The Seven Rules of Effective Goal Setting

Let's talk about seven specific rules that I think will help you have meaningful goals and make sure that you achieve them.

Now, I’m assuming here that you have already have some ideas for your goals.

If that's the case, let's dive in!

1. Write them down

The first one is the easiest thing you can do:

Simply write down your goals!

That doesn't mean you're going to achieve them, but I would encourage you to not skip this step. There are actually neurological and psychological reasons why this works to be a successful network marketer.

Just the mere act of writing it down makes an imprint into your subconscious mind.

When you write down what you want, if you've ever done it, then you know you'll feel an instant boost in energy and enthusiasm when you write it.

Do this over and over again on a regular basis. 

2. Be specific.

You need to be crystal clear about what you want.

It's not enough to just say you want more money.

That's what everybody says.

People say they want more money, or they want to lose weight, or whatever their goal is, but that's not concrete.

You are the CEO of your life and your business! You’ve got to treat your goals the same way.

1.  Be realistic

Now, despite the self-help teachers who say, “Think big! Don’t put any limits on your thinking!” I’m here to set some limits.

To be a successful network marketer, your goals have got to be realistic.

Set that as the longer-term goal, but be more realistic about what you can accomplish in the short run.

Your short-term goals need to align with the skills and resources at your disposal. If they're not, what's going to happen is you're basically setting yourself up for failure.

The worst thing you can do is to set a goal that’s so out of reach that it's just going to demotivate you.

2.  Create an action plan

The next step is to create a plan of action with a deadline.

A lot of people say they're going to accomplish a goal, but they have no clue exactly how they're going to do it and no deadline to keep them on track.

As you’ve probably heard…

A goal without a deadline and a clear plan is nothing but a wish.

Make sure that you have a plan of action that you need to take on a dailybasis and a specific deadline of when you want to accomplish that short-term goal.

3.  Set big goals

We’ve already talked about creating realistic short-term goals, but now it’s time to think big by setting big long-term goals that energize and motivate you.

What motivates you?

Create your vision and create the BIG goals to match it.

They’ll keep you excited.

They’ll give you the drive to do the things you need to do now because of the promise of the future.

6. Know your why

Goals without meaning will not keep you energized.

You may think that a million dollars or whatever amount of money that you want will keep you excited.

It will, but only for a short period of time, because the reality is that it's not the money that you want.

It's what the money can DO for you and for the people in your life that's going to keep you excited and motivated to move forward.

7.  Take action!

The most important part in goal setting is taking action, because without taking action, nothing will happen.

This is where the rubber meets the road.

Because you can have…

•   Written goals

•   Deadlines

•   Your plan of action

•   All your “whys,” and everything in order…

But until you actually take action, nothing will happen!

So set big goals, think big, dream big, and then, of course…

Take action!