First, creating goals that are realistic, attainable, and measurable. Second, developing business models that align with your needs, values, and goals.
Okay, so I hate goals. I think they’re a little too vague (which is understandable), but most of us feel that they’re a good way to get us in the mindset to achieve something. But they should be done with the intention to actually achieve something.
It is true that goals can confuse us. But that is why the process of setting them up is called a “plan”. It is the process of developing a plan for achieving a goal. A goal is a direction that tells you to do something. So if you want to get a job, you would need to have a goal.
But the most common problem that starts when we don’t have a plan is that we don’t actually know what we are aiming at. We focus on the “I want to get a job”, but most of us forget that the “I want to get a job” isn’t the end goal, it is the process of getting one (which comes next).
You might think this is a bit of a no-brainer, but it’s often not. For example, I want to start my own business, but what I really want is to be a writer. I could just set a goal on the I want to write books, but that’s not what we should be aiming for.
This is especially true when the goal is something that is going to take you a long time to achieve (like becoming a writer). Even though we might think that we’re aiming at something, we’re often forgetting that the whole process of getting a job, getting a book, getting a great deal, etc. is a long process because we don’t actually know what we are aiming at until we are actually doing it.
Sure, we want to write books, but that won’t happen if we don’t actually have a plan for getting there. In the example above, if you don’t have a clearly defined goal, how do you know you have done all the things you need to do to get there? Do you have any idea how long it took you to figure out that you wanted to be a writer, or did you just jump in and grab a book because you had to get one done.
The most important thing to remember when starting a business is that you are working toward a goal. That goal is always going to be different than the one you think you want it to be. It’s always going to be a goal that you are working toward. Once you have a goal, it’s time to write it down. Write it down as if you will actually do it.
Writing is one of those things that is extremely difficult to do right, but it is extremely rewarding. Writing is a way to document what you want to happen and then to move forward. If you are thinking about starting a business and haven’t written anything down or told anyone else about your goals, it’s probably because you haven’t thought about them. Instead, write down your goals and put them on a piece of paper to refer to at any point in time.
Writing down your goals, goals is an excellent way to have a back-up plan should the first one fall through. If you havent figured out what you want to do, you can back-up your plans by writing down a plan for how you want to accomplish them.
