Goal Setting

Why should we goal set? I am sure this is a thought we have all had. I know I used to have these thoughts. Then I learned the importance and the Power of Goal Setting!! We all know a goal without a date is just a dream. Dreaming is good very good we all used to do this when we were kids. Why did we stop? Is it because we got older? Whatever the case may be it is very important to dream. But lets takes these dreams a step further and make them a goal. Lets put a date to the vacation that we always wanted to go on, buy the second home, car, or college savings fund. What is the best way to do this? There are several techniques out there and you may be using one that works for you. I wont go into great details on mine but I will say the most important aspect of goal setting is setting a date!! Now this date has to be realistic, for instance, if you want to go on a vacation that will cost you 10,000 dollars and you want to go tomorrow. If you don't have 10,000 dollars and the time to go tomorrow then this is not a realistic goal. But least say you do want to go on a vacation that cost 10,000 dollars, lets work backwards to figure out when is a realistic date in which we can go. This 10,000 dollar vacation will enable us to go on a cruise for about 10 days. We can then look at our current budget and find out how much extra we have each month or what we can cut out to set aside "X" amount of dollars for our vacation. Lets say we can put aside 500 dollars a month towards our vacation. simple math tells us this will take 20 months to complete this task. So we can write down that by the year 2010 we will go on a cruise that cost 10,000 dollars. Now this is where the power begins, once you write down you goal, with the date, your subconscious mind goes into action. This part of the brain works all the time, when you are sleeping and when you are awake. Your subconscious will start to devise a plan to get your conscious body to your goal, it will come up with plans to get you to where you want to be. In our case, the 10,000 dollar vacation, our mind will not only help us have the discipline to help save the money and in some cases it will create a plan to help us make more money for our goal. Don't just think that goal setting deals with financial matters or tangible objects, goal setting will also help you with intangible objects as well. So set the dates and let your subconscious mind start working for you!!

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