How would you like to accomplish all those little goals and in the clouds dreams you have for your life?
Part of successfully loosing weight and keeping it off is to set goals. This can apply to all the other areas of your life as well!

So make a cup of tea and let's explore your goals for 2011.

The key to great goals setting is to be

~SPECIFIC...WHAT do you want to accomplish in your biz and personal life? Get a raise? Pay off that nasty credit card? Eat healthier? Exercise more often? Loose weight? Grow closer to God?

~MEANINGFUL....WHY do you want to achieve these things, how will your life be better? Less stress with money? Feel great about yourself? More energy? More peace and purpose to your day?

~MEASURABLE....WHAT will your action steps look like? Increase your learning to improve skills? More frequent reception of the sacraments? Regular sessions with a Personal Trainer? WHEN will they be accomplished by? “By the end of each month I will have researched 3 ways to improve my performance at work and implemented them”. “Tomorrow, I will call a personal trainer and schedule sessions so I can get on track with my weight loss goals”. "3-6 days each week I will get up 15 minutes early and reflect on the daily readings from Mass".

~SHARED....once you've written them down, post them somewhere visible. Send them to your best friend, write them in a letter to God, post them on a visible surface you see everyday and share them with your Personal Trainer! (We want to help you make them come true too!)

So now, let’s do it! Get our your pencil and go! If you get bogged down pick 3 things only and go from there.

~SPECIFIC...WHAT do you want to accomplish in your biz and personal life?

~MEANINGFUL....WHY do you want to achieve these things, how will your life be better?

~MEASURABLE....WHAT will your action steps look like?

~WHEN will they be accomplished by?

~SHARED…who will support me as I work toward these goals?

CONGRATULATIONS! You are already off to a great start just by taking the time to write them down.

Copyright 2011 Kerry Madden

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