Learn How to Set Goals and Win Everytime.....

How to set goals is a creative process that attracts the flow of prosperity and creates the world you live in. When done properly, your goals connect you to your true nature and create that burning desire we all long for.

Maybe you have a desire to be a millionaire, a great entrepreneur, or an awesome public speaker, maybe a great wife, have great relationships, or a desire for financial freedom? When that desire is strong enough, achieving your goal becomes simple and in your control.

Desire isn't something you gather from outside sources, it's a power that is developed within you. What we are going to learn here is how to set goals correctly, so you can turn that dream and wish into a reality.

So, lets tap in and connect to the infinite source of supply and create great wealth in our lives.

Most people create goals the completely wrong way. They are either too vague, have no time frame, not written down, or a combination of all three. I believe this is due to the fact that our school systems never taught us the proper way on how to set goals (or even to set any goals at all).

It's time for some goal setting help.

Your goals have to be written down, specific, and with a time limit. I cannot emphasize enough about writing your goal down. Writing your goal creates some kind of power that accelerates the creation of what you want. If you don't write your goal down, it's not a goal, it's just a fantasy.

How to set goals involves implementing five factors successfully:

• How to set goals in the present tense.
• Wording and filling your goal with emotion.
• Putting a time limit on your goal.
• Creating action steps.
• Visualizing your goal.

When you're writing out your goal statement, be sure to word your goal in the present tense. A lot of times when individuals set goals they state, “I will....” or “I am striving to....” You see, if you keep telling yourself, “I will or I am striving to”, all you keep affirming is the not having and striving to get. The mind creates what it believes is happening now. When you create your goals, write it has if it's happening right now, this very second.

Start with, “I am now....complete the sentence.” I am now earning an extra $5,000 per month. I am now having a romantic relationship with my ideal mate. I am now healthy and fit, weighing 198 pounds. I am now financially free, working 10 hours a week.

All of these goals are stated in the “Now.” Putting your goal in the present tense helps you visualize, in the mind's eye, what the outcome is like, right now, for having this goal.

Another error most people make is creating a goal for what they don't want, rather than what they do want. “I don't want to be broke anymore.” “I don't want to be fat and over weight.” “I don't want a relationship where we do not see each other.”

The mind cannot process a negative. When you say “I don't want to be broke”, you are actually saying, “I want to be broke.” If all your goals are clouded with words of “don't and not wanting”, go ahead and continue that list of everything that you don't want. Then, take the exact polar opposite of what you don't want, and that's what you really want to have.

For example, if you don't want to be broke anymore, the polar opposite of being broke is having financial freedom. So, your goal should be wanting financial freedom.

Your goal needs some kind of fire power behind it. You should use words that get your emotions involved. I call these words, “trigger” words. What we are trying to do is get most of your senses involved so it feels like it's happening now. You tell me which goal moves you more: I am now financially free, earning an extra $5,000 per month. Or, I am happy, excited, and fulfilled now that I am financially free, enjoying the luxuries of earning an extra $5,000 per month in the bank.

If you chose the second statement, you are right. Using words such as happy, excited, and fulfilled helps create emotion in your body. You want to feel the feelings of being happy and excited to fuel your desire. The more emotionally involved you get, the more real the goal seems to be and easier to achieve.

When you are visualizing the result of having your goal, what do you see, feel, and hear. Do you feel the sand between your toes on the beach? Do you hear the waves crashing onto shore? Do you feel totally charged looking at the shiny hardwood floors in your beautiful dream house?

Do you understand what I'm trying to get at? Fuel your goal with emotional words and visualize it involving as many senses as you can.

Putting a time limit on your goal is important on how to set goals. When you put a due date to accomplish your goal, it's telling the universe that you expect it to happen by this date. “I am happy, excited, and fulfilled now that I am financially free, enjoying the luxuries of earning an extra $5,000 per month in the bank by December 31, 2008.”

If your goal is not fully realized by that due date, forgive yourself, and realize that you just set the wrong date. Don't get angry and think that your goal is not coming, and by all means, do not change the goal. The only way you should change the goal is if you are making it brighter and better. We can never know when something is going to materialize in the future. Understand that, move on, and set another due date.

The last two components on how to set goals successfully is visualizing and acting. At very minimum, visualize your goal at least twice a day. Preferably upon waking up in the morning and before falling asleep at night. Morning and night are the two best times because this is when your conscious mind is most relaxed, and your subconscious mind most receptive.

Visualize your goal as if you already have it. See it through your own eyes as if you are living it right now. What do you hear? What do you see? How does it feel? What do you feel? What do you smell? Involve all of your senses and bring it to life.

One of my goals this year is to earn $130,000, and I'm already half way there! What I do is close my eyes, and see, as if I was looking through my own eyes, providing value and rendering the service in my chosen field.

I picture standing in the homes that I have built. I see the beautiful hardwood floors, different mixes of color on the walls, and the intricate trim work. I can smell the fresh, comfortable, healthy air circulating throughout each room. I can smell the newness of the home and I feel the feelings of accomplishment, giving, hope, and love. I sit down at the table and hear the chair slide out and pull in. I feel the wooden table and see the beautiful mahogany stain. I am signing contracts to sell the home and hear the praise from the buyers across from me saying what a lovely and beautiful home I have produced. I feel the feelings of gratitude and appreciation.

After I visualize my goal I am charged and pumped! I can't wait to get started! I then layout action steps that are in alignment with my goal. Everyday I write down 5-7 action items that will bring my goal closer. Now, these are action steps, not new goals and not just busy work. I ask myself, “Is this action in alignment with my goal,” if I get a yes, it's worked into my daily plan.

I try to complete all of my actions that I have laid out for the day, but sometimes things come up and I don't finish all of them. That's ok, If thats the case, I roll them over to the next day. If I complete 5 items, but still have items 6 and 7 left, those items become part of tomorrow's actions.

When you are writing out your goals, it's important to include all of the above steps in how to set goals. Make sure to write the goal in the present tense, use lots of emotion, be specific of what you want, put a time limit on the goal, visualize at least twice a day, and assign action items to your goal.

I recommend writing your goal on a 3x5 or smaller index card. Write the goal on one side of the card and the actions on the other side.

Good Luck! And, let me know of your results!

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