Posts Tagged ‘Goal Setting’

I recently came across a new ’seven-star’ hotel that is being built in Dubai. Now being a lover of the Sheraton Hotel chain for many years, it was a surprise a few years ago when the Versace Hotel was built directly across the road from the Sheraton here on the Gold Coast, and especially when it was heralded as the first ’six-star’ hotel to be built in Australia.

So when it comes to living, don’t settle for ‘three-star’, ‘four-star’, ‘five-star’ or even ’six-star’. Let’s aim for ’seven-star’ living! So how do you achieve this?

Well here are seven tips to consider and apply immediately to your life.

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With all the financial markets around the world tumbling, it is in this economic climate that we require a sense of centrality.  This is where purpose and passion need to rise to the surface, or in fact need to be dusted off and revisited afresh so that the winds of change don’t blow us off course.

For if you have built your house upon the rock of faith, belief and hope - you will weather the storm.  But if your house has been built upon the shifting sands of chance, lack of integrity, indecision and abdicated responsibility - your crash will be great.

But be encouraged - at any time you can rebuild.

But how can you position yourself for success in this current global storm?

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Hugh Holger writes of his experiences gained from crossing the Sahara desert five times, in Timothy Freke’s book ‘The Way Of The Desert’.

He recounts that ‘You need to know what you are doing. One small fault with the truck and you’re finished. But if you prepare properly and take precautions it is safer than you might think. Despite this, each year a number of people who try to make the crossing will perish in the attempt. The most common reason is following mirages. If they just trusted the compass they would be fine, but seeing what they take to be habitation or an oasis they drive sometimes miles off course and that can be fatal.’

I live in a vast continent that has a far greater expanse of desert than lush, vegetated areas. In my travels I have, with my own eyes, seen the ghostly images of white, bleached bones and dusty plains with sparse vegetation, dry waterholes and river beds that once flowed freely with life-giving water. For when a drought strikes, the ground can become so dry that it shrinks and cracks.

In order to survive the harshness of the desert or a drought, there are two essential ingredients that will bring you through successfully to the other side.

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I am a firm believer in goal setting, and here is an article that proves just why…

‘Perhaps the most revealing exposition on the importance of goals comes from a Harvard study.

A synopsis of the study that was conducted at Harvard Business School between 1979 and 1989 is presented below.

In 1979 the graduates of the MBA program at Harvard were asked a simple question: “Have you set clear, written goals for your future and made plans to accomplish them?” The results were very interesting. 84% had no specific goals at all, 13% had goals but they were not committed to paper, and only 3% had clear goals and plans that were written down.

In 1989, a good ten years after the first phase of the study, the interviewers again interviewed the graduates of that class. Their results were even more startling. The 13% that had goals but not written down were earning twice as much as the 84% that did not have any goals. An even more interesting statistic is that the 3% who had written down plans and goals were earning on average ten times more than the other 97%. Further more the mere act of writing a goal down on paper increased its chances of being accomplished by a staggering 90%.’

I  thought I knew a lot about goalsetting until I was recently challenged on two occasions, from two different sources, to write down my goals EVERY DAY.

That’s right. Don’t just speak your goals out. Don’t just visualise them. Actually take a pen and paper and take some time out to write your goals EVERY DAY of your life.

Why?

Because, as I have written in previous articles, when you write down a goal on paper, there is an incredible power that is released in the universe that makes things happen.

I have seen it time and time again in my own life, to the point that I am more and more convinced that to live a successful and fulfilled life we MUST write our goals and carry them on our person; that includes our daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, short-term, long-term goals and even our life goals.

If you are going to move up from mediocre to excellence in your living then you need to develop the discipline of writing out your goals DAILY.

Well, I’m not going to leave it at that. I’m going to show you what has now become an important part of my own life.

Success requires the outworking of goals in our lives.

Start a notebook that is devoted to goalsetting. The reason? So that whenever you think of something that you would like to achieve in your life, then write it down. It will be an incredible record for you to enjoy in the years to come.

Then on a daily basis, as Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen encourage us to do in their book ‘The One Minute Millionaire’, write your six major goals.

This idea was promoted by Brian Tracy, the famous public speaker. He apparently writes his major goals down every day. It magnetizes his mind to what he really wants to accomplish that day.

To maintain balance within your life record your top goals in each of the following six areas of your life:

1. Physical

2. Intellectual

3. Spiritual

4. Organisational

5. Social

6. Financial

The important thing too is to write these goals as if you have already achieved your success.

A DAY WITH A GOAL IS A DAY THAT IS WHOLE

So here are some examples of how you could write your own goals in those six areas:

1. Physical

I am happy because I exercise for twenty minutes four days a week and play indoor cricket once a week. I weigh 78kgs.

2. Intellectual

I am happy because I have understood investment strategies and have purchased two investment properties.

3. Spiritual

I am happy because I spend time each day reading the Bible and in prayer and meditation and apply its teachings to my daily affairs.

4. Organisational (Time)

I am happy because I work four hours a day six days a week. The rest of my time is devoted to my own education, for researching new deals and spending quality time with my family.

5. Social

I am happy because I have surrounded myself with a network of 100 key people.

6. Financial

I am happy because I have earned $100K during the past twelve months.

Now that you have an idea of how to write your goals, go ahead and write yours now.

GOALS STOP YOU FROM ACCEPTING MEDIOCRITY AS YOUR LOT IN LIFE

Here are some other ideas that might help you in setting daily goals:

- Write your six goals on a small card and carry it with you.

- Use the word ‘happy’ in your goalsetting because your attitude will determine your results.

- Write the service, product or information that you plan to render and in what quantity or quality.

- Refer to this card four times throughout the day, at breakfast, lunch, dinner and before you go to sleep.

- Sign and date the card and share your card with someone who can keep you accountable.

- Meet with this person to review your progress at least once a week.

- Update your goal card at least once a month.

- Think only of what you want. Visualise yourself earning the money that will transport you to your goal’s fulfilment.

Write. Read. Say and see your goals. Fulfilled goals happen!

Motivational Quote: GOALS = Grasp Opportunity And Live Successfully.