Correct goal setting, or How to conquer everything. Set global goals

When you realize what you want, don't stop, dig even deeper. Is this your goal? Is this what you want? Maybe your mother wants this, the environment or other other people’s voices are imposing theirs?

Are you sure you really want this? Choosing and correctly setting a goal is half the battle and the basis for a successful outcome. Let's look at the criteria for correctness.

Specificity

It is not enough to set the goal “apartment”. It is necessary to describe the nuances in as much detail as possible, otherwise discrepancies are possible. An apartment seems to have appeared, there is a place to live, but it is not yours, you cannot dispose of it as you please. This apartment is the wrong size, in the wrong city, it’s not an apartment, but a room in a communal apartment. Has the goal been achieved? Yes. Is this what you wanted? No.

Wrong target: apartment.

Correct goal: three-room apartment without encumbrances in the center of Moscow in my ownership.

Measurability

Let's say your goal is to become a popular blogger. Thanks to social networks, there is a simple and concrete sign of popularity - large number subscribers. If you find it difficult to determine this figure for yourself, look at how many subscribers the person you consider popular has, and take this number as a guide.

Wrong target: I want to be popular.

Correct goal: 5,000 followers on Facebook.

Reachability

As one boss said, ask the impossible, you will get the maximum. Set yourself ambitious goals, desire in your heart to jump above your head, believe in yourself, and then land and take into account objective reality. There is no point in setting yourself the goal of growing a third arm.

Wrong target: I want people not to get cancer.

Correct goal: employment with a cancer organization.

Significance

Ask yourself the question “Why?” Repeat until you come to an answer like “This will make me happy,” “I will feel fulfilled,” “I will be fulfilled as...”. Ultimately, most human desires come down to these simple things. Therefore, it is not recommended to set a goal of a certain amount of money. Money is not a goal, it is a means to achieve something that will bring joy, benefit, and happiness.

Wrong target: I want a lot of money to buy a yacht.

Correct goal: yacht.

Deadlines

The deadline is a necessary parameter to achieve the goal. Without buoys, the sea of ​​time seems endless, but suddenly life passes. An approaching deadline stimulates acceleration and will help correlate current progress with the remaining time.

Wrong target: I want to learn to draw.

Sign of goal achievement

By what sign will we understand that the goal of “getting married” has been achieved? will appear official document, confirming this is a marriage certificate. I’ll say a seditious thought, but in achieving a goal we move rather not towards the goal itself, but towards a sign of its achievement. Without a sign of achievement, the goal ceases to be specific. It's not enough to want your own car. The car becomes mine the moment my name is entered into the vehicle passport.

Incorrect sign: Dodge brand car.

Correct sign: PTS for a Dodge car.

Tools for achieving goals

Countdown

Register key stages in order from last to first. The question “What is needed to..?” will help with this. Determine the approximate deadlines for each stage so that you can check the plan later.

Example

Goal: October 2019 - housewarming in my own house, which I will build.

• What do you need to celebrate a housewarming in the house that I will build? Interior decoration (September 2019).
• What is needed for interior decoration to appear? Bring up communications (May 2018).
• What is needed to carry out communications? Cover the roof (April 2018).
• What does it take to cover a roof? Build walls (March 2018).
• Lay the foundation (September 2017).
• Select a construction contractor (June 2017).
• Order a project (April 2017).
• Find an architect (tomorrow).

So we come to the first step: write a post on social networks tomorrow and ask to recommend an architect.

Action every day

Take at least one action every day to achieve your goal. Even if you only have enough energy for one microtask, let it be done: curtains, call the architect and discuss the date of the meeting.

Creating an Environment

Fill the air. Subscribe to thematic resources, meet and communicate with experts and experienced people, read, watch. This contributes to the accumulation of knowledge and helps not to forget about the goal.

It is ideal if loved ones support, encourage, and help. Specialists and experienced people can also provide moral support, not limited to just expertise.

Self-tuning

A method for those who do not deny that thought is material. Put yourself in the image you want. This could be a visualization of the goal: someone draws a goal, someone makes collages from their photographs and photographs of the goal. Someone practices the principle “Live as if you have achieved it”, models and cultivates the feeling that you have what you want.

What to do if the goal is achieved or not achieved

Regardless of the result, analyze it. What hindered you in achieving your goal, what helped? What inspired you, what provoked procrastination? What should you consider or improve next time?

