Rohn: 4 Tips for Setting Powerful Goals

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4 Tips for Setting Powerful Goals | SUCCESS
Jim Rohn
June 28, 2015

1. Evaluate and reflect.
Take a couple of hours this week to evaluate and reflect. See where you are and write it down so that as the months progress and you continue a regular time of evaluation and reflection, you will see just how much ground you’re gaining—and that will be exciting!

2. Define your dreams and goals.
Write down all of your dreams as you have them. Don’t think of any as too outlandish or foolish—remember—you’re dreaming! Let the thoughts fly and take careful record.

Now, prioritize those dreams. Which are most important? Which are most feasible? Which would you love to do the most? Put them in the order in which you will actually try to attain them. Remember, we are always moving toward action—not just dreaming.

3. Make your goals S.M.A.R.T.
Specific: Ambiguous goals produce ambiguous results. Incomplete goals produce incomplete futures.

Measurable: I would say “specifically measurable” to take into account our principle of being specific.

Attainable: One of the detrimental things that many people do—with good intentions—is setting goals that are so high that they are unattainable.

Realistic: A goal has to be something that we can reasonably make “real” or a “reality” in our lives.

Time: Every goal should have a timeframe attached to it. One of the powerful aspects of a great goal is that it has an end—a time in which you are shooting to accomplish it.

4. Have accountability.
When someone knows what your goals are, they hold you accountable by asking you to “give an account” of where you are in the process of achieving that goal. Accountability puts some teeth into the process. If a goal is set and only one person knows it, does it really have any power? Many times, no. A goal isn’t as powerful if you don’t have one or more people who can hold you accountable to it."

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[Abdullah Naser]

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[AdamJCP]

One way to get more out of this is to use this technique:

When you set goals lets say you decided to write an ebook over 2 weeks and you plan on writing many more. If it takes you 4 weeks to write one ebook then you might have to go back and re-evaluate your goal setting accuracy.

Either you need to work it down to taking only two weeks or you have to realize that it takes 4. When you set so many goals it is so important to do this because you don't want to find yourself getting out of the habit of completing your goals you want to be in the habit of having them follow through every time.

Here we would either learn to work faster and more efficiently or we would adjust our output expectations.

This lets us maintain accurate goals instead of strong goals which I believe you will find are more meaningful.

What is a strong goal anyways if it doesn't lead to its completion?

and

What do we do if we miss?

Two really good questions.