How To Achieve Goals

Goals are an important part in everybody’s life. They are important because it acts as your benchmark, means of motivation and it gives you a sense of satisfaction when you accomplish it. So, setting goals becomes vital in your life but this is only half the work done. How quickly you achieve the goal is the other half of your work.

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Every human is different. Each one of us have different abilities and capabilities, and a single method is not suitable for everyone. The only similarity with everyone is regularity. Consistency in performance, planning and checking the progress are the key elements to complete any goal, no matter big or small.

Understanding the objective of your goal

This is the most basic thing. If you know why it is important for you to achieve your goal and what will you succeed when you complete it, you will always do things and make decisions which will help you realize your dreams. Understanding your goals is like knowing your target while you are shooting an arrow. If you know it, you have a good chance to hit the bullseye. Same goes with understanding your goal. If you know it, you will move in the right direction towards accomplishing it.  

Setting goals

After you understand the purpose, the next important thing is to set the goal. Setting goals is the planning part in realizing your goals. You need to remember that nothing is perfect, and you will always find some flaws in your plan. So, instead of making a perfect plan or waiting for a perfect plan, think of all the dimensions, create an action plan and make efforts to make it perfect.

The goal should be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time bound. Use the SMART technique to make the goal which is best suited to you.

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Make smaller goals

You must have heard penny and penny make many. It shows that small things together can make a big picture. Same goes with achieving your goals. To achieve your ultimate goal, break it into your monthly, weekly and daily goals. This way, it will not be an Everest. Also, it is not possible to concentrate for a very long period of time.

In cricket, during a test match (spans for 5 days) the players must concentrate for a very long period of time. The ultimate goal is to win the match. So, they set targets for the day, sessions and some even make strategies ball by ball. This way they are able to maintain their focus for a long time.

Completion of smaller goals act as a progress checker, confidence builder and it strives you towards achieving excellence. It is not possible that you will complete every task in time but even if you can complete 90% of your tasks, there will a high chance that you can do very well in achieving your dreams.

Write and read your goals and achievements

Our mind has to do a lot of processing to achieve the goal, so, cut out the its burden by writing your goals and your progress so far. When you write your goals and read it from time to time, it acts as a reminder to our brain and the chances of completing the task increases. It helps us to divert the attention on realizing our dreams from other unnecessary activities.

When you write your achievements, it will help you track your progress and you will feel confident when you see how much you have achieved so far. It also helps to see whether you are going in the right direction or not.

Action plan

Action is required to do anything. Only fantasizing won’t help a lot. After you have done all the planning, it’s time for you to group all the tasks in the best way and start working on it. Don’t think about failure, just do it. Remember, there is a difference between failing and failure. Everyone fails at some point of life, the one who accepts that becomes a failure.

If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it, go out and face it. Be consistent in your work and most importantly, be honest with yourself. You are doing the work for yourself and if you are not doing it, you are just fooling yourself.

Check the progress

There will be lots of difficulties in your road to success. You cannot deal all of it in a single way. You need to keep developing yourself. Nobody is perfect so there is always a room for improvement. If you think you have become a master in anything, then try breaking your own limits. If you can do it, then so do others can. This means, don’t ever stop learning.

You can do this by keep checking your progress. Your smaller goals will help you in keeping track of your progress. The more the number of tasks you will complete, the closer you will get to your goal. If you are able to complete all those tasks, then that will be a proof that you are doing great. You should take that as a motivation and gradually increase your capabilities.

Achieving goals is a very special feeling but the work doesn’t stop by just accomplishing it. There will only be a change in your goal. After you have reached the top, the next goal will to be there for as much time as possible. So, just like learning is never ending, achieving goals are never ending as well.