3 Keys To Set Goals You Can Actually Achieve

Have you ever thought about setting goals but don’t know how or where to begin?

That’s how I felt in the beginning. With tons of resources out there and so many different areas of my life I wanted to work on, I needed something simple to start.

Here’s one I’ve created that focus on a few core aspects and guides you through the thinking process to the action process.

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3 Keys To Set Goals You Can Achieve

1) Envision

This is where you DREAM BIG!

The sky is not the limit here; there is no limit.

Write out your wildest desires like a journal entry in the present tense; as if you have already achieved it.

This has a powerful affect on the subconscious.

It teaches your mind to think and live as though that future is your present reality, creating new neurological pathways that will become your road map.

Here, you could be crafting a whole new person or you could be building onto the one you have now.

If anything was possible, what would your life look like in these areas?

An example of 4 key areas to start:

Fitness

What is your ideal body structure?

What things are hindering you to have the health you want?

How do you want to show up in life?

Finance

What career aspirations do you have?

What type of income do you desire?

How would you create a budget or savings plan?

Family

How are your relationships?

What type of family setting do you want?

What kind of lifestyle do you imagine with your spouse or your children?

Fun

What’s on your bucket list?

What leisure activities do you do?

What lifelong memories or adventures do you want to experience?

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What the mind can conceive, it can achieve.
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2) Make A Decision

This part gets your thoughts in order, helping you focus in each key area, making it easy and achievable.

In each square, write down things you can do to achieve that goal.

Example:

If you envision yourself losing 20lbs in Part 1, then some things in Part 2 could be:

Start exercising
Cut out added sugar
Eat less carbs
Cut out fast foods
Drink more water
Get more sleep
Eat more fiber
Intermitting fasting
High vegetable diet
Weight lifting
Eat high protein diet
Cut back on carbonated and fruit drinks

Out of your list, choose 3 items and write them in each square.

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3) Set Deadlines

Without a deadline, your brain won’t be pressured to take action. When used for the right reasons, deadlines have proven to be motivational.

Remember, there are no unrealistic goals, only unrealistic deadlines.

If you miss a set deadline, simply set a new one.

Keep going at it and don’t give up. The only way you won’t reach a goal is if you give up – it’s that simple.

Take 3 items in Part 2 and write out a deadline in the personal, positive and present tense.

Example:

Cut Out Fast Foods

I cut out fast foods by May __, 20__.

Start Exercising

I go for a run once a week by June __, 20__.

Get More Sleep

I sleep before 11pm five days of the week by August __, 20__.

Writing these deadlines in present tense solidifies the idea that you are already doing these things.

The key is to live as though your future is your present reality; embracing the person you want to be.