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Make no mistake, I am no life coach expert or some great self-help guru, but I have been in the same profession for over 20 years. During those 20 years regardless of which agency I was working for, I was promoted quicker and higher than my peers due to following the steps contained within and by exercising an unhealthy level of perseverance!
Additionally, you want to set up goals designed to be attained in the short-term, mid-term, and long-term. Short-term goals are just that, goals that can be reached in the immediate future. I usually set my short-term goals to be reached within 3 to 6 months. Mid-term goals should encompass a 1 to 3 year time frame. And finally your long-term goals could be longer than five years to the rest of your life. I like to think of my long-term goals as my “hopes and dreams” goals. These are the biggies like vacation homes, travelling the world, etc. A key factor to planning out your goals is to realize that they are ever changing and fluid. They need to be revisited from time to time to tweak or redesign them as your current situation dictates. As you begin to reach your short and mid-term goals it is absolutely imperative that you develop new goals to fill the void of the achieved goals. The best planned goals feed into each other like building blocks. They are foundations for the next set of goals and achievements.
What many experts suggest is that, not only do you write them down, you do so in a manner and in a place where they can be seem multiple times throughout the day. I have mentors who have an actual “goal” board that has their short, mid, and long-term goals clearly written out on a wall-sized dry erase board next to their home computer. Another associate of mine lists their goals on paper attached to their bathroom mirror and uses them as a daily mantra to start their day. However you choose to do it, it is clear that a major step in successfully reaching your goals is by having them written down. Now if you think 43 percent is a huge advantage to reaching goals, wait to see the next two steps!
If nothing else, this simple act gives you the fuel to prove your haters and detractors wrong. Who doesn’t love the feeling of going to a class reunion better off than when they left school however many years before? The need to prove my naysayers wrong was a pivotal catalyst in my career and personal success. I have a burning yearning to show people I was more than how I was raised or where I was born. Find your fuel to power your rocket ship of success.
Alright, so far so good! Right? I mean, who would not be proud of a potential 60 percent success rate. (In my best TV voice…) But
wait, there’s more! It was further discovered that in addition to writing your goals down and sharing them with others , that if you add the step of having an accountability partner that you share your weekly goal updates with you will increase your overall success rate to 76 percent! 76 PERCENT! That is an almost can’t lose scenario.
These findings have been proven in real world applications long before this study was conducted. Having an accountability partner has been a cornerstone of success numerous progress programs such as Weight Watchers and Alcoholic Anonymous. The fact that you will have to face a peer that you care for and that cares for you will drive you to meet your goals so that you do not disappoint them. Also, who doesn’t need a shoulder to cry on when the going gets tough? Your peer update is not just for accountability but also as your own personal cheering section of support. The knowledge that there are people who truly want you to succeed is intoxicating and one heck of a motivational tool.
Early in my career, I made a goal to get hired at an agency that was larger than my current one. It would mean not only a significant pay raise, but better working conditions, more chances for advancement, and better benefits. I got my mind right, wrote the goal down, shared it with friends a family, updated a peer weekly, and then began attacking this goal like I was fighting for the last piece of chicken at Sunday dinner(and I LOVE chicken). I was so severely persistent with this particular goal, that the hiring manager at the new agency actually told me he would happily give me the job if I would just stop bothering him. He said he never saw someone want something so bad and who was so aggravating at the same time! By the way, I moved into his job within 2 years after he retired. Life will tell you no, bosses will tell you no, people will tell you no, but you have to only accept YES!
Another final note is that no matter your station in life, your current circumstances, or your age now is the time to start making goals and following the above map to success. Col. Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken didn’t cook and sell his first piece of chicken until his was in his 70’s and couldn’t live on his benefits. And now almost every country in the world knows his image and taste. The actor, Charles Bronson, didn’t star in his first staring movie role until he was in his late 30’s. The point is that it is never too late to set goals, today is your day to reach out and grab greatness! What techniques do you use to reach your goals?
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