Analysis and adjustment:

• The goal was not achieved within the desired period. Review the deadlines and adjust them in accordance with the input data.
• The goal is irrelevant. Perhaps interests, values, or life situation have changed. Adjust the goal or abandon it.
• The goal is relevant, but priorities have changed. Life has made adjustments to plans; other issues require attention. Review the goal and timeline.

Don’t regret, don’t criticize yourself, analyze, look for cause-and-effect relationships, draw conclusions. Accept a situation that cannot be changed. It will be easier if you give your all along the way and enjoy the process. Even if things didn't work out, at least you had a great time. What's next on the list?

We do not achieve all of our goals - and often the matter is not laziness and weakness, but the inability to correctly formulate tasks and determine priorities. Mann, Ivanov and Ferber published a book by self-improvement consultant Robert Sipe about how to use brain science to increase productivity and focus on the practical implementation of your ideas and desires. “Theories and Practices” publishes a chapter from the book.

Reduce the number of goals

Write down the 5-6 most important goals you want to achieve in the next 90 days. Why exactly so much? The main thing at this stage is to reduce: the period and the number of items on the list. Why? There are five or six goals, because, as we already know, consciousness is not able to effectively cope with excess information. It is easy for him to focus on only a few tasks at a time. Of course, there is a right time and place for what is called dream creation, when you get rid of all the limitations of thinking and time and indulge in bold and crazy thoughts. This exercise is useful for expanding your horizons and the capabilities of your mind, but now we will do something else. Take a calendar and determine your next milestone in about 90 days. Ideally this is the end of the quarter, the end of the month is also suitable. If the end point occurs in 80 or 100 days, that's normal; the main thing is to be close to 90. Why is this important? Because for about that long, a person can be very focused on one important goal without hitting the reset button and still see real progress.

It’s not for nothing that almost all diets or workout programs last approximately 90 days. A great example is the insanely popular at-home fitness program P90X. "P" stands for "power" and "X" stands for "Xtreme". Essentially just a marketing ploy. But behind the number “90” there are serious scientific justifications. The program is not called P10X, because in 10 days great success you won't achieve, but neither will P300X: no one can stick to the program for that long without a break. Why do you think Wall Street places so much importance on companies' quarterly financial reports?

Because it is in this period of time that significant changes can be introduced without losing focus. In any important endeavor, a period much shorter than 90 days is too short to see real progress, and much longer is too long to clearly see the finish line. Study the next 90 days and write down numbers from 1 to 6 on a piece of paper. You will write down 5-6 most important goals that you want to achieve in 90 days. Now analyze all areas of your life: work, finances, physical health, mental/emotional state, family, community involvement - to ensure your list is comprehensive.

While you're writing down your most important goals for the next 90 days, let's review what makes a goal effective. In the previous chapter, we looked in detail at the five essential characteristics of your goals, and here I will again list them briefly.

1. What you write down should be meaningful to you. These goals are yours and no one else's, so be sure to record what you really want to achieve.

2. What you write down must be specific and measurable. We're talking about a 90-day program with a clear end date, so general phrases like “increase income,” “lose weight,” or “save money” are inappropriate. Be clear about what exactly you intend to achieve during this period. How much money can you earn or save? How many kilograms to lose? How many kilometers to run? What will your sales be (define specific numbers)? Your numbers or details themselves are not important to me, but specificity is necessary. By neglecting this step, you will miss out on most of the opportunities this process gives you.

3. Goals must be of a suitable scale: demanding, but at the same time achievable from your point of view. Remember: you have about three months to do everything, and then you’ll have to sound the all-clear. So choose goals of a suitable scale. When performing this exercise, you will have to choose between the options “a goal that is bolder so that you have to strain” and “a goal that is more modest so that you are on the safe side.” The choice depends on your experience and previous successes. If you are used to easily achieving the main thing or you are a little bored, then choose a more daring goal. If you are doing this for the first time, then you should choose a more modest goal.

4. Even if it is obvious, I will emphasize: goals need to be recorded in writing. You will be doing both yourself and me a disservice if you read all this and do nothing. I didn't say "think about what you want to achieve in the next 90 days", I said "write it down." I assure you that the coordinated work of the eyes, hands and brain raises the choice and design of goals to a high quality. new level. So, get your goals down with pen and paper, not just in your mind.

5. You'll be reviewing what you write on a regular basis, so be honest with yourself and create goals that you're excited to achieve. Once you've laid the groundwork, we'll develop a whole plan with accountability to ourselves and programming elements, so keep in mind that you'll be interacting with those goals.

Enough descriptions - it's time to work! Take a pen and paper and write down your 5-6 most important goals for the next 90-100 days. Give it as much time as you need, and then get back to reading.

