35 Steps to Achieving Your Goals

I've always wanted to do a "47 Ways To ..." list. Trouble is I could never come up with 2, maybe 3 on a good day, of any list. Well, things are about to change! I have been thinking long and hard on not just goal setting, but goal achieving. What does it take to actually achieve your goals and have come up with a good-sized list.

How many times have we heard that just by writing down your goals you are a bazillion times more likely to achieve them? But, of course, that advice doesn't go far enough; it has been truncated. The missing part is what I want to write about in this post. But, for completeness I will present the entire process, including the first:

1. Write down your goals.

Most of us know this already but do we know why this is the most important step? Because most of us will believe what is written more than what is heard. The written word has a sense of permanency, a sense of legitimacy.

On the practical side, if it's written down you won't forget it. That's why students, reporters, doctors, and others take notes. Until we get the 16TB implant in our brains, paper and pen is still the best way to help remember things.

2. Create an action plan.

Ho hum... Most of us have seen this one before too. If your goal is the destination, your action plan is the map with your route high-lighted, like the Trip TIK's you can (still) get from the local CAA (or AAA for those south of the border). If you're too young to remember Trip TIKs think of them as the paper version of Google Maps Driving Directions (Map view). Like your goals, the action plan must also be written down to be really effective.

Still with me? Good, 'cause here come the steps that most people leave out when talking about achieving goals. They are crucial but actually super easy to understand and remember. So easy, in fact, I don't even need to write any explanation for any of them. You will note, though, that some of them are identical and I would say "how observant". The important thing, though, is the order. You MUST do them in order.

So, without further ado or, indeed fanfare, here are the remaining 33 steps:

3. G
4. e
5. t
6.  
7. o
8. f
9. f
10.  
11. y
12. o
13. u
14. r
15.  
16. a
17. s
18. s
19.  
20. a
21. n
22. d
23.  
24. d
25. o
26.  
27. s
28. o
29. m
30. e
31. t
32. h
33. i
34. n
35. g

That's all.