Challenge Title — The Value of Writing Goals
Challenge Description
This particular issue may not seem like a challenge to many of you. You have written business goals, you review them twice a year with your manager; you spend the better part of 2 days getting your Annual Performance Review to your manager. I commend you your commitment to this process.
However, I can not tell you how many of my clients share anyone of the following with me:
"Well, I don’t have them written down."
"I keep them in my head."
"I don’t have time to do my personal goals."
"I sort of have a 5 year plan."
Organizing is a holistic pursuit. I treat each client as one whole being. What affects one aspect of their lives, affects all aspects. If you only focus on your intended professional goals, how can you map your course personally?
Benefit of Course Correction
1. Writing personal goals is the first step in achieving work/life balance. It is the process which helps define what you want your life to be.
2. Writing personal goals enables you to put parameters around what you are not wiling to do.
3. If you haven’t decided where you want to be, how will you know if you got there or not?
My top five rules for successful Goal Setting:
1. They MUST be written down
a. The most powerful step in achieving goals is to write them down.
b. Unwritten goals are not goals at all,but wishful thinking.
c. Written goals hold you accountable to yourself.
2. They must be SMART
a. Specific and Measurable
b. Motivating
c. Attainable
d. Relevant
e. Time bound
3. They must be accessible
4. They must be visited frequently
5. They must be stated in the affirmative
Organizing by Degrees™: Step by Step Implementation
A few specific examples:
1. Make the decision that you are going to create personal goals
2. Set some time aside 30 - 45 minutes to START
3. List the 5-7 major areas of your life
a. Financial
b. Fun and Recreation
c. Greater Contributions (legacy)
d. Health and Wellness
e. Personal Development (spiritual, education)
f. Personal Relationships
4. Add to each in order or randomly.
5. Tweak and fine-tune LATER, for now just get them down on paper.
6. Follow the Rule of 5 (Jack Canfield) Everyday do 5 things that promote your business or personal goals forward.
7. It is that simple AND that complicated.
8. DO IT!
Exercise
Make a commitment here. When will do the first draft of your personal goals. Email me that commitment