Define your key goal

Now you need to determine which of these goals is key for you. You may ask, “What is a key goal?” And that's great, because you've probably never looked at your goals like this before. Your core goal is the one that, when seriously pursued, supports most of your other goals. Looking at your short list, you will probably notice that there are connections between many goals; you might even realize that some are competitive with each other. But I have found that in almost all cases there is one goal that, if pursued persistently, is most likely to achieve the desired results in all areas. I don't want to overcomplicate this. You may already know which of your goals fits this description.

Often, when a person gets to this stage, one of the goals he has written down will jump out at him and seem to shout, “Hey! Make my dreams come true!” If you have already found this goal, simply mark it on the list and then continue reading. If the key goal is not immediately visible, that's okay too. I myself often had to figure out which of my goals was key and where to direct my main efforts. You want the one that is most likely to help you reach the others.

There are several options. Sometimes achieving a key goal indirectly causes the implementation of others, almost automatically. It happens that a key goal requires the achievement of others as an intermediate stage or an auxiliary tool. And sometimes a core goal can impact your life so much that you gain the strength, confidence, and energy to crush any wall you encounter. Here's an example. Recently I started to figure out what I want to achieve in the remaining 100 days of the year, and I came up with the following:

1. Personal selling.

2. Personal income.

3. Pay off the debt.

4. Run 355 km and do 35 strength training sessions.

5. Meditate at least 50 times.

6. Take 14 days of guilt-free vacation by disconnecting from everything.

These were the most important goals. Please note that they are all specific and measurable. I knew I needed to boil them down to one and get serious about it. Strictly speaking, there is no right answer; none of them were better or worse than the others. Deciding where the major effort would yield the greatest return was entirely up to me. Guess which target I chose? Sales. The number itself wouldn’t tell you anything, but I’ll describe my line of reasoning. By fulfilling the sales plan, I would thereby receive income and ensure repayment of the debt. Achieving my goals would also allow me to find time to take a vacation. What is the connection with training and meditation? I knew that maintaining physical, mental and spiritual health would give me the energy I needed. So all these goals are interconnected.

If the main effort is directed towards a key goal, the subconscious mind actually takes on all these goals and the likelihood of achieving them increases significantly. Do you understand? Your next step- do this with your goals: determine which one is the key to the others. If you have not yet selected it, then choose slowly. Make sure you are confident in your key goal before moving forward.

Confirm the reason

Now that you have one goal to focus on, it's time to answer the most important question: why? Why is it important for you to achieve it? The answer can be suggested by intuition. Sometimes the stars align in such a way that it dawns on you. You say to yourself: “I don’t need unnecessary reasoning. I have never felt such enthusiasm before, I am eager to fight!” If so, great! Just write down your thoughts as a guide. If insight does not occur, try to stimulate your thinking with these questions:

Why do I want to achieve this?

What will achieving this goal give me?

How will I feel when I make this goal a reality? Self-confidence? Delight? Peace? Inspiration? Strength?

How will achieving this goal help me become better or stronger? What do I need to grow in?

What else can I do after getting this result?

There are no wrong answers to the question “why”, and the more you have, the better.

Visualize your goals

To focus and tune your mind, you need to visualize your goals. So far, all your actions have been related to making plans. Most people don't even get to this stage of thinking about their goals, so you're already ahead. But there is still a lot you can do to speed up the process. Your subconscious is billions of times more powerful than your conscious mind. It thinks and works differently in many ways. As we have already said, one important key to the subconscious is to understand that it operates with images. The conscious mind controls coherent, linear thoughts, one after another (which even sound like sentences in your mind), and the subconscious, in fact, just sees pictures and persistently strives for them.

Take advantage of this: give your brain something to look at! Give him images to work with. Sometimes I have clients store images in a notebook or folder. Sometimes - create a dream board and hang it in your workplace so that you can see all the images at once. Many of my clients place pictures of their goals on cards along with affirmations. There are many ways to visualize your goals. Experiment and choose what suits you best.

