Exploration is over and now you’ve got a lapful of goals. So now what do you do with them? I am queen of my favorite 9-letter word: STRUCTURE. What’s next is to create a series of routines and habits in your calendar that have you accomplish your goals.
The first place to start is with Backwards Planning Strategy. This is where you take your goal (perhaps you want to accomplish it by the end of the year), and then imagine you in December, goal accomplished and examine what you would have done to accomplish it. Take all of these things and create action items that make up a plan. Then transfer each action item to your calendar, so that it takes your vision from pipe dream to real time. There are specific directions on this process in my free ebook “7 Steps to a Life You Love” and materials for the process under “free tools” under the “change your life” tab on my home page. Check it out.
The key to achieving your goals is to break them down into small action items that will, in the long-term, produce your big results. You’ve heard that old saying “How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE AT A TIME…” It’s the same with your goals.
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