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Winter 2015

Self-Improvement

Wood letter of Smart word with hand writing definition for smart goal setting concept

Hello! In this article I’m going to tell you how to set goals. This instruction will help you to define and structure your goals. The beginning of the year is the best time to do it, but you can set goals any time.  Here goes!

  1. First of all,you need to list all of your problems or what you dislike in your life for today (for example: my English is not very good right now, I don’t have enough money to buy a house, I can’t put my kids into the private school because I don’t have enough money)
  2. After this highlight the action which will solve most of your problems (for example: just one thing will solve two of my problems. If I had enough money, I could put my kids into private school and I could buy a house). This action will be your main goal and you should spend 80% of your active time to realize it. 
Section Goal Action

Career or business

To double my income, June 2021

1. Talk with my chief 

2. Take an extra job

3. Create a second source of income

  1.   Your goals should harmonize with your life, so they should relate to all areas of your life: health and beauty, family, vacation, business or career, spirituality, education (add your own direction). To realize your goals in these directions you should spend 80% of your active time.
  1. When you set your goals, they should be composed according to the SMART rule.
    Goals should be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time bound.
Section Goal Objective

Vacation

Mon – Tremblant cottage. July 2021

Algonquin park. August 2021

To book cottage for rent. March 2021

To book campsite. March 2021

Here is one more important thing, which will help you to get closer to the life of your dream. I will give you one interesting exercise: add a zero to your salary at the end of the number, imagine this is your salary, write on paper and describe one day of your life in detail, at this salary, Read and analyze it. You will find that in most cases, you can realize the day of your dreams without extra money, you just need to start to do it!

I hope these simple instructions will help you to achieve your goals. There is just one way to manage our life – to set goals. Please remember: if you do the same things all the time and you don’t get results, change your actions. Good luck!