Write Out Your Goals and Objectives

I agree !! It gives you something to work towards and when you reach one its a confidence booster!!

@ Stephen, thanks for the positive feedback

I've read somewhere that 90% of the most successful people in history all wrote out their goals. I'll see if I can track down that info.

Writing them down and reading them as often as possible helps to anchor your goals in your subconscious. Which in turn creates the right mindset. Remember to phrase your goal in the present and as positive as possible. For example: "I allow myself to be a non-smoker" is much more effective than "I want to quit smoking". Now that you are thinking about it stop what you are doing and write down your goal.
To Your Success,
Mike

I fully agree. Writing goals makes our subconscious mind more receptive to the idea...

good post, we must write goals on everything. use notes on monitor, use post it notes and write all goals and spread them in drawers, walls, kitchen, on walls...etc.

It's always necessary to do so. An aimless life is like living in a jungle with nothing but a weapon and food to eat.

wow...it's like bringing me back to my past..
remembering one of my teacher told me...
"when you buying dream'sbook , it's not just only a plain book with a plain text, write you goal , when you achieve it erase it and rewrite new goal you want to achieve in future.."
it's make you keeping remembering you , you have somenthing to accomplished...

I always write dates with my goals as well, to give me something to work towards.

Someone once told me to make them:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Reasonable
Timely

All that to say, having a specific timeframe really helps.

I agree, it helps keeping you on the right track.

Plan your day then plan your life.

It gives us a physical reference as to where we're going. The goals that're written down are like a lighthouse - it'll guide us when we're lost out there in the raging waves.

I sincerely and complete agree with your rules of success. I most time keep records and do some celebrations when i have crossed a particular target i placed for myself. Hope you still follow this rules of yours, because sometimes it can be very time consuming to say the least...

Thanks for the post! It made me realize some important things to do better and to grow older in my business. Now, I will apply it to my business like writing my goals and objectives.

not only writing you should read your written goals and objectives daily and drive towards to achieve.

It's like you are keeping with you a set of reminders that will always guide and remind you of the things you are supposed to accomplish. So to avoid cramming.

Make it a habit to write them down on paper.

I use a goal setting program, free, that helps me everyday to focus on my 2 day- one week target, my 2-6 month target, and my longer term target.

I find I get energized when I start my day focusing on what I'm trying to accomplish.

the software by Mark Joyner, called simpleology.com (free)

I too use SMART goals, but the key to goal setting is monitoring your progress and adjusting your effort to mee your objectives.

So True....Stay positive and focus, focus Focus!

I have found dated goals to be annoying, counter productive and limiting not only in me but in others as well. I've seen dated goals destroy more ambitions than not.

Never have I enjoyed more massive success as I did once I deleted all my dated goals. Nature (and the way of things) is far more powerful than most (restrictive) human dated goals. In my situation having dated goals would have meant losing hundreds of thousands of dollars because I would have been "happy" to achieve my dated goal and would have stopped from satiation destroying the full potential of my work and effort.

As soon as I lifted, burned (with matches and real fire), and got rid of all my dated goals my life started to rocket along at a pace I would never have planned for - almost immediately (though that was most likely a coincidence that next day).

Dated goals can be (and more often than not are) extremely destructive and highly limiting. Don't be so quick to go along with the whole "dated goals" doctrine. It has many many flaws and will keep you down more often than it will help you out. If you need a written goal to keep you focused then maybe what your focusing on is not true to your core values.

Instead, I use "Aims" (undated "goals" if you like) that define a general direction with no specific dated goal other than to get the most out of each day and to head in a general direction. The end point is irrelevant, deflative and often annoying and negative. Ever got angry because you missed a goal or it became obvious that you weren't going to achieve a goal? How did you feel about yourself? I bet you were VERY HARSH on yourself and called yourself all sorts of derogatory names and beat yourself up probably for months (or in many cases years) afterward.

That's an example of the negative power a dated goal can have. And when you miss dated goals on a regular basis it has a devastating effect on your self confidence. Instead, I focus on what I can do today. Today is all that matters and what I do today is largely governed by undated goals and aims.

The past is history, tomorrow's a mystery. Today is all we have.

That's what I reckon anyway.