How to set up a Goal

HOW TO SET UP A GOAL
Here is what micheal Russell say about goal setting
Many people struggle with setting goals either because they do not know what to choose for the goal, or they are not sure of the process to accomplish this activity. Let's look at some of the well-known factors used for goal setting and then refine it to a laser focus so that you can accomplish your goals.
Be their personal or business, the common knowledge is this: the goal must be 1. Specific,
1.Specific
2.Measurable,
3. Attainable,
4.Result oriented
5. Time defined.
SMART is the acronym. Let's pick a common enough goal for many folks at the start of a new year: to lose weight. Now let's apply our techniques to this goal and see what we come up with. To be specific means that there is a clear outcome and a defined reason for doing this. For our example, you might say,
"I will lose 40 pounds this year. I want to do this because I will feel better, look better and live longer". We are going into this in more detail in a minute, but for now understand that we must get to the details of the reason for the goal and also clearly detail out what needs to be done to accomplish it.
To be measurable means simply that there must be some way to know that we have hit our target and some milestones along the way to keep us on track to it. "My target weight loss is 4 pounds per month, which is one pound per week". Easily tracked with our scale, this let's us know if we need to work harder or change our approach to accomplish the goal. Attainable should be obvious - to say, "I am going to lose forty pounds this week". is clearly folly and could possibly kill you if you tried! Forty pounds a year is easily attainable, especially because we have broken it into milestones by month and week
. We have made our goal results oriented with our 'why' statement following the goal statement. "I want to do this because I will feel better, look better and live longer". (Again, this is a short example. When you do this, absolutely heap on the benefits! That's what keeps you going.) Losing forty pounds sounds rather boring and painful; feeling better and living longer are the kind of exciting ideas that can keep you motivated.

The time constraint is important because without it there is really no way to measure our progress and it becomes very easy to forget the whole thing and start drifting again. Because the time factor helps to create a little urgency, it will keep us on track. We have, with our example, got weekly, monthly and yearly measurements to track. The description above is mirrored in nearly every goal setting book and session. It's good advice, but misses a key element." Action"!
All the goal setting in the world means nothing until there is some action towards its accomplishment and that's where this whole thing often collapses. Now we need to take the goal,and break it down into specific, single actions to take.
One helpful method is called 'backward planning', which just means that you see the end result clearly and then define the step that occurred just before that. With a question like "In order for that to happen, what needs to happen first?" you can go backward in time from the result desired to precisely where you sit today. You have just built a map of all the little detailed actions required to accomplish your goal.
For losing weight some, (and I emphasis 'some' because this is a short article), of the steps would be
:: Stop eating fatty junk food. (This is a goal in itself and should be detailed out also:
:: Throw my candy bars away on a certain date.
:: Stock the pantry with healthy snacks that I enjoy by a certain date.)
::Drink 4 liters of water each day.
(How are you to physically do that? Do you need to carry water with you all the time? yes
::Exercise each day. (What forms of exercise? Starting at what level? What increase each week?) Continue on this way, peeling out the details of each activity, until you can think of no more.

You now have a clearly defined set of actions to take at specific times to accomplish your goal. Remember that it's your goal and can be adjusted to conditions if need be. Meaning that the only way to start is to start, knowing that you may not have all the steps and answers right now and that changes can be incorporated into the plan. Changes will certainly occur, but you have a plan that features the only things you truly control - your actions.

Dear friend you can see that this write up by micheal Russell is a good start,so the remaining depend on you.TAKE ACTION TODAY. Get started Now
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