Goals are annoying. If you attempt to reach them, the details soon overwhelm you and problems appear to distract you or stop you utterly.
What if there was a proven system to reach goals. One that had discrete steps that would take you to your goal.
Well, there is. It's a complete, standard system to set, plan for, and reach goals.
But because it is used by organizations and run by practitioners called "project managers," most of us have not heard about it.
However, it's possible to simplify and condense this system into a group of steps that anybody can use in order to set, plan for, and reach their goals. This article presents such a system.
Three Stages to a Goal
There are three stages to reach a goal.
Stage 1 is goal setting. This creates your goal and allows you to define one that is absolutely clear and perfect for you.
Stage 2 is goal planning. This stage builds a step by step, day-by-day plan to help you reach your goal.
Stage 3 is goal achieving. Here's where you follow your plan, deal with problems, pursue alternatives, stay on track, and achieve your goal.
There are just nine steps to achieve a goal: three in goal setting, five in goal planning, and one in goal achieving.
Goal Setting
Step 1: Is your goal really a goal or is it a fantasy. And if it is a fantasy, this step converts it to a goal.
Step 2: Making sure you have the right goal. Is this a goal that is right for you? This step makes sure before spending money and effort to reach it.
Step 3: Getting really, really clear on your goal. Is your goal uncertain with opposing and difficult choices? This step makes it completely clear.
Goal Planning
Step 4: Taking care of the things that can go wrong. This step investigates all the possible difficulties so that you can deal with them before they occur.
Step 5: Figuring out the tasks that you need to do. This step shows you how to specify all the activities that you will have to do to achieve your goal.
Step 6: Doing things in the right sequence. This step shows you how to organize your tasks into the proper order so that your project flows smoothly from one task to the next.
Step 7: Building your scheduleâ€"when you will finish. In this step, you will develop a day-by-day plan so that every day, you'll know precisely what you have to do on that day.
Step 8: Building your budgetâ€"how much it will cost. In this step, you will how to build your budget, determine how much money you'll need and, most crucial, when you'll need it.
Goal Achieving
Step 9: Moving toward your goal. In this step, you execute your plan. You learn techniques to keep on course and how to get back on track when events disrupt your plan. You also find out how to gain control over opportunities and figure out when to implement a change and when to ignore it.
This goal achieving system is proven, practiced by hundreds of thousands of project managers globally, and is now available to anyone who would like to reach a goal.
What if there was a proven system to reach goals. One that had discrete steps that would take you to your goal.
Well, there is. It's a complete, standard system to set, plan for, and reach goals.
But because it is used by organizations and run by practitioners called "project managers," most of us have not heard about it.
However, it's possible to simplify and condense this system into a group of steps that anybody can use in order to set, plan for, and reach their goals. This article presents such a system.
Three Stages to a Goal
There are three stages to reach a goal.
Stage 1 is goal setting. This creates your goal and allows you to define one that is absolutely clear and perfect for you.
Stage 2 is goal planning. This stage builds a step by step, day-by-day plan to help you reach your goal.
Stage 3 is goal achieving. Here's where you follow your plan, deal with problems, pursue alternatives, stay on track, and achieve your goal.
There are just nine steps to achieve a goal: three in goal setting, five in goal planning, and one in goal achieving.
Goal Setting
Step 1: Is your goal really a goal or is it a fantasy. And if it is a fantasy, this step converts it to a goal.
Step 2: Making sure you have the right goal. Is this a goal that is right for you? This step makes sure before spending money and effort to reach it.
Step 3: Getting really, really clear on your goal. Is your goal uncertain with opposing and difficult choices? This step makes it completely clear.
Goal Planning
Step 4: Taking care of the things that can go wrong. This step investigates all the possible difficulties so that you can deal with them before they occur.
Step 5: Figuring out the tasks that you need to do. This step shows you how to specify all the activities that you will have to do to achieve your goal.
Step 6: Doing things in the right sequence. This step shows you how to organize your tasks into the proper order so that your project flows smoothly from one task to the next.
Step 7: Building your scheduleâ€"when you will finish. In this step, you will develop a day-by-day plan so that every day, you'll know precisely what you have to do on that day.
Step 8: Building your budgetâ€"how much it will cost. In this step, you will how to build your budget, determine how much money you'll need and, most crucial, when you'll need it.
Goal Achieving
Step 9: Moving toward your goal. In this step, you execute your plan. You learn techniques to keep on course and how to get back on track when events disrupt your plan. You also find out how to gain control over opportunities and figure out when to implement a change and when to ignore it.
This goal achieving system is proven, practiced by hundreds of thousands of project managers globally, and is now available to anyone who would like to reach a goal.
About the Author:
Jolyon Hallows is the creator of The Systematic Goal, a system for setting, planning, and achieving goals. He is a seasoned project manager, author of two books on project management, instructor in a university diploma program, and has personally trained over a thousand project managers world-wide.