(Free Printable) 2-Step Formula for Goal Setting Success
I’ll be sharing a 2-step goal setting formula to double your likelihood achieving your goals.
You can also download the 2-Step Set Exciting Goals Worksheet to help you with this:
Goal Setting Step 1: Set clear, uncomfortable goals
High achievers are very clear about their self-concept.
They know their strengths. Weaknesses. What they want. How to get it.
They also have clear, challenging goals.
Setting challenging goals can be very intimidating for me. But researchers confirm that ‘stretch’ goals will make us motivated and excited about the future.
A ‘stretch goal’ - which is aiming for a little more than what you think you can do - will energise us and give us a good starting point for excelling at work.
For example, perhaps you are aiming to save $5000 by Dec 2018 (for a vacation next year).
Instead of aiming for $5000, aim to save $7000 by Dec.
This will add some excitement instead of remaining in our comfort zones.
Whether you get to save $7000 or not doesn’t matter - you would have pushed yourself to your maximum.
Maybe you have a business goal: “To make $1000 in my side hustle business by December (insert year).”
To make it a ‘stretch goal’, you can write: “To make $2000 in my side hustle business by December (insert year).”
Always set deadlines for our goal setting process or we might lounge around and procrastinate (been there, done that!).
Step 2: Set SPECIFIC plans for your goals.
Setting specific plans to achieve your goals can double the likelihood of reaching that challenging goal.
Isn’t that exciting?
During the days when we feel tired or drained, we just need to glance at our specific plans and know immediately what to execute that day.
Your goals can be everyday goals such as “I want to finish creating my Powerpoint presentation by 6pm today.”
You can set specific goals for the day such as: “I will finish creating section 1 by 11am, section 2 by 1pm, section 3 by 3pm. I’ll edit the slides by 330pm and finish the presentation by 530pm.”
As you can see, the 2-step successful goal setting formula is:
Clear ‘stretch’ goal
+
clear, specific plans
= double your likelihood of achieving your challenging goal
If you would like to have a goal setting worksheet to have your goals and steps clearly laid out, you can download the 2-Step Set Exciting Goals worksheet below.
Have a good week!