Setting Goals for Success
By Gerri D Smith
“In any and every given moment of your life, you are either in command of
yourself… or you are being commanded.” -Guy Finley, Author
It pays to learn, especially from your mistakes. The successful
entrepreneur learns how to deal with mistakes every day. They look forward
to the challenge. It‘s important to remember that they don’t have to know it
all. There’s always someone they can go to for assistance, support, or
technical information.
To experience success means you have to set goals and take the necessary
actions to make your goals happen. This process of learning continues until
you’ve mastered it. After every failure, you can compliment yourself for
trying, then tell yourself to try again.
Setting goals to reach success is like climbing a mountain. It takes a
very long time to reach the top. Along the way may be several obstacles, but
you must keep going. Further on you may stumble and need to rest. To reach
the next level, there may be times when you have to take a different path or
go around the obstacle. The last step to the top is the crucial one and
requires all your concentration. Don’t let the difficult climb persuade you
to quit or from setting higher goals. If you enjoy the climb, you will
eventually reach the top!
There is power and energy in accomplishment. Develop goals that you are
passionate about, then work to make them real. If you miss reaching one
goal, learn what you did wrong, and try again. You have every right to be
successful. Failure means giving up. If your goal is strong enough and you
are committed and passionate enough about what you wish to accomplish, it
will happen. Wouldn’t one idea be worth it, if it helped thousands of others
to live better, be healthier, save more money, save time, help the
environment, create new businesses, and employ others?
Successful entrepreneurs have a certain mental and positive attitude.
They believe in themselves and are convinced that they can live richer,
fuller lives. They fulfill their own personal desires for happiness. They
are familiar with hard work and responsibility.
Take any business or service that is already established and successful
and think of other products or services that may help others in different
and new ways. Expand your consciousness; think success. Develop your need to
be creative. Think outside of your normal way of doing, acting, and being.
You may surprise yourself into discovering the next invention, the next form
of entertainment, or the next wave of technology. Get rid of self-defeating
habits and attitudes. Success comes to those who look for it.
Here are some goals you may set for reaching success in your life:
1. What are you passionate about? Make a list of things you love to do. A
few ideas and types of businesses that may lead you to think of new
products, new services, or new inventions may include:
* Travel
* Fitness/Health Care
* Electronics
* Technology/Internet/World Wide Web
* Teaching/Instructional Workshops
* Public speaking
* Writing: Books/Articles/Poetry/Advertising
* Entertainment/Music/Acting * Gardening//Landscaping
* Interior Design; Broadcasting/Television/Radio;
* Spirituality/Inspiration/Self-Improvement
The list is endless.
2. Set goals with specific conditions. Make your goals possible to
accomplish. Plan your goals and structure your thoughts around positive
actions. If you think your goal is impossible - it will be. Yet, if you
think in positive terms, your goals will be easier to achieve. Refuse to let
doubt sway you from your target. Stay positive and you’ll get to your goal
much faster.
3. Think big, yet be realistic. Every accomplishment starts with a dream.
Make your dream the biggest and the best - then work to make it come true.
Write down everything you know about your dream and your desire to have it
happen. What do you have to do? How soon can you make it happen? Be patient,
nothing happens overnight.
4. Make a plan. Write your dream, idea and your plan of action in the
present tense: “I am successful.” “I have a successful business.” “My faith
is strong and I am blessed financially.” “I am going to reach my goal.” This
helps your mind to visualize the outcome. Your mind is forced to act as if
your dream has already materialized. Your mind works in the present and
makes no distinction between what is happening now and what has already
happened. Confusion comes when you send your thoughts to the future or back
to the past. The mind may shut down and stop working on what you desire.
5. Set values on your goals. What value do you place on your life? On
your career? On your business? What excites you? Let your imagination soar.
Would you give up your values for someone else’s if it meant losing your
character or your faith? Your goals must be valuable to you before they can
be fulfilled. When you focus on your dream, give it time to grow and
develop. It soon becomes a reality.
6. Reward your progress. When you achieve even the smallest step in
accomplishing your goals, get excited. Compliment yourself for taking a step
toward reaching your goal. There isn’t anything more gratifying then
accomplishing your goal. When you make a major accomplishment, do something
for someone else. Celebrate it!
With unlimited opportunities to reach your dreams and goals; with
unlimited access to knowledge, information, instructors, and places to go
for help, there’s no telling what you can accomplish - if you desire!
Then...
Always remember to thank the source from which it all comes.
Copyright 2004
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