10 Important Tips for Setting Goals

July 14, 2016



With the New Year here, setting goals both personal ones and for your business are an important aspect of keeping yourself on track throughout the year. By reaching your goals, you will be able to feel like you fulfilled a great achievement and can keep moving forward. Setting goals though can be fairly hard, especially if you don’t know what type of goals to set or how to set them. Below are several tips on the best way to set goals.
10 Important Tips for Setting Goals
  1. Set Time-Focused Business Goals: By setting time focused goals, you provide yourself with a time frame so you aren’t able to keep pushing off your goal.
  2. Create Smaller Milestones: Instead of only celebrating when you reach your end goal, divide up the goal into smaller milestones. This will help keep your head in the game and provide motivation to reach the end goal.
  3. Adjust Your Goals As Needed: If you realize you set unrealistic goals from the start, don’t be afraid to adjust them. It’s better to be realistic than unrealistic.
  4. Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals: These goals are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-Based.
  5. Track & Analyze: This is extremely important especially when starting out with obtaining your goals! Find a way to track the work you are doing to see if it is directly impacting and helping you achieve your goals.
  6. Use the 80/20 Rule: This rule states that 80% of the results comes from 20% of the work. If you’re working 100% and not seeing results, you might need to adjust your efforts.
  7. Visualization: If you’re having issues thinking of realistic goals, try visualizing. Also, if you start your plan, visualization can help you improve your performance and behaviors to achieve those goals.
  8. Release Your Doubts: By doubting yourself, you could cause yourself to not achieve any of the goals you set. Don’t negative self-talk. The more you think something will happen the more they will so try positive thinking.
  9. Meditate: By meditating daily, you can find a center that truly focuses you. Meditating can help lessen stress and improve your health.
  10. Believe in Yourself: By truly believing that you can achieve your goals, you will truly be able to fulfill your S.M.A.R.T. goals.