Writing your dreams and goals is an important first step towards achieving them. Only a very small percentage of people actually bother to write their goals down. Yet there is evidence that a detailed written goal increases your odds of success. Successful people know where they’re going and have a clear plan to get them there. One of the best ways to become clear and specific about your goals is to write them down.
Writing your goals down:
=> Forces you to visualize your goals
=> Births commitment
=> Creates your road map for success
Simply writing your goals begins to set the process in motion. When you write your goals down it strengthens your commitment to make them happen.
How To Write Effective Goals Write Your Goals In Positive Terms
Work for what you do want rather than what you don’t want. When you write your goals down you create a set of instructions for your conscious and subconscious mind. When you give your subconscious mind positive instructions you are much more likely to get positive results.
Write Your Goals In Complete Detail
Instead of writing, ‘write articles’, try, ‘write at least one article a day and submit my article to at least one article directory’.
When you do this you give your mind a detailed set of instructions. You can close your eyes and visualize the outcome. When you write your goal in detail, it crystallizes your goal and gives you clear instructions. When you clearly define your destination you can focus on exactly where you’re going.
Write Your Goals In The Present Tense
Write your goal as though it is already true. ‘I am a successful author; I have a regular stream of published articles, publish new books every year and make a good living from my writing’. If you write, ‘I want to be a writer’, it doesn’t give your mind much to work on and will likely remain just a dream.
Write Your Goals Again and Again
When you write and re-write your goals they become effective vehicles to your success. Don’t settle for the first draft. Write your goal without editing the thoughts that come. Then rephrase it, condense it and add inspiring adjectives. Later, review your goal and keep on refining it.
The more focused you are on your goals the more likely you are to accomplish them, so make a point of writing your goals down and review them regularly.
Writing your goals in detail is the first step to making them more real. If you’re clear about where you’re going and take steps towards your goals every day, you will succeed eventually.
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Lynne Lee is a Christian life coach and spiritual mentor. She helps people to re-design their lives around what matters most.
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