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Do you need help with goal setting in your personal life, professional life, or student life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are looking for a step-by-step guide to show you the right way to set a goal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re interested in setting a goal, you’ve probably got a good idea as to what you want to achieve in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may want to find your dream job, run a marathon, lose those last 15 pounds, find the love of your life, or learn a new language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your end result is crystal clear in your mind’s eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know exactly <\/em>how you want things to turn out for you in future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet for some strange reason, the process of goal setting appears to be a mysterious and somewhat confusing activity that leaves you scratching your head…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The real challenge (besides achieving your goal, of course) lies in succinctly articulating your desires into a clear and concise form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that the process of goal setting is relatively simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And like many things in life, the process becomes easier and easier once you learn, and practice it on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this post, I offer a practical goal setting how-to-guide to help you create solid, clear, and concise goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll definitely want to keep this guide handy whenever you\u2019re looking to set some goals for yourself either this year, next year, or any time in future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goal Setting 101<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We all know setting a goal for ourselves is the first step in making our goal a reality here on planet earth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But have you ever considered the importance of clearly articulating your desires into a clear and concise form?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first blush, setting a goal for yourself is oh-so-easy: you just state what you want. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can say you want to go back to school, buy a brand-new car, get married, pay off your debt, or any other goal of your choosing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process is fast, free, and yet can be extremely frustrating! Why is this the case?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, all of the items I described above are end results. Going back to school is clear as day as is paying off one’s debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you look closely, you’ll notice these goals are missing something. What in the world can they be missing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reality is that these goals are missing clarity and definition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s absolutely no room for vagueness or generalities when setting a goal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise, you could reach a goal that looks like your desired goal but is lightyears away from your true desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, is going back to school to become an accountant your dream, or would you rather go back to school to become a pastry chef? There’s a world of difference between the two!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more specific you can be when setting your goal, the better chance you\u2019ll have in actually achieving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, this whole process of goal setting and actually reaching a goal can be a bit abstract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help you better understand the importance of a well-defined goal, we’re going to tell the story using a simple analogy…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Real-World Goal Analogy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A simple to way to think about reaching your goals is to liken them to playing a sport with physical goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sports are loved the world over. And it’s easy to see why sports are so much fun to play and exciting to watch: players must perform of actions within some sort of constraint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without constraints or rules, games would be incredibly dull and boring. There would be absolutely no incentive to pass a ball to one’s teammates, strengthen a team’s defense, or shore up a team’s plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s take a moment to unpack this a little bit further with the sports of soccer, hockey, and football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of these sports have visible, physical goal areas or zones, along with some combination of netting and\/or constructed metal bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a very basic level we can describe object of each as such:<\/p>\n\n\n\n