Create supporting rituals

You won't have to sing hymns or sacrifice a lamb. To create a ritual, you consciously build certain automatic patterns of behavior that become tied to your goals. This is not just a technique I made up. Here are three books that convincingly proved its benefits to me:

The first two books helped me understand the science behind habits, and the third helped me create step by step program, which now brings great benefits to me and my clients. Do you know that most of your thoughts have become habits? Dr. Deepak Chopra claims that more than 99% of the thoughts we have today are repetitions of yesterday, and 99% of tomorrow will be repetitions of today. Actions are determined by thoughts, and many of them - at work, in relation to health, finances - are carried out out of habit. They are brought to the point of automation. Think about what you do in the morning from the moment you wake up until you go to work: how often is one morning similar to another? You put your feet on the floor, stand up unsteadily, brush your teeth, take a shower, drink coffee, get dressed, have breakfast (maybe), drink coffee again, check email, drink coffee again, wake up the kids, make them breakfast, drink coffee again and leave.

Track your morning activities for a few days, and you might be surprised at how similar each day is to the next. So you already have automatic behavior patterns; I advise you to do them consciously for a while, and then replace them with new ones. There are two periods during the day when this will need to be done.

The first is as soon as you wake up in the morning. The first hour - or rather, the first few minutes - is a very good time to program your brain for success. During this time, it moves from sleep to wakefulness, and its waves are configured in such a way that your subconscious mind is extremely receptive to the “thought seeds” that you sow. Have you noticed how the first minutes after waking up can set the tone for the whole day? Have you ever gotten up on the wrong foot? Be mindful and you'll begin to see practical connections between starting your morning effectively and your results throughout the day.

Most people miss this opportunity: in the morning we either get nervous for various reasons, or move in a fog, not fully understanding what is happening. And many successful people purposefully use the beginning of the day to prime their minds and focus on their dreams and goals.

The second period when you need to program yourself is the last few minutes of your day. They are important for many of the same reasons as the first hour of wakefulness: it is a transitional phase for the brain. During the last hour before going to bed, find an opportunity to repeat your goals and some affirmations in the form of images, and then express gratitude for all the good things that happened during the day.

Greetings, dear friend! With you is Alexander Berezhnov, entrepreneur and founder of the PAPA HELPED project.

Until I was 18, I didn’t even know that you could set goals, much less that it needed to be done correctly. Everything changed when I entered college, where I began to go to youth forums, communicate with interesting successful people, read books on business and personal growth.

Planning my own life turned into an exciting activity for me and ultimately helped me earn millions of rubles in my business: I will also talk about this here.

I directly attribute my positive changes to goal setting and proper planning!

If you are reading this article, then like me you are striving for big changes. Great! Then study this material to the end and implement everything I recommend. I guarantee that within a few months you will be pleasantly surprised by what is happening in your life.

Setting goals - a vital necessity or a fashionable trend of our time

Today it is fashionable to be successful and efficient. On the Internet and beyond, thousands of trainings and courses on earning money and self-development are advertised.

Well-known companies like "Business of Youth" encourage you to become an entrepreneur and earn a ton of money from your business. At the same time, everyone speaks with one voice about the importance of setting goals. Is this really important or are business and personal development gurus recommend setting goals “to the heap”?

Once upon a time, I decided to look into this myself and came to the conclusion that setting goals really helps to achieve what you want.

This happens due to 3 obvious points:

1. Clarity. You know exactly what you want to achieve and begin to notice the necessary opportunities. For example, you decided that you will definitely buy a new car in a year. Your brain immediately begins to look for opportunities to earn money or get what you want legally. Having a vague idea of ​​what you want from life, it will be very difficult to achieve what you want. Returning to buying a car... You must know exactly what brand, model, color and for what amount you plan to purchase a car. It is wrong to say: “I want to buy a car.” That's right - “I want to buy a new Toyota Camry, no older than 2017, white, for 2,000,000 rubles.”
2. Focusing. Imagine throwing darts at a target. Your goal is the bull's eye. You stand a few steps from the target, take aim and throw the dart. This approach will most likely lead to hitting the coveted red dot, you just have to practice. And if you were to throw a dart without aiming, or not at all towards the target... The chance of hitting it immediately decreases thousands of times. It’s the same in life, focusing on the desired goal, you will achieve it at your level the most in a fast way. It was not for nothing that I wrote “at my level.” Because if you already have a million dollars, then earning another one is not such a difficult task. And if you start with “doshirak” and torn shoes, even earning 100,000 rubles a month will become a global task for you. I know this from experience.
3. Regularity in actions. Having a clear goal in itself will motivate you to take regular action. Consistency is strength! It’s like in sports: it’s better to exercise for an hour a day, 3 times a week, than for 8 hours, 5 days in a row. In the second case, you will simply overstrain yourself and quit training.

The most famous approach to goal setting is called SMART". Attention! This is not a translation of the word “smart” from English, but characteristics abbreviation the right goal.

