Schedule Your Goals

Most people do not have goals. Instead they have vague aspirations.

They'll start their own business. Some day.

They'll live in a much bigger house. Some day.

They'll travel the world. Some day.

They'll lose the weight, and keep it off. Some day.

Only 'some day' never arrives.

You can avoid their mistake by following a simple rule: Ensure that each of your goals is added to your diary/schedule, with the time and financial resources required for success clearly noted.

We all know people who write new year's resolutions only to give them little thought to them till the next New Year's Eve. By scheduling your goals, you force yourself to plan for their delivery, and set tasks in your diary that remind you of the goals.

Goals compete with one another for your time, energy, money and enthusiasm. Scheduling forces you to recognize this, and to prioritize your activities and your goals.

Woody Allen once said that 70% of Success is in just turning up. If you haven't been successful in reaching your goals in the past, it may be because you didn't dedicate enough time to the necessary work. Scheduling helps ensure the time is made available to do that work.

You don't need to schedule all your goals into the near term. For large goals the 'first chunk' is often sufficient for now.

Those 'goals' that aren't listed aren't real goals. They're aspirations that comfort those who are likely to fail. Thanks to scheduling your goals, you won't be one of them.