Eight Steps To Attaining Your Goals

Hab 2:2 And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and make it plain on the tablets, that he who reads it may run. 3 For the vision is still for an appointed time, but it speaks to the end, and it does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it; because it will surely come. It will not tarry.

For any personal development plan to succeed, it is necessary that you incorporate the following eight steps to ensure the successful implementation of your goals.

1. Write your goal as a significant future event or behavior. Say exactly what it is that you will achieve. Define your goal and be very specific.

2. Write your goal in such a way that it can be measured. For instance, say when, or how much money, instead of “I want to earn more money”, say “I want to earn R20 000 per month.’ This way you can keep track of your progress much easier.

3. Set a deadline to achieve your goal. Once you have expressed exactly what you want, you need to commit to date. This way you act with more urgency.

4. Create goals, which you can control. You are in charge. Own it.

5. Always have an Action Plan. Without a recipe the cake will flop. Consider all the pitfalls and obstacles. Write them down as part of your Action Plan and decide, in writing, how you will eliminate them. Also consider available resources. Plot, plan, strategize.

6. Plan your goals – step by step. Your Action Plan should reflect a step-by-step strategy with how, when, where, with whom and why results.

7. Decide on consequences for not working on your Action Plan. Be accountable. Find yourself a coach to whom you can be accountable. Paying upfront for your sessions are one of the best ways of committing yourself to your goals. You are not very likely to pull out if the sessions are already paid for.

8. Reward yourself. Decide on rewards for every (written down) step you reach in your Action Plan. Write down the reward when you write your Action Plan. Make sure you have a reward for every step. You deserve it.

Pro 12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the reward of a man's hands shall be given to him.

Pro 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he who keeps the law, he is blessed.