If you were planning a trip across the United States, what is the first thing you would do ? 

Get a map, right ?

A clearly written goal is no more than a map which outlines the direction in which you are going in different areas of your life.

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Do you currently have written goals for these areas of your life ?

• Your goal must be something you really want.

Remember, when you found that special person in your life ?  Your only thoughts were that your life could not be worthwhile without him or her.  Now you are spending your lives together.   It's that kind of passionate determination that makes a goal achievable, otherwise it's just a dream.

• Your goal must be written in detail.

"I want to have a more meaningful career." is not a goal.

Now, " I want a career in which I will make a minimum of $100,000 per year in an environment which I enjoy and have the opportunity to help other people, while I satisfy the financial needs of my family and build a better life for myself." . . . that's a clearly defined goal.

• Your goal must be high enough, yet achievable.

For example, to say that you want to be the CEO of a large corporation, when you only have a ninth grade education is high enough, but without further education, it's just not achievable.

You should aim high and even if you miss by a little, you will certainly be better off.

• Keep your written goal positive.

Make your written goal what you want, not what you want to leave behind.

• Your goal must be measurable.

In order to make $100,000 per year income, you normally must make $1,923 on a weekly basis; $8,333 on a monthly basis; and $25,000 on a quarterly basis.  Now, if you hit the lottery, this will change.  The point here is, even if you miss your goal on a weekly basis, you can make adjustments to insure that you are on schedule with your goal by the end of the month or quarter.

Here is where a lot of goals get trashed.  Oftentimes when we miss our monthly goal, we just give up and go back to business as usual.

Don't fall into this rut.

Your goal must be in writing.