Here is its transcript:

« SMART“is a universal and mandatory set of criteria that the “correct” goal must meet. In business circles the expression “ set a smart goal«.

An example of a correct SMART goal:

I am buying a black BMW X6 car no older than 2015 with a mileage of up to 100,000 kilometers, no more than 2,500,000 rubles by January 1, 2019, with money earned in my business selling building materials wholesale.

Example of an INCORRECT SMART goal:

I want to buy a BMW X6 car.

ANECDOTE on the topic of correct and specific goal formulation:

"Caught by a black man in Africa goldfish, she invited him to make 3 wishes in exchange for freedom. The man agreed and made 3 wishes:

1. I want to become white.
2. Move to America.
3. So that there would be a line of women waiting for me.

The goldfish said “it will be done,” and the man became a white toilet in the women’s restroom of an American cafe.”

Now you know why it is important to have a goal and how to set it correctly.

The famous “Harvard experiment” on goal setting

In 1979, Harvard University conducted an experiment designed to determine the impact of goal setting on success in a person's life. The experiment lasted about 10 years.

To do this, they selected a group of students and asked who set their goals, and most importantly, wrote them down on paper. It turned out that only 16% of 100% had at least some goals in life and only 3% of those who wrote them down on paper in the correct way.

A few years later, this group of graduates was surveyed again and it turned out that those who had at least some goals at the university earned on average 2 times more than their “aimless” comrades. People who were included in the 3%, who recorded their goals in writing, earned 10 times! more than their classmates.

There is something to think about, what do you think?!

How to set goals correctly and achieve them: step-by-step instructions from Brian Tracy, a world-famous expert

Brian Tracy is the world's leading expert on business and personal effectiveness.

I really like this personality, and his simple and effective goal setting system has helped millions of people achieve their goals over 30 years.

I was among such “students” of Brian.

Before that, I often listened to his audiobooks on sales, management and personal effectiveness.

In a word, Tracy is truly a MONSTER in these topics! I recommend everyone to study his materials and seminars.

As for goals: just do everything one step at a time and enjoy the result!

Step 1: Be clear about what you want

I have already written about this.

It is very important to write down the goal starting with the word “I” and talk about it in the present tense as if it's already fait accompli :

• “I earn 500,000 rubles a month.”
• "I live in Sochi."
• "I drive a BMW."

You don’t have to limit yourself to one goal; you can set several in different areas of life. But for greater focus, choose the most important one and throw all your energy at it.

Most often in modern world In capitalism, people set precisely material goals (money and property), since success in other important areas for a person directly depends on this: health, relationships, hobbies.

Step 2: Write your goal on paper

The chosen goal must be recorded on paper, written down by hand, and not by typing it in a text editor on a computer! This is how our consciousness will better perceive it and then transmit it to the subconscious, which will work to achieve the goal around the clock.

It is difficult to overestimate the power of the subconscious. According to some estimates, it stores all the information accessible to humans. Our consciousness is a small part of the tip of the iceberg of the subconscious.

Using the power of the subconscious, it is also recommended to solve complex problems or make fateful decisions. The exercise is performed at night. Before going to bed, write down your question by hand on paper and go straight to bed. As a rule, in the morning the most correct and simple answer or way to solve a problem comes to mind.

Our brain never switches off completely. In his sleep, he works intensively to find the right solution.

Step 3: Set a deadline for achieving your goal

It is also called the “deadline” (dead line). By setting a deadline, you subconsciously plan your next steps so that the goal is achieved by the right time.

Use the preposition "to" or a clear date:

• by September 1, 2020 I'm buying one-room apartment in Sochi;
• December 1, 2019 I earn 1,000,000 rubles per month.

Step 4: Make a list of everything that will help you achieve your goal.

Take a piece of paper and write down everything you think will be needed to achieve your goal:

• meet such and such a person;
• learn something;
• earn so much;
• do something.

There may be a lot of items on your list: 100-200 or more.

If at a certain stage you no longer have ideas for the list, then when they appear, add to it.

So, the list is ready. Let's continue.

Step 5. Organize your plan from the list you receive.

In front of you is a list sheet necessary actions. From now on, these are your tasks. And as you know, they cannot be performed chaotically or all at the same time.

For example, you have 100 points, the implementation of which will certainly lead to your cherished goal.

At this stage, you need to rank the resulting list. Place the letters next to each item: A, B, C, D.

Where A are the most important tasks, and D, accordingly, the most insignificant. You will get 4 categories. Now prioritize each of them.

Assign the number 1 to the most important task in your opinion from category A. You will get A1, the less important - A2, and so on.

