12 Powerful, yet Simple Goal Setting Steps.

By the end of this article,you need to use the steps to set your personal, professional and relationship goals.


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You must first of all have a strong and personal burning desire to achieve your goal without any fear. Whatever you think about, plan around and desire continuously, will grow until it becomes so strong that it pushes away all your doubts. (Make sure they are positive thoughts!) You need to get to the point where you eat, drink, live, and sleep with your goal until your subconscious mind gets a hold of it. Your desire becomes Burning when nothing on earth can stop you from achieving success.

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Your goal has to be believable at first. You must also have faith that you will achieve it. For example, don’t set a goal to loose 30 pounds in 2 weeks. Instead tell yourself that you will loose 5 pounds in the next 2 weeks. After you have lost the 1st 5 pounds, then set a new goal for another 5 pounds and so on. Make it gradual and intensify it as you meet your goals.

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Write your Goal down to intensify your desire. It must be clear as day, exactly as you would like to see it in reality. Leave no detail out. Don’t spend time worrying about how it will be accomplished or the process just yet. I will expand on this at the end of the article.

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Write down what you will benefit from achieving your goal. How much satisfaction will you receive? Do you crave respect and recognition? Do you want to be a motivator? Do you desire to help people? The more reasons you have, the more motivated you will be to succeed.

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Analyze your starting point. For example, how much do I weigh now, or how much am I worth today? This way you can measure your progress as you go along.

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Set a deadline for tangible and measurable goals, as personality or character goals may take longer. From a 6 month plan, for example, set a mini goal of 3 months to another mini goal of 1 month and so on. If you miss your deadline, don’t be disappointed. Just set another one. It means you are not fully ready yet.

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Make a list of all obstacles that stand between you and your goal. From the biggest to the least and work to overcome them. Focus on the biggest one first and find out if there is something you have to do with yourself to overcome it, if it is an internal issue or do you have to change your environment, because it is external.

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Identify the additional knowledge you will need to reach your goal, acquire more skills and overcome the obstacles you listed above. Utilize for example books, seminar,webinar,a consultant, etc.

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Make a list of the people’s help or cooperation you will need in the process. For example, your family, your boss, etc. Make sure these people are compensated in order for them to help you reach your goal. Do more than is expected for them.

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Make a plan. Write out in detail what you want, when you want it, where you are starting from, and the people that will help you achieve it. You now have all the information from the steps above. List all activities from 1st to last in order of priority in your plan. Your plan may have defects, but you can always amend it in the process, till you have a plan that works.

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Visualize the plan clearly as if the goal has already been achieved. Replay it over and over again to believe it and make it a part of your subconscious mind. Look for the link at the end of this article that will show you exactly how.

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Do something every day to meet your goal and give yourself a pat on the back for small victories. Make a decision to never give up. As long as you refuse to quit, you will eventually succeed!

Click on this link to find out the missing ingredient on how to visualize your goals, and make the 12 powerful, yet simple goal setting steps work for you in making your dreams, a reality.

A Positive Thinking Exercise by Dyllis Nicol

Thinking positive is one thing we all wish we can do but almost all fail to accomplish. I came across some information recently that struck me as a vital piece of information that needed to be shared immediately.By the end of this article, you would have discovered and have access to a positive thinking exercise that would help you change your way of thinking. The information I stumbled upon, was based on this theme.

"Make a decision from the place you want to be, instead of the place that you are!"

As you all know, thinking positive is a very common problem that most of us fight with every day. I strongly believe what you are about to discover will help all those interested, to finally make that mental shift with their thoughts. How many times have you heard that everything starts with the mind?

Where are you today? Are you thinking broke,living paycheck to paycheck,absolutely hating every minute of your 9-5 stressful day and some with fear that you might get laid off soon! If you don't make a positive change now and stop living in this negative mental state, you will always be in this mental state, and your thoughts might just come true!

Let's say for example,you are living paycheck to paycheck, and a $400 opportunity came up that was guaranteed to make you more money. 10 chances to one you are going to say, I don't have the money. I will buy it when I have it. In actual fact, you will never buy the product because you will never have the money until you change your way of thinking.

On the other hand, if your child had to do a $40,000 surgery,you will not just tell yourself, I don't have the money. You will beg, borrow,tell your story to all who will listen and sympathize with you and have them donate, etc... Believe me you will find a way! So how is this different from the $400?

What would break you free from your troubles today? Would it be for example, a $10,000 income monthly? Then act, and think like you are earning $10,000 a month now and attract it to yourself. If you are making this income, would you think twice about a mere $400 that would make you more money? Of course not!

Did you know that there are people making 10 times more than that in one month? Your homework would be to find them and see how they think and learn what they would do when they face tough situations.

So how do you break free? Let's take a look at this example of a positive thinking exercise.

Have you ever heard of the 4 minute mile story? For thousands of years, people held the belief that it was impossible to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. In 1954 Roger Bannister broke this belief barrier. He achieved the impossible, not just by physical practice, but constantly rehearsing the event in his mind with so much emotional intensity that he created unquestioned references to his nervous system to produce this result. The greatest aspect though is what this did for others, because within one year of Roger breaking the barrier, 37 other runners broke it, and the year after that, 300 other runners did the same thing!

Start acting like you earn the $10,000 monthly now. Fake it, be it and attract it for it to happen.

Get out of your comfort zone! Do you want to stay comfortable and broke or uncomfortable to get what you deserve in life? Your choice! If you would like more information about a positive thinking exercise to attract anything you want in life, an exercise that is Very Simple, Extremely Powerful and Surprising Easy, then click on the link above and discover the secret to your success.

What has been your own positive thinking experience?