Simple Guide To Make 2010 Your Best Year Yet

It’s that time of year again, where we set goals for the year ahead and one month later these goals are long forgotten.

Some reasons why we don’t achieve many of the goals we set include:

• To many goals. Think quality over quantity.
• The goals are unrealistic considering your current situation or mind-set.
• Goals are set without an action plan or any idea on how to get there.
• And the list goes on.

1 – Define Your Definite Major Purpose and Fulfillment Factors
What moves you in life? How do you see your life? What are your passions, your purpose in life? These are not your goals, they are the “WHY” for your goals.

2 – Review Your Task Chart
Your organizational or task chart is the framework for your business or your life. When working towards your goals there are many tasks that need to be done where you will need to wear many different hats or assign some to someone else in order to maintain the standards needed to move forward.

3 – Set Income & Life Goals
Goals can be based on financial income or can be lifestyle based. Keep in mind that almost all lifestyle goals have an associated cost, thus requiring an associated income goal. Be sure you set goals that are achievable, measurable and that they are aligned with your Definite Major Purpose.

Take some time to look at what you want in life, lifestyle, physical materials or experiences. Take a look at your current income. Set and write down your goals for 2010 and what income level will it take to achieve them.

4 – Backward Plan For Achieving Your Goals (Work Back Plan)
If the goals you set in the previous section is your destination, this is the plan or road map for the journey to your goals. Just like a road trip you need to have a plan on how to get to from point A to point B.

Define what is the step that is required or what need to happen just before achieving your goal. What action is required just before that… And so on…. Do this until you get to your current situation. The last identified step or action will be the first to take in order to move forward.

5 – Evaluate Your Projects
At this point it’s important that you evaluate all the projects in your life, projects such as your job, school, community activities, your businesses… You need to focus on what takes you closer to your goals. We often tend to be proud of our multitasking abilities, but multitasking will only dilute your quality and diminish your focus.

• Measure your passion to what you do
• What kind of emotional response do you have to what you do
• What kind of cashflow does it have

6 – Your Action Plan – The Critical Six
Now that everything is set, it’s time to take action and move forward. Here’s a very effective strategy that I do everyday and that I talked about in the past. It’s called The Critical Six and here’s a recap:

• Each day write down the six most important things you need to do to get closer to your goals. Only six per day, no more.
• Put them in order of importance.
• Start on item number one. Do not skip to item number two until you have fully completed number one.
• If you get to the end of the day and have not completed your full list of six items, roll them over to the next day as the most important.

7 – Do Not Rely On Faith & Destiny
Faith and the belief in your destiny are the greatest cop outs, great excuses to evade the need to think, evaluate evidence and take action.

8 – Just Do It
There are no secrets when it comes to achieving your goals. Get off your ass, stop reading all these “HOW TO” and “Productivity” articles & posts and take action.

Don’t Multitask And Don’t Rely On Faith & Destiny

TAKE ACTION & STAY FOCUSED