Step 6: Take Action Immediately

Now the most important thing! Take on the tasks from the list you receive as soon as possible. This way you will start the most difficult stage of achieving your goal - the first step.

Key rule: do not start performing tasks from category “B” until all tasks from category “A” have been completed.

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE differ from losers in that act immediately!

« LOSERS“They constantly put off doing important things under various pretexts or do unimportant things.

How I set goals and achieved results - sharing my experience

At the age of 24, I set several goals using the technology described above.

A document with written goals called " PLAN 30“, implying that they should be completed by my 30th birthday.

At that time, I had no idea how I could achieve them and only faith in success helped me move forward.

I won’t go into detail about my goals from 6 years ago, I’ll just say that the result even exceeded my expectations. During this period, I managed to get married, have children, buy several apartments in a prestigious residential complex in my city and a foreign car, and help my relatives financially.

I realized that nothing is impossible and even if you now have no idea how you can get what you want, just act and you will eventually be able to “eat the elephant piece by piece.”

From my own experience, I know that big goals scare people and they continue to be content with little, instead of pulling themselves together and making their dreams come true.

Now I’m already working on my goals, which I called “ PLAN 40". In 10 years (I’m 30 now), I’m going to build a number of large sources of passive income, strengthen family relationships, give children better education and raise them correctly.

I will also definitely continue to do charity work, social activities and training. We plan to write several books and make our own film, visit 10 countries of the world and meet with a number of outstanding people modernity.

We'll see which of these goals I can achieve in 10 years, but intuitively I feel that this plan is being implemented 100%!

Answers to frequently asked questions

Here I have collected the most popular questions on the topic. Previously, I often asked them to myself in different formulations, and later I began to receive them from friends and subscribers.

Question 1: Does a vision board help you achieve your goals? Marina, 24 years old, Krasnodar

Vision board is a famous tool effective achievement goals. It is a sheet of whatman paper or thick paper with pasted photographs (pictures) and inscriptions personifying your “wants”.

Seeing a vision board in front of you every day helps you focus on them. I think that such a “board” certainly helps, but you shouldn’t limit yourself to it alone, because it’s just a tool. In addition to it, no one canceled the written down goals and the plan to achieve them.

Question 2. How to dream and set goals correctly? And what is a dream anyway? Ilya, 19 years old, Moscow

A dream and a goal have a lot in common: both are wishes to possess something. Most people have dreams but are not serious about achieving them. Surely you have heard someone say, “I wish I had...” or “if only I had...”.

It's simple empty words, which will never take on material form. A goal differs from a dream in that it is as specific as possible and has a plan for achievement.

Everyone has heard the concept of “business plan,” but few people say “business dream” in the same context. The plan has clear steps to achieve, but the dream only emotionally pleases its owner.

A dream is an “unformed goal”, but also its main predecessor.

Question 3. When I invited my friends to set goals for life together, they laughed at me and said that these are difficult times and nothing can be planned. How should I react to this? Denis, 32 years old, Nizhnevartovsk

Dear Denis, I am very familiar with this question. Most people, as already mentioned, do not have clear and correct goals.

Some don't even know what they will do tomorrow. Set goals boldly and work on a plan to achieve them.

After 3-5 years, just compare your progress and the progress of the guys who laughed at you. I assure you, the difference will be colossal!

Don't try to convince anyone of anything. It’s best to show with your example how to do it right.

And even after you achieve success, some envious people will still say that you were just lucky.

The best expression here is

"The dog barks, the caravan moves on."

Question 4. How to correctly formulate goals if I don’t know what I want? Bogdan, 27 years old, Kostroma

I had similar periods several years ago. First of all, you need to find what you love, and for this you need to look for it and not stop.

Try yourself in different areas, and as soon as you feel that your heart and soul resonate with some activity, take it up professionally. It is very important for a man to do what he loves, to realize himself creatively and to earn money from it.

Think back to your childhood. In it you will find answers to the question “what do I like to do?” After that, set the right goals, and the energy from doing what you love will support your enthusiasm.

Question 5. How to set goals and objectives correctly and how do they differ? Inna, 34 years old, Izhevsk

Goals- these are global desires, the implementation of which leads to the achievement of quantitative or qualitative results. They have a significant impact on your life. A great addition to the concept of goal is “strategy.”

Task- this is a certain small step towards achieving the goal. The task is rather characterized as “tactics”. It is not as global as a goal, but it is very important as a component of it.

The goal is achieved the correct sequence completed tasks.

