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Well it’s about half way through the year now, so I thought it would be a good time to revisit the subject of Goalsetting. How are you doing with those goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the year? Are you on-target or are you a little off-course at the moment?
If you are on-target, then you deserve a hearty ‘well-done‘. It means you properly quantified the goals and did enough planning to be able to translate the intention into the kind of consistent actions that produce results. However, if you are a bit off-course right now, then now is the time to review your mission, review your vision and review those goals to ensure they are the right ones for you.
Recently, I remember someone saying that they were having trouble motivating themselves to consistently take action toward their goals. If that kind of thnking also pervades your mind, then just maybe, you have set the wrong goals. Remember that goalsetting is about what you want; not what other people want for you. And, I promise you, there is nothing quite like knowing that your actions are leading you to your goals.
In other words, you don’t need motivation when your goals are the right ones for you. Hence the importance of regularly reviewing them. I suggest you should review your mission, vision and current goals at least once per week to ensure they are right. So make sure they are written down (you do have them written down don’t you?) somewhere you can see them and review them easily and regularly.
If you have failed to lose the weight, get fit, stop smoking or whatever else you were trying to do, perhaps these things are just symptoms of a larger problem you have not yet addressed. Have you quantified your mission yet, for example? If not, perhaps that’s the issue.
It may be difficult to see why not having a personal mission can lead you to continue to smoke or be overweight, but just remember that people often engage in these activities (eating, smoking etc) as a means of release. When your mission is clear and you know you are working towards it, you will be far less influenced by the drives that cause you to do these things.
So go to it my friend, review the whole shooting-match from top down … vision first. Decide what is really important to you first. Then review those goals again in the light of your vision – are they right for you? If they are not, then it’s ok; it’s just time to get more serious about goalsetting. Get these things right and your life will never be the same again.
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