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5 Simple Steps to Setting and Reaching Your Goals
by Success Expert Sharmen Lane

You are probably thinking “Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard about the importance of setting goals before”… Well many of us have heard about it and few of us do it. Those who do set goals generally do it once a year, on New Years Day. And that’s not enough!

Setting your goals is one thing, reaching them is entirely another. That is precisely why most people don’t reach their goals. There is a lot more to goals than simply setting them once. Just like going to the gym, you don’t work out one time, get the body you want and then say “Yippee, glad that’s over, never have to do that again”. This, like many things, is a process. This process is what I call Goal Setting Made Simple.

First step is to look out on the horizon and determine what the final outcome is. What is the end result that you are looking for? Whatever it is, write it down and be very clear.

Second thing to do is write down all the logistics. Brainstorm by thinking about and then writing down what needs to be done in order to reach that goal. Usually there is more than one thing for you to take action on. Therefore, you need to break down the end goal into a lot of little ones. I call this dicing. Chopping up a big goal, into a bunch of weekly or daily ones.

Third step, after you have determined all that needs to be done to reach your goal, prioritize them. Keep in simple by just numbering the steps from 1 to whatever. This doesn’t mean the order wont change, but at least you will have a starting point and you will have some directions to follow.

Step Four. Now you know what needs to be done and what it’s going to take to get you there. Now write it in your calendar. Depending on how many steps it will take and how passionate you are about reaching your goal, will determine how often you need to take action. You may need to write down and do the smaller tasks once a month. If there are a lot of steps you need to take you may need to write down and take action every week, day or perhaps every hour.

That leads us to step number five and that step is take action. I believe you need to take action every single day. That way you will always be making progress and you won’t lose momentum. Each day you will be one step closer to getting what you want. So step five is, do something, take action every single day towards reaching your goal. Before you know it you will be, do or have it.

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About the Author:

Sharmen Lane is an Author, professional speaker, radio host, and self improvement expert. She has trained, managed, and coached thousands of individuals on what it takes to get what they want. Sharmen offers you step-by-step solutions to everyday problems that complicate our lives. Sharmen wrote the book titled “The 7 Secrets to Create Your Fate”, which is a personal growth, self development book written to give everyone who reads it the motivation, inspiration and determination to go after what they want with passion. For more self help resources and seminar speaker topics, visit www.sharspeaks.com.




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7 Secrets to Success

Keynote Seminar Topic:

7 Secrets to Success

 
Success means something different to everyone. However, whatever your definition of success is, there are 7 things you can do to help you achieve it.
S- Set Your goals
Each element of success has a process. There is a strategic way to set your goals to increase your odds of achieving then.

U- Uncover your passion
Many people in the world today are living passion-less lives. This program shows you how to find your passion and incorporate it into your everyday lives and even make money at it if you choose to.

C- Create a Plan
When you create a plan you significantly increase your odds to making your goals happen. Here we discuss how to create a step-by-step plan so that you have little simple steps to take to make what you want happen.

C- Choices and Consequences
Every Choice has a consequence, however we often do first and think later. In this section you are given powerful ideas and tools on how to make better choices that will change your life.

E- Eliminate Stress
Stress, we all have it to one degree or another. You can reduce your stress or eliminate it completely by following this simple plan.

S- Strive to do your best
Being your best is much different that being “the” best. When you strive to do your best every moment of every day you will achieve leaps and bounds above what you currently are. It starts with changing your perception and here you will be giving tips and tricks on how to be your best at every moment.

S- Surmount Fear
Fear is one of the biggest success busters of all time. It prevents us from taking acting to achieving our greatness. Learn what fear really is and what you can do to stop it in its tracks.
 



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