If you have ever worked at excelling at goal setting before,but missed at achieving them, it was probably because you didn’t posses a plan to properly achieve them.
Writing out your goals is only a small part of learning how to achieve your goals, and 99% of people miss the other essential part, breaking down your goal plan! Without a plan your goals remain incomplete. It’s like having a destination but without a map. Your goals tell you where you want to go in life, and your plan tells you how to get there.
For a swimmer, they would use a swimming log.
A goal plan is simply a list of scheduled activities that you will do sometime in the future. These can include activities that can be broken down by the day, week, or month, depending on the goal you have in mind.
Drafting a comprehensive goal plan is easily missed during the goal setting process, and there are many people who write their goals on a consistent basis without creating a goal plan! So make sure you take the time to decide where you want to go (your goals) and then create a plan that will tell you how to get there!
In addition to using a leadership skills book it is also a good idea to use visualization to help clarify in your mind exactly what you want to achieve. This can simply involve thinking about your goals, and imaging them as completed when you go to bed. You can do this for about 10 minutes (or longer if you want) before you fall to sleep, and you will be surprised at what a difference it makes in achieving your goals. One of the main reasons visualization before sleep is so effective, is that it provides easy access to the subconscious mind. Thereby allowing you to program your goals into your mind, increasing the likelihood you will accomplish them.
