9 Surefire Steps To Achieving Your Goals

• Goals setting Instead of saying:"I do not want to be poor", substitute it positively with"I want to make USD10, 000 per month". Our mind is unable to distinguish between positive and negative, so trick the brain to zoom into a positive one. All goals, however small or big must be framed in a positive manner.

• Context Who is involved in this goal? Is it only you or someone else involved as well? It must be clear. Where would the changes take place? At home, at work, outside the country? Be specific. When will it commence and end? A timeline is necessary to track the changes.

• Evidence How does one know if he has achieved the goal? Does it come in the form of receiving a paycheck stating the amount? Or will it comes in the form of a Purchase order? In the interim, it is also important to have progressive evidence like receiving confirmation of order by phone call, email, and fax to sending out the invoice to the client by mail.

• Control Are you fully in control of making this USD10, 000 goals? Are you solely responsible or require your partner, colleagues, etc to be involved? If yes, what is their level of involvement? Having full empowerment of your own goal is half the battle won.

• Prevention What are the challenges preventing you from achieving this goal? Fear, self-doubt, envy, lack of faith, etc? List all these negative and self-limiting thoughts down in writing. Clear identification is essential as it puts the goal attainment in perspective and could assist in laying out the different possibilities of resolving the challenges.

• Resources What are the existing resources that one already possesses?

• Ecology It is important to pursue one's goal not at the expense of others. Will studying for the course takes up so much of your time that you will have little time left for the family? Does reaching the USD10, 000/month income require you to relocate for a few years? What are the pros and cons, short and mid-term?

• Worthwhile Is achieving this goal a worthy thing you wanted to do? What does it mean to achieve this goal? What are the consequences for not achieving?

• Action What specific action steps must be taken to achieve this goal? The clearer the actionable steps are listed out, the more motivated is the person to pursue it. Breaking up the goal into smaller ones help the person to reach his objective in a concise and systematic manner.