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There is tremendous power in having written
goals. Writing your goals helps motivate you to
reach them.
Use positive wording when making your goals. Eg. “I’m
going to clean up the machsan” vs. “I don’t want the
machsan to be in a mess”, “I’m going to lose weight and
get in shape”, vs. “I don’t want to be overweight and
unhealthy.”
Make goals that challenge you to use all your
talents and abilities.
What are the most important areas of your life? Make
goals for each important area. Make sure that you have
goals about the kind of person you want to be, the
positive traits you want to excel in and the values you
want to live by.
Read your goals each day. Repeating them to
yourself keeps them energizing you.
Make your goals SMART:
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-bound
SPECIFIC A specific goal has a much greater chance
of being accomplished than a general goal. To set a
specific goal answer the questions:
Who: Who is involved?
What: What do I want to accomplish?
Where: Identify a location.
When: Establish a time frame.
Which: Identify requirements and constraints.
Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of
accomplishing the goal. Know why you want to reach
each goal. What specifically does each goal mean to
you?
EXAMPLE: A general goal would be, “Get in shape.”
But a specific goal would say, “Join a health club and
workout 3 mornings a week, 10-11am, starting one
week from now.”
Measurable Establish concrete criteria for measuring
your progress. Ask questions such as…How much? How
many? How will I know when it is accomplished?
Attainable When you identify goals that are most
important to you, you begin to figure out ways you
can make them come true. You develop the attitudes,
abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them.
Realistic Are you willing and able to do what it takes
to achieve your goal? Do you truly believe that it can be
accomplished?
Time-bound You can attain almost any goal you set
when you plan your steps wisely and establish a time
Positive Goals
(Adapted from R. Pliskin and Top Achievement)
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frame that allows you to carry out those steps. If you
want to lose 10 lbs, when do you want to lose it by?
“Someday” won’t work, how about “by March 1st ?”
GOAL QUOTES:
The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not
reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in
having no goal to reach. (Benjamin Mays)
The distance is nothing; it is only the first
step that is difficult. (Marie de Vichy-
Chamrond)
A life without dreams is like a garden
without flowers. (Unknown author)
If you don’t know where you are going,
you will probably end up somewhere
else. (Lawrence J. Peter)
If you have not yet written down your
goals, what’s stopping you?
Good Luck!
Submitted by Yehuda Shull www.yehudashull.com
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