Like I have said, the upcoming goals will be to teach you how to be able to set goals in life that we want to achieve and how to achieve them. This series might take about a week, one post per day. I will start by introducing SMMART goals. I believe all of us have goals that we want to achieve yet. But sometimes we mistake them with dreams that we want or rather dreamt about. SMMART goals will help you to be able to see your goals more clearly. Dreams can be turned into goals if you actually think and plan about it.
S-Specific
Our goals must be specific. We must see what we want EXACTLY before actually being able to get there. For example, alot of people want to be rich in their lives. But, exactly how rich or what kind of wealth do you want?To some people, owning a car might be rich, having a 4-digit figure pay per month might be rich, having alot of assets might be rich. Is it material wealth or cash in your bank account? Be so specific, like 10 million dollars in your bank account or having a lumborghini gallardo. These are just examples taht can help you think about your goals.
M-Measurable
Your goals must be measurable to the extent that its not a fantasy at all. I have heard of some that just want to a musician no matter what it takes and end up losing out when he has failed in an audition for a singing competition while others have already have some form of success when he is the only one that does not even know what a guitar is and just find that its cool. Or maybe some want to as rich as Warren Buffet at the age of 35? Possible but is it just a fantasy? There are true-life stories that really inspires young people like the creator of Facebook. He is the youngest of all young billionaires, 23-year-old Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is quite possibly the world’s youngest self-made billionaire ever. Yes, all these are possible, only if we work hard. This will furthur be enhanced in my points later.
M-Motivational
Being able to motivate yourself with what you believe in achieving is very much important. Its based on one theory: What you see is what you get or What you think is what you get. Visioning yourself passing the upcoming fitness test can eventually help you to achieve it. If you are planning something that is so mundane, boring, might as well not set that goal in the 1st place, waste of time. If it is a goal that will motivate you daily to do your best to achieve that goal, no harm setting it because it will help you get there. There are other ways to motivate yourself to get that goal. Read up on success stories of our time, see how they did it and learn. The good thing is, we can learn from their mistake. Another way is to have inspirational quotes in your mind in each they as they can play quite a strong part in empowering our thoughts of success each day. For example, if you have google mail, add the daily inspiration quotes at your home page. Everytime you open your homepage, a new quote will pop up, it has taught me quite abit just from that simple sentence each day.
Achievable
Similar to measurable but simply, do not day dream about being the wife of a young prince, picking up a suitcase full of money, suddenly out of nowhere someone offers you a million dollar deal. Not just that, be realistic about it. If you cannot sing as well now, don’t try and be the next celine dion or josh groban. But remember one thing. You can achieve what you can and want if the hardwork is put in. Always remember that.
Realistic
Always, always stick to what you want. Don’t just side track about a single detail and forget what you want or what your goal is. An example can be, you want to be rich. BUt you want to pursue a particular degree or master or bachelor in a particular course. You focus about studying all the while and just forget about what you want and actually drift of to THINK that you want to be the cleverest person amongst your friends. Abit confusing? Just remember this, anything is possible on if you can put your mind and soul to it.
Timebound
You must set the time you want to spend on a particular goal you want to achieve. If there is no time bound, you never know when you want to achieve it. If you want to a millionaire, you can be one definetely, at the age of 90!!! So know your goals as if its your best friend. Know when you want to achieve it by.
Above is the 1st component for goals to empower us in our lives towards success. The next few days will be the other 2 components. These might sound as if you might already know and that I am actually just the same person telling me on another website. But, you have not understood these points till you put it into action. So, work hard towards a brighter future. Its not me, your friends or for the world to see. But its for yourself, your future and your destiny.
