
• think big
• understand your why
• write your goals down

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