Goal Setting

Write It Down

Purchase a fun notebook (colorful, odd-shaped, day-timer, spiral bound, whatever makes you happy) to write your to-do lists. A day-timer can often be limiting because the calendar is already in place, but a bright pink notebook with blank pages can open the mind to change.

In writing your goals down, you are better able to keep up with your scheduled tasks for each accomplishment. It also helps you to remember each task that needs to be done and allows you to check them off as they are accomplished.

 

From Here To Success - Five steps to help you reach your goal

By Carole Brooks

 

Here is a simple formula to put the odds for success on your side.  Let’s just call it the “Five P's to Success. “  There are four obvious steps. 

The fifth part, being successful, carries its own set of challenges.

 

1:  PLAN:  This is a detailed, logical, flexible and workable description of

the end priority or goal.  After you read your completed plan, there should be no doubt about what you intend to accomplish.  Your plan includes all the parts and pieces, everything you will want to do to succeed at the endeavor.

 

2:  PROCESS:  This is the systematic and measurable description of how you will carry out your plan.  These are the steps you must take to enact the plan.  Work to keep the process simple and practical.

 

Make sure that the steps and your process are logical and build on each other.  The completion of one part of the process leads into the next step.  Also, have a specific way to measure both your progress and your final result.

 

Note:  Engineers have a saying, “If you can measure it, you can do it.”

 

I believe the converse is also true.  If you can’t measure what you want to accomplish, I believe you haven’t been clear enough with

your plan or process.

 

3:  PERFORMANCE:  This is where intention meets reality.   How valuable is a good plan and process if you do not act on them?  Performance means to get started.  It means to continue when faced with obstacles.  It means to try to do all you can to ensure your success.  Performance is the daily doing of what must be done.  Others can help you.  Others can encourage you.  However, YOU must put in the time, energy, effort and resources for your success.

 

4:  PERSISTENCE:  This is often the most difficult part.  Persistence continues when your body and mind want to quit.  Persistence is when, in the face of adversity, we refine our plan, adjust our process and try again.  Persistence is also continuing to work or serve when we begin to realize the success we want.  We persist and make money instead of making a living.  We build our empire, create our dream and share our wealth.

 

5:  PROSPERITY:   I have received quizzical looks when I say that prosperity, or success, can be a challenge to watch out for.  I have seen too many people get to the edge of success and pull back.  Or, once successful, they begin to neglect the plan, process, performance and persistence that got them there.  Pulling back from success often has its roots in fear or a sense of being unworthy.  If you experience hesitation at the door, examine it closely.  Don’t ever hesitate to ask for help, if it lingers.

 

People who have the money, fame or time prosperity affords as their primary goal sometimes sabotage themselves.  Instead of nurturing their success, they want to slow down and enjoy themselves.  They begin to take more days off.  They work shorter days.  They spend on unnecessary items.  They have more interest in having others notice how successful they are than in building on that success. 

 

Watch for any signs of this in yourself.  You’ve worked hard to be successful.  Protect it, nurture it and allow it to grow.

 

Final Note:  We can use this five-step approach in any part of our lives.  Plan in detail, enact your plan with a systematic process, perform at a high level, and persist until and after you experience the prosperity you want.

 

 

 Have confidence, you can do it!!