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Goal Setting

I said I’d do a little research on goal setting, so here it is. A quick search brought me to a few different sites, which I’ll share with you here in condensed form. I’ll link to the sites so you can do further reconaissance, if you see fit. Here are the highlights:

TheGoalsGuy.com had a “Ten Commandments” of Goal Setting (explained here) that looked kind of interesting. Here are the 10, with my favorites in BOLD.

• Thou Shall Be Decisive
• Thou Shall Stay Focussed
• Thou Shall Welcome Failure
• Thou Shall Write Down Thy Goals -  If you write it down, it feels more real.
• Thou Shall Plan Thoroughly – Yup, I’m a plannner.
• Thou Shall Involve Others – That’s why we’re doing this here on the blog!
• Thou Shall Take Purposeful Action
• Thou Shall Reward Thyself – I LOVE this one!
• Thou Shall Inspect What Thy Expect – reexamine the goal once in a while, is what I think they mean by this.
• Thou Shall Maintain Personal Integrity – So no lying to us or to yourself. If you miss a day or don’t reach your goal one week, admit it and move on. Don’t lie about it. That can snowball on you real quick!

I really like this article about how important it is to write down your goals. Apparently, just the simple act of writing down your goals increases your odds of success something like 1000%. If you don’t believe me, read that article!

This short article might help you get specific and realistic with your goals. The gist of it is – set a goal that is actually achievable, not some pie-in-the-sky thing that’s impossible to achieve in the time you have to do it.

Remember, we’re doing this for the month of January. So pick something specific that you can realistically see yourself doing for the whole month. Consider the limitations of your daily life. Your schedule, your family’s schedule, other committments. Don’t say “I’m going to run a mile every day” when you know darn well the weather might interfere or you just don’t have time in your schedule to do it every single day – or worse yet – you CAN’T run a mile! LOL. You’d be better off saying something like “I’m going to walk a mile three times a week.” Then have contingency plans for bad weather, like walking in the mall or something.

Okay, so think hard about your goals for January and then get set to start on 01/01. Meet me back here on Jan. 1st with your goals firmly in mind and prepare to write them down!

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