Goals (Chart Your Course)

Goals are the road maps to our success. Someoneyour goals time frame is one year, create daily,
once said to me "s No one knows for sure. It's theweekly, monthly and quarterly bench mark goals to aid
same with your life. Without a goal, and a plan toyour process and then have a plan to achieve each.
achieve that goal, you have know idea where you willYour plan is what you have to do to achieve your
end up.goals. When planning, ask yourself, "What do I have to
First there are some things you need to sort out whendo today to accomplish my weekly goal, and what do I
considering goals. You need to of course decide whathave to do each week to accomplish my monthly
you want and then it is just as important to have agoals, what do I have to do each month to accomplish
time frame to achieve it in. The more clearly youmy quarterly goals, and each quarter to achieve my
define your goals and time frames, the easier yourultimate goal?"
task will become.If you're not achieving your bench mark goals, you can
For example, Let's say your goal is to make moneythen make adjustments to assure that you will stay on
from home so that you can quit your job. This is great,track on the way to your ultimate goal. Have a plan,
but you need to drill it down to details, then creatework your plan and your goals will take shape. It
bench marks, and then a plan to achieve this.works.
First you need to decide how much money you needThis of course is just a brief overview of goals and
to make before you can quit your job. Then you havegoal setting. If you would like to learn of some great
to have a reasonable time frame to accomplish thisgoal setting and personal growth resources, please
goal. Be careful not to make your goal to hard,ask. Self improvement is an ongoing process in our
because it can cause you to become to frustratedlives, to become better and more we add to the lives
and most likely give up. Give it ample time and keep itof those around us as well. A better you should
reachable.always be a driving force in our lives.
Next create goals within your goals. For example, if