Marketing Seminars – Goal setting for 2009

So, to get you going, here are a few questions you might want to think about when you are planning what to do in 2009.  What would you like to achieve? What would you like to earn? Where would you like to visit? Who would you like to meet? What would you like to read?  What is your favourite thing? What car would you like to drive? What would you like to learn? What would you like to weigh? How far would you like to run? What could you do better? What would you like to do differently? What is holding you back? What would you like to do less of?  What would you like to remember as your high spot? What friends would you like to spend time with? Who would you like to visit? How would you like to be remembered?

 

Spend a quiet hour or two and think through what goals you would like to set for yourself.  Start with the 7 categories first (or as many categories as you feel fit your life) and then start asking yourself questions.  The ones that I have listed are just the start.

 

Write them all down on a sheet of paper. Write down anything that comes into your head.  Some of it may be fanciful, some of it ridiculous. At this stage it doesn’t matter, just write all your goals down. Now make a selection of all the things you have written down, I’d suggest a maximum of about 10, but it’s really up to you.

 

When you have written them all down, see if there are any obvious conflicts (it would be difficult to become the world’s pork pie eating champion and lose 3 stones in weight).

 

If two goals do conflict, decide which one is most important to you.  This is also a good time to see if your goals are well balanced.  If your goals are all to do with money and you have none connected to your family or your health, then in a few years time the chances are you will end up rich, divorced and ill.

 

Once you’re happy with your goals and their balance, put an ETA (Estimated Time of Achievement) on them.  Some you will be able to achieve by the end of February, some may take months or years.  Put an estimated date on each so that you have something specific to aim for.

 

Then write down each one and phrase it in a way similar to this:  ‘by February 28^th I will have visited the gym 25 times.’  

 

Say what the specific action is and identify when you are going to do it by.  Most important of all, write it down, keep it with you and look at it every day.  The best time is first thing in the morning and last thing before you go to bed – the list will help to keep you on track. Once you have accomplished one of your goals, put a tick beside it and have a celebration.  The bigger the goal reached, the bigger the celebration. Then decide on a new goal in its place and repeat the process. 

 

Goal setting is just one of the many areas that I cover in my marketing seminars – call or e-mail to find out more.