STRUCTURING GOALS FOR THE NEW YEAR

Are you frustrated with what you accomplished last year? Have you been overwhelmed with what to do in 2014 to yield better and different results than 2013? Are you stuck in what your first step should be this year to kick your business in gear? Do you lack the direction to set goals and actually accomplish them? It is not too late to structure your goals for 2014 and this post should help with the process. I will give you two easy tips on setting your 2014 goals. We are going to set those goals for the New Year and HIT THEM!

Now is the time to Release the past let go of whatever you did or didn’t do for 2013. Some people in 2013 hit their goals, some missed them and did not accomplish the things that they wanted and some did. Here is your new word for the year the word is “RELEASE”. I want you to make a choice to release everything about 2013 that you were not happy with and start in 2014 as if you are starting your business for the very first time. Begin to act like you just started your business and not as if you had been through a year of misery or defeat. Stop acting like you are entering a year of not making it happen or a year of not doing what you should have been doing, etc. So, the word for 2014 is ‘RELEASE’ or as some have said Let Go and Let God. You cannot do anything about 2013 it is gone so the best thing that you can do is focus on what you can do right now. You can do something about 2014 so start embracing your goals for the year.

Two Tips to Help You

The first tip I am going to share with you is a tip that time and time again is told to those setting goals, yet so few people do it. The second tip is often shared but I tweaked it slightly. I approached the second tip from a little different angle but the result is the same as others. The two tips that I want to share with you will make a major difference in your year. These two simple and easy steps can help it be more likely to create a powerful new year for you.

The first tip should be to write down your goals. There was a study done on the effectiveness of writing down goals http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/study-backs-up-strategies-for-achieving-goals. As many times that you will hear this and as simple of a task as it is there are so many individuals who just will not do it. They will not write down their goals and this one step is so very powerful in setting yourself up for accomplishing your goals. The bible tells me to write the vision and make it plain. Simply put write down your goals on paper. It is very hard to accomplish a goal without knowing what the goal is. And the best way to remember something is to write it down.

For me I have a journal that my wife made and I write down my goals in it. It sits next to my bedside so when I have inspiration or want to alter or amend what I have written down I can do so very easily. If you do not know what to write down start with writing down the type of lifestyle you want to have, what kind of lifestyle do you want for your family, what are your monetary goals, do you have rank advancement goals, etc. Write down the things that you really want to accomplish in 2014 and go one step further with the second tip.

The second tip is to create a vision board or vision book. This year my family and I took the first of January to develop vision boards. I had to transfer it to a book because when I travel I want to be able to carry it with me. I always like to see what my goals are because looking at them is a constant reminder for me to see where I need to be or what I need to do. I created a vision book because it is easier to carry around than a board. To create a vision book or a vision board just pull out your favorite magazines some of mine are Fortune magazine, Robb Report, Sotheby, Dream Homes Magazine, Success Magazine, etc. You could even go online or draw pictures or words if you like. Put pictures of whatever you want to accomplish.

Now you may not know how you will accomplish these goals but I live by "now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen." I do not have to know how I am going to accomplish a thing in order for me to work toward a goal. I just know if I put in the work and have a defined goal there are doors that open for me to accomplish what I have set on course to accomplish. I am not trying to preach but sometimes I just cannot help it. I digress. You might want to do something a little different. Try cutting out travel magazines a place where you may want to go but instead of putting a name with the picture just put the picture and see where you are at the end of the year. And if you are looking at your results from 2013 and you are not happy with them create new goals in 2014.

Create a vision book or a board. Take a look at the link below as to how to do that. When I created

my vision book I purchased a 3 ring binder with the clear insert on the front. I took regular printer paper and used my three-hole binder and glued as well as taped pictures to the paper. My wife and I had stopped making vision boards or books and we remembered that when we did we were able to accomplish the things that we put in front of us. Years ago we put pictures of a restaurant, pictures of specific houses, specific cars, the amount of money per year we wanted to earn, the number of children we wanted to have and it may seem strange we had two girls and two boys and that is exactly what we have now. The interesting part is when we experienced all the things that we put on our vision board we were not even intentionally trying to do so. It seemed to happen by happenstance but we all know that nothing just happens. I do not believe in coincidences, I believe that everything happens for a purpose. Get Purpose Directed Success Today!

Let’s focus on the positive. What do you want in 2014 be serious about it I know that it may sound like a soft skill or a soft exercise but you need to train your subconscious of what you exactly want in 2014 so you have a much better chance of getting it. If there is someone you know that would benefit from this post please share.

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Video: Setting those Goals for the New Year

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