How To Start Setting Goals for 2010

“The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.”
~ Og Mandino

Post written by Daniel Richard. Follow me on Twitter.

Here we are, coming towards a brand new year, and all pumped up to getting things (definitely new ones) done in 2010. There’s tons of stuff that we are all excited to do; from instilling new habits, to advancing a career, to family, and maybe meeting up with close friends all around the world.

And that’s when we start writing down our goals for 2010, our new year resolutions—hoping that we can see things finally bearing fruits.

Let’s face it. Not everything we put pen to paper regarding our goals will come to pass.

For some, writing goals (that may never see the light) has become like a tradition to them: they write it, and forget about it altogether.

Setting goals is not the hardest part. It is achieving them that is the challenge for most (or almost everyone) of us.

Coming to a new decade, what you don’t want to see yourself doing is to write down goals, be totally hyped up just by writing them down, and not seeing any results as days go by—you don’t have such luxury of time.

What you desire is to set goals that are beyond what you thought was possible achieving, build up the habits needed to get you nearer to your aim, and achieve it.

It is possible and easy when you know how.

Why most resolutions fail?

First, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty details on why most goals we used to set usually fail. Yes, we know some of the following points, but it is definitely better to bring them up as a reminder when they are clearly listed down:

• We tend to do too many things at a time. Too much dividing of our attention will only spread our energies too thinly, giving each item little focus, and hence not seeing anything through to the end.
• We are naturally lazy. Ok, that’s too harshly said. Things aren’t going to go as planned, at least most of the time. We do fall sick, get distracted, or become tired due to even the oddest of reasons such as “having a nice weather to sleep in”.
• We usually do the toughest challenges first. We think that if we can accomplish the toughest one on the list, the rest of the goals will be easy. Well, that’s until the person gets overwhelmed by the difficulties faced and quit after a while.
• Resolutions aren’t always specific. To be fair, “I want to be successful” or “I want to start a business” are pretty good resolutions, but they aren’t specific. only until you can say the next 2 steps that you’ll be taking to get you become a success or to get your business up and running.

Your goals should have an objective

It is good having dreams, goals, and desires—they are there to push us forward as we progress in our quest for self-improvement.

Taking them to a higher level, your goals should have an objective. Goals aren’t made for the sake of making them and serves no bigger purpose than just for you to accomplish.

My objectives (for example) is to start becoming healthy in 3 areas: physically healthy, financially healthy, and mentally healthy.

Leaders discover. I will leave you to start discovering the objectives that your goals can have.

How to set goals for 2010

Here’s how you may want to set goals — and accomplishing them — in this new year. It’s simple.

Bring on the fun and enjoyment back to goal setting for the new year. Plan it out, and work on them. See to it that you get them done.

Go get your best results in 2010.