Goal setting is so essential in achieving what you desire. Unfortunately, most of us do not manage to set goals resulting in a life led on autopilot without any intent or purpose. It isn’t uncommon that goals are set at the beginning of the year, or on one’s birthday or quarterly. There is no right time for setting them, the only necessity is setting them in a right manner and then pursuing them till achieved.

Step 1 – Set long term goals

We as humans are born to dream expansive dreams and nothing should stop us from doing so. People are successful because they dreamed and then work towards fulfilling those very dreams. By setting long term goals will be able to plan effectively towards achieving them. There is a difference between wishes and goals. A statement like someday I would love to travel through Europe is just a wish. On the other hand, when one says I will travel to Europe by December 2022 is a goal.

Step 2 – Start working on long term goals by breaking them down into smaller ones

What do I mean by this? Well if your goal for 2022 is to open a restaurant. Then you can start working towards that long-term goal by doing smaller tasks like attending business/entrepreneurial seminars, working on unique recipes, visiting restaurants around the place as a part of research, finding out what licences and permissions you would need to take and then getting the required documents ready and so on. These small steps towards the large goal will assist you to be prepared for the long-term goal all along the way.

Step 3 – Set SMART Goals

Goals need to be SMART – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time Based. Your goals must be as specific as possible. Vague goals have a lesser chance of being achieved. A statement like- ‘I want to be rich and famous in 2 years’ is a very vague goal. You need to specify things like famous as what? A businessman, a YouTuber or an artist? Be as specific as possible. You must be able to measure success, so if you would want to be a YouTuber then you will have to specify as to how many subscribers will have to call yourself famous. 50k subscribers or a 100k or more? In most cases your goal must be attainable but there are many times when it is actually good to have a goal which is so great that it is difficult to imagine. Let us say your expertise as a YouTuber is on cooking, than your attainable video will be things like easy to make recipes at home and not how to learn coding from home. Goals need to be relevant and realistic. If you need to spend 20 hours a day for the rest of your life to reach your goal as a YouTuber to get 100k views then it is quite not realistic. Goals need to be time based.

Step 4 - Re-Evaluate your goals periodically

Let us say that your long-term goal needs to be achieved in 5 years’ time, you cannot expect to wake up in the fourth year and work towards achieving it. It is most unlikely to happen. You will have to evaluate your goals at least once every six months. Check on the progress of your goals, it will help you decide whether you are on track or you need to course correct Like everyone else you too will face setbacks along the way, but you must not lose heart and instead persevere with even more determination.

Make sure you create goals for yourself using the above points as a guide. If you need any assistance along the way my one on one coaching services will be of great help to you. By signing up for my coaching program you will feel reborn. I will help create a better version of you. It is all there within you! You will then look at yourself with awe and gratitude and feel energized and inspired - You will be TRANSFORMED.