You might be doing it, you might not be. If you aren’t, you’re living life full of empty promises. You will fail. Yes, I know it’s harsh. It has to be.
Goals can be anything. They can be to save up money to take the kids to Disneyworld this year, to lose 5 lbs or to give more money to charity. Your goals are your personal pathway, and I am not going to infringe on what they are, but I am going to harp on you to write them down. However, not just to write them down, but to be specific. Your goals have to be attainable, measurable and time oriented. You have to hold yourself accountable to (what should be) the most merciless boss in the universe: Y-O-U.
Let me tell you how I do it.
I am a spreadsheet fanatic. If I can’t make a spreadsheet out of it, I would probably have a complete mental breakdown. Well, maybe not complete, but close.
My goals are no exception. For those I make a spreadsheet.
But not any ordinary spreadsheet.
On the first tab, I write out my annual goals, like this:
From here, I break them down into subsets by month. Here is a look at January:
As I accomplish each goal, I gray it out. Then I rinse and repeat.
The beauty of this is that I can add to my goals at any time. What I don’t do is give myself wiggle room to modify them. My goals are set in stone. Whatever doesn’t get done in January, moves to February. But they will get done, and they will get done before December 31, 2012.
I revisit my goals once a week, every Sunday, like clockwork and I am well on my way to accomplishing everything on my list for January. Honestly, I cannot tell you how great that feels.
Are you setting your goals? Are you holding yourself accountable? Are you writing them down?
Leave a comment and tell me how you do it…or how you’ll do it better!
Goals can be anything. They can be to save up money to take the kids to Disneyworld this year, to lose 5 lbs or to give more money to charity. Your goals are your personal pathway, and I am not going to infringe on what they are, but I am going to harp on you to write them down. However, not just to write them down, but to be specific. Your goals have to be attainable, measurable and time oriented. You have to hold yourself accountable to (what should be) the most merciless boss in the universe: Y-O-U.
Let me tell you how I do it.
I am a spreadsheet fanatic. If I can’t make a spreadsheet out of it, I would probably have a complete mental breakdown. Well, maybe not complete, but close.
My goals are no exception. For those I make a spreadsheet.
But not any ordinary spreadsheet.
On the first tab, I write out my annual goals, like this:
From here, I break them down into subsets by month. Here is a look at January:
As I accomplish each goal, I gray it out. Then I rinse and repeat.
The beauty of this is that I can add to my goals at any time. What I don’t do is give myself wiggle room to modify them. My goals are set in stone. Whatever doesn’t get done in January, moves to February. But they will get done, and they will get done before December 31, 2012.
I revisit my goals once a week, every Sunday, like clockwork and I am well on my way to accomplishing everything on my list for January. Honestly, I cannot tell you how great that feels.
Are you setting your goals? Are you holding yourself accountable? Are you writing them down?
Leave a comment and tell me how you do it…or how you’ll do it better!
2 comments:
I still write goals down with physical paper and pen but your techniques have plenty of merit. Thanks!
I still write goals down with physical paper and pen but your techniques have plenty of merit. Thanks!
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