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7 Secrets to Goal Setting Success by Brian Tracy

The number one reason some people get more work done faster is because they are absolutely clear about their goals and objectives and they don't deviate from them.

A major reason for procrastination and lack of motivation is vagueness, confusion, and fuzzy-‐mindedness about what you're supposed to do and in what order and for what reason. You must avoid this common condition with all your strength by striving for greater clarity in everything you do.

Here is a Great Rule for Success: Think on Paper

Only about 3% of adults have clear, written goals. These people accomplish five and ten times as much as people of equal or better education and ability but who have never taken the time to

write out exactly what it is they want.

There's a powerful formula for setting and achieving goals that you can use for the rest of your life. It consists of seven simple steps. Taking any one of these steps can double or triple your productivity if you're not currently using it. Many of our clients in my FocalPoint Coaching program have increased their incomes dramatically in a matter of a few years, or even a few months, with this simple, seven-‐step method.

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Step 1

Decide exactly what you want. It's amazing how many people are working away, day after day, on low-‐value tasks because they've not decided what they want.

What do You Really, Truly Want?

1. With and for your family? 2. For yourself, personally 3. Financially? 4. In your business or career? 5. With regards to your health and fitness?




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Step 2

Write it down. Think on paper. When you write down your goal, you crystallize it and give it tangible form. You create something that you can touch and see. On the other hand, a goal or objective that's not in writing is merely a wish or fantasy. It has no energy behind it. Unwritten goals lead to confusion, vagueness, misdirection and numerous mistakes.

Write Your Goals as S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Make them Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-‐bounded.

Here are 3 Examples

Business: My team is well trained and our service sales have increased by 25% in the 12 months since (date). Family: By February 3, 2012, I book a 1-‐week, no-‐cell-‐phone, no-‐email family vacation to the cottage for the 2nd week of July. Health & Fitness: I love yoga and I go to classes every Monday and Wednesday night at 7 pm at My Local Fitness club.




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Step 3 Set a deadline with your goal. A goal or decision without a deadline has no urgency. It has no real beginning or end. Without a definite deadline, you'll naturally procrastinate and get little done.

Go back and look at your smart goals from Step 2

Is time attached to each goal?




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Step 4

Make a list of everything you can think of that you're going to have to do to achieve your goal. As you think of new activities, add them to your list. Keep building your list until it is complete. A list gives you a visual picture of the larger objective. It dramatically increases the likelihood that you'll achieve your goals as you have defined it and on schedule.

Here’s how one of my FocalPoint Coaches works with their clients:

We’ll sit down for a coaching session and focus 100% on being in Entrepreneur mode. Then, I open up the conversation by focusing on one goal at a time. We develop and write out all the stepping-‐stones it will take to get there. I like to break it all down to one thing that has to be done today. This really gets people focused.

Then I hold them accountable to doing that one little thing – today.

Dominic Rubino




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Step 5 Organize your list into a plan. Organize your list by priority and sequence. Take a few minutes to decide what you need to do first and what you can do later. Even better, lay out your plan visually, in the form of a series of boxes and circles on a sheet of paper. You'll be amazed at how much easier it is to achieve your goal when you break it down into individual tasks. With a written goal and an organized plan of action, you'll be far more productive than someone who's carrying his goals in his mind.

A Success Tip from one of my FocalPoint Coaches

Brian, I get my clients to simplify, simplify, simplify their goals. Once done, I ask them to write all of their goals on a single piece of paper. Its best if they keep it in their day timer or notebook.

Then, for the real high performers, I get them to write out their goal daily -‐ in old -‐fashioned long hand! It really works!

Kelly Laverty




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Step 6

Take action on your plan immediately. An average plan vigorously executed is far better than a brilliant plan on which nothing is done. For you to achieve any kind of success, execution is everything.

Here’s a Favorite Coaching Question We Use

Let me ask you this. What’s the one thing you could do today that would make the most difference to hitting your goals?

Ian Hayman




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Step 7

Resolve to do something every single day that moves you toward your major goal. Read a specific number of pages on a key subject. Call on a specific number of prospects or customers. Engage in a specific period of physical exercise.

Learn a certain number of new words in a foreign language. Never miss a day. Keep pushing forward. Once you start moving, keep moving. Don't stop. This decision, this discipline alone, can make you one of the most productive and successful people of your generation.

Clear written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. The bigger your goals and the clearer they are, the more excited you become about achieving your goals, the greater becomes your inner drive and desire to accomplish them.

I hope you feel great right now. Like you can take on the world. You feel like that because you can. See you at the top. By now I hope you’ve noticed the free offers on our website. If you’re committed to your own success, then we’re committed to you. Take advantage of our free offers. Brian Tracy





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