Example

You have decided to get a job at the Romashka company - this is your GOAL.

The tasks for this will be:

• familiarization with the company's activities;
• writing a resume;
• passing an interview;
• signing employment contract when applying for a job.

This is very simplified, but I think you get the idea.

Question 6. Are there any specifics in setting financial goals? Vladimir, 24 years old, Vologda

By and large there are no differences. However, when setting financial and business goals, it is customary to use the concept of “decomposition”.

Decomposition- this is the division of the goal into small components, which, if you consistently complete them, you will certainly achieve it through a simple mathematical calculation.

Example of decomposition of a financial goal

You decide to save a million rubles in 2 years. Two years is 24 months. That is, 1,000,000 rubles must be divided by 24 to find out how much money you should save monthly.

It turns out that on average you need to save about 42,000 rubles per month.

If your salary is now 40,000 rubles, then there are only 2 options:

1. Abandon the goal (reduce its size).
2. Increase your income so you can save the amount you need.

A similar principle applies to more global calculations, but the essence remains the same: you calculate the decomposition and, based on mathematically verified steps, achieve a financial goal.

Question 7. Time management and goals: to what extent are they related to each other? Laima, 36 years old, Ivanovo

These two concepts are inseparable from each other. Without proper time management, it is impossible to achieve the goal or it will take much more effort. The principles of time management are illustrated in “step 5” of this article, which talks about ranking tasks.

The most successful people in the world are distinguished by professional time management and the ability to set goals. It sometimes takes years to master these skills, but when they are perfectly developed in a person, any, even the wildest desires, quickly come true.

Question 8. What should I do if I haven’t achieved the goal I set? Evgeniy, 28 years old, Stavropol

You need to understand what the reason is.

If you set a goal using the “SMART” technology and strictly followed the plan for achieving it, then:

• either you set too ambitious a goal, and you objectively did not have enough strength and resources;
• or they violated the “technology” and therefore did not achieve what they wanted.

This also includes “burning out” of the goal, laziness, force majeure circumstances.

Analyze your actions and you will certainly find a weak point.

Conclusions

A correctly formulated goal, written down on paper by hand, is a powerful tool for realizing your cherished desires. I have checked this more than once from my OWN EXPERIENCE and the stories of thousands of other people say the same thing.

The technology for setting and achieving goals described in the article is the simplest and most effective in the world today. You just have to follow it in practice.

Why don't people set goals and write them down? It's so simple and only requires a couple of hours a year. The answer is obvious: because not doing it is EVEN EASIER!

JOKE

A man caught a goldfish - as always, it’s about desires...

The man says: “I want me to have everything...”

The fish replies: “Man, you had everything, let me go!”

I wouldn't want to be in the place of this guy from the joke

Dear friend, thank you for taking the time to read this article.

Remember: the more specifically you formulate what you want, the greater the chances for short time get it.

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Today we will talk about how to set a goal and what they should be the right goals any person. In order to do anything, you should start by setting goals. Therefore, what exactly you will strive for and what you will achieve as a result depends on how correctly and competently the goal is formulated. Thus, this issue must be approached very thoughtfully and responsibly.

Rules for setting goals and objectives.

1.Good goals must be specific. When thinking about how to set a goal, try to formulate it as specifically as possible, so that there are no uncertainties or vague concepts in it. To do this, I recommend following three rules:

– Specific result. Setting a goal should include a specific outcome you want to achieve.

– Measurable result. The goal you want to achieve must be expressed in some specific measurable quantity - this is the only way you can really control its achievement.

– Specific deadlines. And finally, good goals must have specific deadlines for achievement.

For example, “I want” is an absolutely non-specific goal: there is neither a measurable result nor specific deadlines. “I want to have a million dollars” - the goal already contains a measurable result. “I want to have a million dollars by age 50” is already a correct goal setting, because... contains both the measured result and the time frame for its achievement.

The more specifically the goal is formulated, the easier it is to achieve it.

2. The right goals must be realistically achievable. This means that you must set goals, the achievement of which is within your power and depends mainly on you. It is unacceptable to plan something that fully depends on other people or some external factors that you cannot influence.

For example, “in 5 years I want to have a million dollars, which my American uncle will leave me as an inheritance after death” is a completely wrong and unacceptable goal. In order to sit and wait for 5 years for your uncle to die, you don’t need to set goals. And the most interesting thing will be when it turns out that he bequeathed his fortune to someone else. Well, in general, I think you understand.

“I want to earn a million dollars in a year.” The right goal? No, if you don’t have a penny to your name right now, you simply won’t achieve it.

