You want to achieve a specific goal, but you do not know precisely how? The same idea is constantly racing through your mind, but you do not know how to revive it? Yes, you have to work hard and stay on the track, but you already grasped that, did n`t you? So, here, we will present you with some additional tips on how to achieve goals, equal success. We investigated which advice’s have shown most valuable when it comes to goals. Psychologists, experts in personal development and “ordinary” people agree that the following 10 tips are the most practical for accomplishing any goal.
Are My Goals Truly Mine?
Well, this is the first thing you should do when thinking about your goals. We are all conditioned from an early childhood to thrive towards the stuff that might not reflect our true nature. Many people are trying to achieve something set by others, their parents or a society. Be honest with yourself.
Life is too short to live only to fulfill other peoples goals and dreams.
Set Achievable Goals
If you are constantly chasing a big achievement, you are constantly tense and stressed. Is it really worth it? Does it deliver the desired results? People are often unrealistic when setting goals. What the human brain can imagine a man could achieve in 24 hours often exceeds the reality.
A man who believes he can do a lot in a short period of time is usually disappointed. Experience tells us that we will not complete one-third of what we intended in time in which we imagined. So, cut your desirable expectations a bit and be realistic.
Set Specific Goals
Every goal that you set should be specific, concrete and precise. For example: “I want to succeed in life” is a bad example of an objective. Such an aspiration is fully unfeasible. Why? Because this definition is vague, hazy, imprecise and too abstract.
What does it indeed mean to succeed in life? What is it that you want to achieve to consider yourself successful? Thus, your goals should be defined in a specific, concrete way: “I want to finish my fourth year of college”, “I want to quit smoking”, “I want to get a job”, etc. When you precisely define your goals, it is clear what it is you want to achieve.
Write Them Down
Writing down your goals will enable you not to lose sight of everything you want to achieve. Also, it has been shown that people who record their goals are increasingly successful in achieving them.
Besides the fact that writing makes it difficult to forget which your intentions are, it also helps you to understand them better. How? In order to write your objectives, you first have to reflect on them and define them properly.
Read Your Goals Once A Day
Read your goals over and over again, even if you think you already know them by heart. Make your subconscious work for you even when you are not fully committed to the task.
Repetition will certainly help you never lose sight of your goals. Remind yourself, in moments of weakness, how important they are to you. By repeating, you will achieve the effect of strengthening your will and desire to actually meet your goal.
Break Them Into Smaller Ones
There is one rule that applies to a large number of people. If a goal is not immediately achievable or it looks complex, they delay it as much as possible. In order to avoid this, it is necessary that you divide all your aims into smaller ones.
Break your complex, medium and long-term goals into smaller, short-term goals. This way, you will be able to reach them in a timely manner, step by step. Complex objectives always need to be parted because they cannot be solved in one step.
Make A Plan Of Realization
No, we do not mean something like “a serious work on the project”! After you divide the objectives into smaller and “achievable” parts, make a plan of action with time constraints. If, for example, you have to read a book about four hundred pages, make a plan so that daily you will read, say, forty pages. You will turn your long-term goal into ten short term goals, i.e. forty pages a day. And stick with it!
Set The Priorities Right
Of course, you heard this before, but only because it works! If you have multiple goals that overlap in time, you need to prioritize them. Deal with them by significance. If you don`t prioritize them, it will open the possibility you will ignore/forget what you consider is particularly important.
Priorities, of course, can always be revised. You need not fear that they are permanent. Anyway, it`s your life and those are your goals.
Change them; rearrange them, everything that suits you best!
Reward Yourself
A very important thing that many people forget is to reward themselves after an achievement. Reward yourself for the result obtained. The prize does not have to be big but adequate to achievement. So if you read ten pages of the aforementioned book, reward yourself with coffee or ice cream. When you achieve a higher goal, a reward should be greater.
People, who forget to compensate themselves once they reach a goal, pass immediately to another one and eventually “burn out”. They run out of energy and motivation to achieve more goals.
Have Faith In Yourself
When you know what goal you wish to achieve, all there is to believe in yourself! Do not let your own prejudices and limitations stop you on the way to realizing a goal, no matter how unattainable it looks. Just remember that both Liv Ullmann and Meryl Streep, Academy Award winners, were turned down at an audition, but did not give up on their goal. Consider the proposed pieces of advice. We believe you will benefit from them!