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Setting and Achieving Your Goals

Steve — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:26:08 +0000

The is the second post in a series on how to set the right goals. In this article I’ll cover the second principle I use to set and achieve goals. Before reading on, see my previous article so that you understand what I mean by the “right” goals.

You can find that article here: How To Set The Right Goals

As I said in my previous post, setting the right goal is based on what works versus what doesn’t work. I have a lot of experience with what doesn’t work, so I’ll spare you the details. Here is what does work.

To set and achieve the right goals apply two principles:

Goals have magnitude (or feeling power)
Goals have direction (meaning they are specific and measurable)

I’ll use the velocity analogy again. Goals must have velocity. Just like a vector, they must have magnitude and direction. Miss either one of these and you’re cooked - you’ve shot yourself in the foot before you’ve began.

Setting and Achieving Your Goals by Setting A Direction

Direction is absolutely necessary when setting goals. Why is it so important? Let me illustrate with an example.

Let’s say that you’ve set a goal for yourself. You have an interest in working from home so you decide to start an online business. As you put together your first website, you decide to write out your goal.

Your goal includes the following elements to be completed by September 1, 2009:

Website launched and running
3,000 unique visitors
Networked with 3 online partners to drive traffic
Earning a recurring monthly income of $500
Acquired 400 leads with Newsletter

It seems to be fairly specific and measurable, doesn’t it? It is, but it does lack an important element of goal setting; it lacks focus.

This goal is too comprehensive and complex. It carries too many variables in too many directions. That makes it almost impossible to achieve because of the ambiguity. Being specific is one thing, but being specific in several directions scatters your focus. The biggest problem with the way I’ve worded this goal is that it’s multi-directional.

A Multi-Directional Goal

Multi-directional goals are way too complex for your conscious and unconscious minds. They’re not workable because they’re confusing. Not only that but they send unclear signals to you, to others and to the Universe at large. Your better off working with a single target.

Set A Clear Target

You want to be crystal clear when setting your goals. Instead of having multiple targets, choose one very specific goal to work with. The right goal has to be specific and measurable, BUT it also must be very focused:

There are a lot of reasons why the right goals are much easier to process and work with than multi-directional goals. They set clear targets for your conscious mind to work with and they promote greater clarity. They also make easy targets for your unconscious. Here are a few things to keep in mind when setting the right goal:

Start with the end in mind. In this case I choose $500 as the end point. Launching the website, attracting visitors and building the leads for your mailing list are milestones along the way. They’re not part of your end point, they’re part of the working process.
Choose an end date and be specific. I choose September 1, 2009, but it could be any date you choose. What’s important is that the date feels right to you.
Choose at least three elements to describe your goal. In this case I said, “I am quickly, easily and effortlessly earning $500 income from my website by September 1, 2009.” If ‘quickly, easily and effortlessly’ seems like a lie to you, that’s ok. What’s really important is how you feel about those specific words.

Once you have the right goal, you’re ready to set that goal on autopilot. Your ready to give it to your automatic success mechanism - your unconscious mind.

Set An Unconscious Target
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How To Set The Right Goals

Steve — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:55:58 +0000

“One reason why people don’t achieve their goals is because they don’t know what part of them choose the goal.” ~ John Kehoe

I think goal setting is one of the more important elements of personal growth. Without goals there is no direction, no life and ultimately no growth. Setting goals facilitates your evolution.

If you’re going to set goals, you want to make sure they are the “right” goals. When I say the “right” goals I don’t mean that I’m right and you’re wrong. There is no right and wrong, there is only what works and what doesn’t work. You want to set goals that work.

How To Set The Right Goals

There are a lot of tools out there to help you set the right goals. Just keep in mind that these are just tools and nothing more. You could have all the right tools for goal setting but they would be useless if you didn’t set the right goals to begin with.

Setting the right goals means getting back to the basics; the principles that help you understand why goals manifest in the first place. There are two principles that I follow for setting the right goals:

They have magnitude (or feeling power)
They have direction (meaning they are specific and measurable)

You want to think of velocity when setting the right goal. If you think back to your math class, velocity is a vector; and a vector has two parts: it has magnitude and direction. The right goals follow both of these principles.

How To Set The Right Goals - Two Principles

How to Set the Right Goals - Magnitude

The right goals have velocity. They have magnitude and direction.

The magnitude of your goal is the feeling behind it. It gives your goal power. It puts you in gear. It drives you to take action.

Taken from the velocity analogy, it’s the speed of your goal. The greater the magnitude, the faster you go.

Feeling is absolutely necessary when setting the right goal. It’s your feeling that brings you into resonance with what you want. And when you resonate with what you want, it attracts the events, people and conditions into your life through the Law of Attraction.

If you want your goals to manifest, feel them. That means choosing a goal that feels right to you. It means choosing what you really want. It sounds simple enough doesn’t it?

It is, but most people still seem to miss the boat.

They don’t set the right goals. The don’t set goals that feel right to them. They don’t go after what they really want, they go after what they think they can get. And since an intellectual goal doesn’t associate feeling power, it almost useless.

3 Reasons Why You Don’t Go After What You Really Want

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Two Types of Motivation: Which One Do YOU Use?

Steve — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:10:31 +0000

I’ve been playing the game of self-motivation for a while. It’s one of the perks of being an entrepreneur - you get to learn more about yourself so that you can see what works and what doesn’t. If you’re having trouble getting motivated, watch this video:

Two Types of Motivation: Which One Do YOU Use?

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One More Way to Follow Through With Your Goals

Steve — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:44:47 +0000

Yesterday, I published a video on How to Follow Through With Your Goals. I realized that I left out one really powerful suggestion that has worked wonders for me so I’ve included it in today’s video.

Check it out:

Steve, Putting Himself Out There
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How to Follow Through With Your Goals

Steve — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:10:30 +0000

Recently I was asked a question via email. I’ve left the person anonymous. Here’s the question:

Q: I have some issues with starting things and not finishing. Any suggestions on getting people like me to follow through on their tasks?

I answered this question with some of my own insights and experience in today’s video:

How to Follow Through With Your Goals

Read the rest of this article here: How to Follow Through With Your Goals

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Setting and Achieving Your Goals

Setting and Achieving Your Goals by Setting A Direction

A Multi-Directional Goal

Set A Clear Target

Set An Unconscious TargetRead the rest of this article here: Setting and Achieving Your Goals © Mind Power for Your Personal Growth - Freedom Education, 2009. | Add to del.icio.us

How To Set The Right Goals

How To Set The Right Goals

How To Set The Right Goals - Two Principles

How to Set the Right Goals - Magnitude

3 Reasons Why You Don’t Go After What You Really Want

Two Types of Motivation: Which One Do YOU Use?

Two Types of Motivation: Which One Do YOU Use?

One More Way to Follow Through With Your Goals

How to Follow Through With Your Goals

How to Follow Through With Your Goals

Set An Unconscious Target
Read the rest of this article here: Setting and Achieving Your Goals

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