How to plan your year ahead.
We’ve all at some point tried to set New Year Resolutions, many of us end up failing at fulfilling them, myself included. The main reason being I hadn’t planned. Something had to change. I read countless articles and watched various YouTube videos. All of them had different approaches.
I realized that a lot of us set goals that seem unreachable but can are achievable. I knew for a fact that my objective would go unfinished unless I didn’t lead up to them.
The hard truth is — it will be daunting at first but it will get easier with time. Once you get the hang of what you need to do, you’ll be on your way to achieving your goals!
Follow these steps to make your goal setting easier-
Set 3 Big Goals.
The first thing you should do is write down 3 Big Goals. I wouldn’t recommend more than 3, you don’t want to be overwhelming yourself. You wouldn’t want to set multiple goals in the beginning and everything slowly starts to fizzle out.
The 3 goals can be related to absolutely anything, monetary, health, business, etc. It’s up to you.
Set Domino Goals.
You might be wondering what a Domino Goal is. It’s as the name suggests. It’s a goal that is closely related to your Big Goals.
For example, let’s say you set a revenue goal of $100,000 in the coming year. A Domino Goal to that would be getting your first client.
These goals need to be something that is tangible. Something that you can understand easily and isn’t too over the top. It needs to make you feel that it can be relatively easier to attain, which will get you a step closer to achieving your Big Goals.
For each of your Big Goals, write down one Domino Goal.
Set 3 Intentions
Again like the 3 Big Goals, let’s just set 3. Now, what’s an Intention?
To achieve those 3 Big Goals, you need to become someone that you aren’t right now because what got you to where you are now, isn’t going to get you to where you want to be.
You need to evolve as a person to achieve your goals.
Think of someone who’s already where you want to be. Let’s take the previous example. Is the person who makes $100,000 confident? Can you get there without being confident? Maybe not. So your first intention could be to be more confident in your approach and carrying yourself.
Setting up these Intentions help you better yourself to get more in line with your goals.
Some things to keep in mind
There are a few things you’ll need to keep in mind while setting your goals. These goals must scare you. They need to make you uncomfortable. They need to make you think “how the hell am I going to do that?” But at the end of the day, you need to believe you can do it, you probably don’t necessarily know how.
You’re almost there!
Once you have your Big Goals, Domino Goals and Intentions in place, it’s time to “reverse engineer” them.
Divide your year into four quarters. This gives you enough time to accomplish your goals but also keeps you on your toes.
For example, I have to make $100,000, so in a quarter I need to make $25,000. How much would I charge for my work — a random number I’d throw out to a client. Let’s say $5,000. So I’ll need 5 clients in 90 days to progress towards my goal.
Doesn’t this seem a lot simpler? It’s more tangible than saying I need to make $100,000 in a year. It’s much easier to grasp and understand.
Keep it simple.
Now that you’ve got this you can figure out what tasks you need to do to achieve your goals.
I hope this helps you in some way and gives you the motivation to start working on yourself.
What are some of the things you do while setting your goals? Share your thoughts and ideas in the comments!
