Self Motivational Focus Through Goal Setting

Posted on September 30th, 2008 by admin in self motivational

Although I said in my last self motivational post that its not goals but action that gets results we do need to have focus for our actions by setting goals in the first place. If you haven’t made a start to goal setting then take a blank sheet of paper, if you have made a start get out your existing goals and review them using this process. Set aside some quiet time to do this with no distractions from other people, phones or emails.

So start big by thinking of your life goals under a few headings eg family and relationships, business/career, financial, personal development. Under each heading list the things you want to achieve before you die, think big and inspire yourself. Don’t start off by saying I can never achieve such great things part of being self motivational is to dream a little and then you can do the reality check later. (however you may just inspire yourself enough to say yes I can reach for some of these big goals when it comes to the reality check).

Once you have these lists, and take plenty of time to create them, you then go back through them and do the reality check to narrow them down to no more than 3 main priorities under each category. Ask yourself, am I inspired enough to go for each of the potential goals on the list. If you are not inspired then it is unlikely that you will make a real go at achieving them. It is said that we can achieve anything we are inspired to aim for. All you have to do is

1 Decide what you want to achieve

2 Be clear about the price you will need to pay to achieve it

3 Pay the price

So as you go through your list realise that even if you are inspired to do something, if you are not prepared to pay the price eg work regularly on your self motivational techniques, do the training to obtain new skills, give up the time (from family and friends) etc then you will be unlikely to succeed.

Once you have settled on your top 3 priorities under each category what you need to do next is break them down into medium term objectives on a 3-5 year horizon. Then take these and break them down into short term objectives which you feel you can achieve over a 6-12 month period. Once you have achieved this prioritisation then a very useful self motivational technique I recommend is that you write the long term life goals and your intermediate and short objectives on cards and use these every morning to focus on your goals and objectives. It will give you a great start to the day and begin to move you towards achieving your goals.

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