Goal Setting: 5 Science Backed Steps to Setting and Achieving Your Goals

• Merely fantasizing about your goal is de-motivating – it actually tricks the brain into thinking you already have achieved it.
• Goals that aren’t set up properly can end up having the opposite effect.

Rate these areas of your life on a scale from 1 to 5 and plot it on your Goal Wheel. (1 being extremely dissatisfied, 5 being extremely satisfied)

• Business: How do you feel about your work, career or business effectiveness and success?
• Friends: How is your social life? Your friendships and support system?
• Family: How are your personal relationships? Your partner or spouse?
• Personal Passions: Do you have personal passion projects, hobbies, or fun activities that fulfil you?
• Spiritual: You can interpret this one any way you like. It could be your faith, mental health, personal journeys or mindset.
• Health: Are you happy with your physical health and wellness?

When we take ownership of something, we work to keep it.

This step is about owning your intention. Look at your Goal Wheel and set an intention for that area.

For example:

• Business: Level up my business efforts so I can reach and help more people.
• Friends: Set aside time to support.
• Family: Dedicate real family time more often.
• Personal Passions: Learn how to paint and spend more time reading.
• Spiritual: Start meditating to create mental space and slow down at the end of a workday.
• Health: Get more toned and increase my endurance.

Outcome: The ideal result, hopeful conclusion, best end for your goal.
Process: The skills you need, the method required to get you there.

Write down the skills, process or methods you need to achieve the outcomes in Step #2

For example:

• Business: Level up my business efforts so I can reach and help more people.
  Hire a marketing agency.

• Friends: Set aside time to support and reach out to friends more regularly.
  Join an exercise class with friends. Plan a weekend getaway.

Answer these questions truthfully in your Goal Worksheet:

• What logistical constraints might make it difficult for you to achieve your goals?
• What behaviours might make it difficult for you to achieve your goals?
• Who might make it difficult for you to achieve your goals?

When you know what our blockers are, you can work to plan around them.