Are You Focused On Your Goals Enough?

Are You Focused On Your Goals Enough?
Do you feel like you're not really moving forward within
your career? If you feel this way, or you're discontent,
you should know that you're not alone. Many business men
and women, even if they're wildly successful, feel as if
they are standing still rather than moving forward. One of
the questions you should ask yourself if you feel this way
is, "Am I focused enough?" In order for an individual to
move forward and thrive, they must be focused and strategic
as far as their business goes. If you're not focused
enough, you can be moving and moving but not going forward
at all. One of the best ways to become focused is through
goals.

Goals are a valuable tool that one can use in any situation
at all. Failed marriages can be saved through goals, ill
people can become well through goals and businesses can
thrive even more through the use of goals. So, how do you
do it? First, you will need to decide what you want. What
is your idea of success? What would have to happen for you
to think that you are successful? Once you have answered
these questions, you can get started with your goals. Here
are some guidelines to follow which will help you set
focused, clear goals and move forward!

What Strategy Should You Use?

Using the answers to your questions, you will know what you
need to achieve. If you feel that earning more money would
help you feel successful, you know that you need to earn
more money. This is what you have to achieve. So, next,
you need to decide which strategy you should use in order
to achieve this. Let's pretend that in order for you to
earn more money, you need to get higher paying clients for
your business. What can you do to get higher paying
clients? These are the strategies that you will use.
These are what you will have to do in order to achieve your
goals.

Setting the Goals -

Now that you know what you have to accomplish, you can make
goals in order to do it. So, if your first goal is to get
higher paying clients, you need to make your list of
strategies in order to accomplish this and then devote a
certain amount of time each day, week or month doing these
things in order to get your higher paying clients. These
are the things you do in order to achieve your goals.
Without the strategies, your goals will not be accomplished.

Being Specific -

When you set goals, it's one thing to say that you'd like
to get higher paying clients, but being specific will help
you be more focused. So, saying something like, "I need to
get three higher paying clients this week," will be more
practical. Then, you can do what you must do in order to
achieve the goal that you've made for yourself. This also
helps you know if you have achieved your goal or not! Here
are a few other tips! Make sure that you don't set too
many goals at one time so that you don't become
overwhelmed. Also, if you don't accomplish your goal, keep
the goal the same and try again. If you try hard enough,
you will get it eventually!

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Steve Scott is a business/life coach and a business
development consultant. He specializes in teaching
entrepreneurs and solo and sales professionals to create
their own unique success stategies-bringing them balance,
more freedom and greater abundance.
http://www.progresssetfree.com