“I want to increase my income by $100 every month.” This is a realistically achievable goal, of course, if you have calculated and understand exactly how you will increase your income.

Set realistic goals for yourself and you will be able to achieve them.

3. The right goals must come from the soul. When thinking about how to set a goal, you should choose only those goals that you are really interested in and need, that attract you, that you really want to achieve, and the achievement of which will make you truly happy. There is absolutely no point in setting goals to do something through force, without desire, simply because it is “necessary”. Also, you don’t need to pass off other people’s goals as your own. Even if you complete these tasks, you are unlikely to get anything really needed from it.

For example, you don’t need to set a goal to get a legal education if you want to become a pop star, but your parents are “pushing” you to become a lawyer because it is a “money and prestigious profession.”

Set goals that will inspire you, not stress you out!

4. The right goals must be positive. The same task can be formulated in different ways: with both a positive and a negative connotation. Therefore, when thinking about how to set a goal correctly, avoid negativity and use exclusively positive expressions (you write everything down!) - this will psychologically motivate you more strongly to achieve results. There are also 3 important rules here.

– The right goals should show what you want to achieve, not what you want to get rid of;

– Correct goals should not contain negations (“I don’t want”, “I wish I didn’t have”, etc.);

– Correct goals should not contain even a hint of coercion (words “must”, “must”, “necessary”, etc.).

For example, “I want to get rid of poverty,” “I don’t want to live in poverty,” “I want to be debt-free” is an incorrect goal formulation, because contains negativity. “I want to become rich” is the correct formulation of the goal, because... contains positive.

“I must become rich” is the wrong goal setting: you only owe money to banks and creditors; it is much better to formulate the goal like this: “I will become rich!”

Positive goals are much easier to achieve than getting rid of negative ones!

5. Goal setting must be written. Once your goal is written down on paper or in electronic document, this will psychologically motivate you much more strongly to achieve it. Therefore, when thinking about how to set a goal, keep in mind that you need to record your goals in writing. And it is a mistake to believe that you will already remember well what you have planned. Even if you have good memory, a goal that you have not recorded anywhere is easiest to change or abandon it altogether.

Goals in your head are not goals, they are dreams. The right goals must be written down.

6. Break down global goals into smaller ones. If your goal seems too difficult and unattainable, then break it down into several intermediate, simpler ones. This will make achieving a common global goal much easier. I will say more, if you do not break important life goals into intermediate ones, then you are unlikely to achieve them at all.

Let’s take our first goal, “I want to have a million dollars by age 50,” as an example. If this is all you set for yourself, you will not complete this task. Because it’s not even clear how exactly you are going to earn this million. Therefore, it is necessary to break this strategic task into several smaller, tactical ones, showing exactly how you will go towards your intended goal. For example: “Save $100 a month for”, “Within a month”, “Open by age 30”, etc. Of course, these are just approximate goal trends; the correct goals should look, as you already know, more specific.

A global strategic goal will be achieved if you break it down into several intermediate, tactical ones.

7. Goals can be adjusted if there are objective reasons. If you have already set a clear and specific goal- this does not mean that it cannot be corrected. However, and this is very important, adjustments to goals can only be carried out if there are objective reasons. Reasons like “I can’t do it” or “I’d rather waste this money” cannot be considered objective. Anything can happen in life and in the world around us that will significant influence to achieve the set goal. And when such force majeure circumstances occur, the goal can and should be adjusted, both in the direction of weakening and in the direction of strengthening.

For example, you set a goal to save $100 a month in a bank deposit in order to collect a certain amount. At the time the goal was set, the deposit rate was 8% per annum. If bank rates drop to 5% per annum, you will need to adjust your goal: either save more, or, if this is not possible, reduce the amount you want to collect. But if rates rise to 10% per annum, you will be able to adjust the goal towards increasing the planned result.

There is nothing wrong with adjusting goals for objective reasons - circumstances may arise in life that could not be predicted.

8. Believe in achieving your goal. It is necessary not only to set the goal correctly, but also to believe in achieving it. This will psychologically help you go towards your goal and overcome all obstacles encountered along the way.

Belief in achieving your goal - most important factor on the way to success. There is no point in setting goals for yourself that you do not believe in achieving.

I hope this article helped you understand how to set a goal correctly and what your good goals should be.

You will find many more in other publications useful tips and recommendations that will become your assistants on the path to success, and will also teach you how to competently manage your personal finances, because achieving almost any life goal has its own financial side. See you again on the pages of the site!