Ten tips to help you achieve goals successfully

Ten tips to help you achieve goals successfully

Here are the top ten tips to focus on when setting goals:

1. First and foremost, you need to be really specific about your goal. You need to be really clear on exactly what it is that you want. If you are finding this difficult, look at what you don't want and find it's opposite. For example, I don't want a boring job could become I want a fun job. Then really get down to the nitty gritty of what it is exactly that you want. Make it short, concise and compelling!
2. When you've established what you want, spend time visualising it. Imagine what it will feel like having achieved it. What will you be doing? What will people be saying? What will it feel like. You can write it all down if you like or you could keep imagining it before you go to sleep at night (to help your subconcious mind seek opportunities for you)
3. You must write it down as a commitment to achieving it. Read and review this goal every day. Work out what steps you are going to take each day to take you a step closer towards achieving it and do those steps! At the end of the day, review how it went. What went well. What could you tweak to help you in the future?
4. Set smaller goals along the way to help you achieve them and reward yourself for each small success.
5. Give yourself deadlines to give you something to aim for otherwise you're leaving it open to achieve in 10 years. So when ideally would you like to achieve it by? When would you like to achieve your smaller goals by?
6. Goals need to be for 'you' to keep you motivated -  not because somebody else wants you to achieve it/them. Look at why you want it? What's so important to you about achieving this goal? How does it fit in with the rest of your life? Also don't set goals for others, people need to set their own goals which are within their own control.
7. Have a suitable way of measuring your success of your goals. So rather than saying I want to lose weight. Say exactly how much you want to lose and by when and make your goals realistic.
8. Make your goals positive - so rather than saying "I want to stop smoking", reframe it to something like "By 31st December, I am a non-smoker". Notice I also slipped in some 'present' tense (I AM), this opens up your subconscious mind to believing it's possible and coupled with imagining it too, you can work on your mind to making it a believable achievement.
9. Work out how you are going to keep motivated. What's helped motivate you in the past? What motivates others and keeps them going?
10. Last but not least, enjoy the journey! Enjoy your achievements along the way and see any slip-ups as learning points. If you don't enjoy it, it'll be a chore and where's the fun in that? 

I hope this helps you achieve your goals, please feel free to get in touch if I can help you further.

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