How To Set Goals That Will Change Your Life

First let us define the word Goal based on Wikipedia...

A goal is a desired result that a person or a system envisions, plans and commits to achieve: a personal or organizational desired end-point in some sort of assumed development. Many people endeavor to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines.

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Setting goals and giving yourself a focus allows you to decide how to spend your time and gives you permission to spend time on what you value

3 LIFE CHANGING REASONS TO START SETTING GOAL

By: smartmomsmartideas.com

1.Goals Refine your Purpose

• your goals will show you what you value most in this season of your life. you will set priorities and make decisions based on purpose you define for yourself.
• you can refine your goal as a mother
• you can develop similar goals for your work or your relationship with your spouse or your friends.

2. Goals sets your Focus

refining your purpose allows you to set focus in each area of your life.

• you can focus on the area of motherhood you feel are important
• you can focus on growing your relationship with God
• or you can focus on spending time with your spouse
• your focus may also be on your work. do you work outside the home but you want to be a stay at home mom? have you set goal to build a business that will allow you to accomplish this goal?

3. Goals allows you to design an action plan

• a goal without action plan is just a wish. goal with action plan can be life changing...

A goal is a dream with a deadline - Napoleon Hill

Here's How to Set Goal (a lesson from Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich)

by: keepinspiring.me

1.     Determine exactly how much money you desire - don't be vague

2.     Determine exactly what you intend to do to earn the money you desire -

3.     Establish an exact date - when you plan to possess the amount money you desire

4.     establish a definite plan - for achieving your desire and start right at this moment whether or not you feel you're ready

5.     write out a clear statement - of how much money you are going to acquire (the amount from step 1) what you intend to do in exchange for that money (the value from step 2) the date you will acquire it (date from step 3) and your specific actionable plan for reaching the desired monetary goal (plan from step 4)

6.     Read your written statement daily - visualize yourself executing on your plan and visualize the money in your possession.

The S.M.A.R.T way of setting goals

• S - Specific (significant)
• M- Measurable (meaningful)
• A - Attainable (action-oriented)
• R - Relevant (rewarding)
• T - time bound (track able)

Setting a lifetime goals gives you the overall perspective that shapes all other aspects of your decision making. to give a broad balance coverage of all important areas in your life, try to set goals in some of the following categories:

• relationship with God
• family
• financial
• career
• education
• attitude
• pleasure

KEY POINTS:

Goal setting is an important method of:

• Deciding what you want to achieve in life
• separating what is important from what's irrelevant or a distraction
• motivating yourself
• building your self-confidence, based on successful achievements of goals.

Alright! Let's get! MOTIVATED! Now is the time to:

I have listed mine on my journal... Have you started yours too?