Setting and achieving goals is the number one quickest way to increased happiness, greater personal fulfillment, and life-long joy.
Here are our 10 best strategies for making that happen!
1. Write them down. How many times have you set a goal in your head only to have it evaporate into the great beyond before you even got started. Write your goals down somewhere that you'll see them; in your planner, on your phone or your ipad, or in your journal. Anywhere, as long as they're in some kind of read-able, tangible form.
2. Break your big-picture goal into lots of smaller, short-term goals. Big, long-term goals rarely get met on their own. They're just too big and overwhelming. Chunking them into smaller, more manageable bites increases your chance of actually meeting them by light years.
3. Make your short-term goals small enough that you can meet it within a day or two. You need to set yourself up for success and experience lots of it (success, that is) while you're on your big-picture goal journey. The more goals you achieve, the more you're going to be willing to keep going, plugging away when it gets harder.
4. Celebrate each and every success, no matter how small. Give yourself a pat on the back, acknowledge that you 'done good', make a big star on your calendar, or email a friend that you're one step closer to 'the big one'. It doesn't have to be anything big or costly. Just a little something to congratulate yourself. That simple acknowledgement can fill up your gas tank for another day or two until you meet your next mini-goal. Baby steps are just as worthy of a 'way to go' as great big giant leaps! Never pass up an opportunity to celebrate yourself.
5. Tell someone what you're doing. It'll help keep you accountable and on-track. If you know someone's with you every step of the way it'll make the journey easier and more fun. Better yet, ask them if they'd mind if you texted or emailed them to let them know you did what you said you were going to do that day. Then maybe they'll email or text you back a simple smiley face or a thumbs up. Keeps you accountable and gives you a little 'congratulations'!
6. Don't be afraid to re-evaluate. If you bit off more than you could chew, take a step back and break that goal down even further. It's much more important that you keep moving forward no matter how small the step. If your goals are too big, you're much more likely to quit and wind up feeling terrible. If one way to your goal doesn't work, feel free to scrap it and find another way.
7. Mistakes are great. In fact, mistakes are necessary. They're the only way to learn and grow. Don't let your mistakes embarrass you. In allowing yourself to make mistakes, you're allowing yourself to become a better and better 'you'!
8. Take risks. Thoughtful risks are just as necessary to personal growth as making mistakes. We're not advocating life-threatening or dangerous risks. Just risks that give you a little adrenaline rush, that empower you and make you feel brave and strong and courageous. Risk-taking is just as vital for intellectual, mental pursuits as it is for physical challenges. Face your fears. It's more exhilarating and energizing than you can ever imagine.
9. Expect to take a fall or two. Life isn't perfect. People aren't perfect. You'll come upon obstacles that might stump you once in a while. The energy you've just created might throw you back a bit. Pick yourself up. Dust yourself off and begin again. Be willing to get up just as many times as you need to. There's no limit to how many times you can get back on that horse.
10. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. Don't give up! Never, ever quit reaching for that better 'you'! No matter how great you already are, there's always room to grow. That's the beauty of being human!
Give those 10 strategies a try! You might surprise yourself with all that you can accomplish! Go out there and make your life happen! You can do anything!
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Lisa Hoadley George created The Fuzzy Sock Society to inspire and motivate everyone to live their very best life. Goal setting is an important component of happy, joyful living. The Warm Fuzzy Package with it's daily motivators and weekly newsletter may be just the strategy you need to keep moving forward and motivated. To learn more, visit http://www.fuzzysocksociety.com You'll be glad you did!
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