As I work daily to nourish global health, happiness and prosperity I remind myself about what pilots do.

Pilots know exactly where they want to go and when they want to arrive before they take off in the plane.

This leads me to the best advice I can give you today on personal and business development.

Make really sure the goals you want to achieve as part of your work and your life are very clear for you each day when you wake up and get out of bed.

Personally, I read and write down my goals each day after I was inspired to do so by Brian Tracy many years ago.

Now, I am not talking about writing down 101 goals or even a dozen. I only read and write down my top six goals.

Three guides for goal setting:

* Check out this short article on Smart Goal Setting

* Read over the goal setting tips in my Free e-Workbook 19 Steps to Reduce Stress and Increase Success.

* Remember to write your goals in the present and not future tense. Write “I have” not “I will have” so you bring into your current reality the presence of what you want. (If this does not make sense please read the sort book As A Man Thinketh by James Allen.

Enjoy a great day,

David

One of my goals was to hike in the Rockie Mountains with my family - Goal Achieved - this is Bow Lake, photo by D.Hennessey, 2009

Do you really want to reach your life goals and fulfill your dreams? Are you willing to take fifteen minutes each day to review and rewrite your goals for the day?

I am sure you want to achieve your goals otherwise you would not have picked them. So why not join me in spirit each day and write down your goals to impress them on your subconscious mind and to help you focus on achieving them each day.

Once you start doing this each day make a note in your day timer or agenda to look back over your goal achievement progress two weeks from the time you start. In most cases you will see you have made progress. Congratulations in advance.

Personally, it takes me a maximum of fifteen minutes each day to review and write again my goals and I find it is an excellent way for me to make sure my focus is where it needs to be. You will not be surprised to know that when I started to review my goals each day one of my goals was to make sure each day I reviewed and wrote out my goals. Goal Achieved!

If you want to read an article to help you make goal setting easier and more focused follow this link to this article on goal setting.

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Your friend on the journey,

David

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One of my goals - family hikes - photo by D. Hennessey

Have you ever heard that it is important to just write your goals down? I believe writing down all your goals once a year or once a month does NOT work to help you achieve them. If it did most of us (myself included) would have achieved all our goals years ago.

What does help?

I learned from Brian Tracy (author of Eat That Frog!) that writing down my goals daily, yes daily, really helps. I find this works for many people too.

It works because it keeps you and I focused on exactly what are the most important goals in our life at this moment. Each day I read my goals, I rewrite them and I act on a task that will move me towards achieving each of these goals that day. If I read a goal and I am not inspired to act on it that day it is not a goal it is a waste of time. My real goals I am always inspired to achieve.

How many goals am I talking about writing down each day?

I put my goals in six global categories:

Physical

Material / Financial

Social / Emotional / Family

Career

Mental / Intellectual

Spiritual

And each day I only have one action step for each goal category and I just want to fulfill this action step.

How can you and I check daily if we are on track to achieving a goal? (Accountability)

Each day after I write down my goal and goal related task I draw a little box at the end the note. Then at the end of the day I check over my goals and I put a ‘check mark’ if the task has been completed. If not, I consider moving the task to the following day or choosing another task to move me to my goal.

The box and check mark idea is simple and powerful because when you review your goals you get the satisfaction from achieving the step. Plus you are setting in place for you an accountability step to test if you are truly working on your goals.

Okay, I hope this help you. If you want more information on goal achievement you can get your self a copy of my FREE e-workbook on personal development and check out step eight plus you can also read over the selection of personal development articles noted below articles. If you have additional questions send me an email.

Enjoy a wonderful day,

David

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