3 Goal-setting Wealth Secrets That Will Put You On The Sure Track To Success
The ability to set goals is one of the most important wealth secrets you can ever learn. What makes this ability such a secret? After all, isn't it easy to set goals for yourself?
Sure, setting broad goals is easy. But setting them reasonably, appropriately, and specifically enough to be of value is another matter entirely.
Here are three goal-setting wealth secrets that can make your fortune in the years to come.
1. Give each of your goals a deadline. Both your conscious and your subconscious mind will work on your goals much harder if you set a specific, concrete deadline for achievement.
You also need to make sure that your deadline is appropriate. Don't rush yourself--it's vey unlikely you can raise your income $10,000 by the end of next week!
That example is pretty extreme, but it illustrates a good point. It's good to have goals, but you need to be realistic about when you will achieve them.
At the same time, don't give yourself too much slack. Set your goals too far off and you're likely to get lazy and run the risk of never achieving them at all!
2. Make sure each of your goals is specific. You don't just want a new house--you want a new 3-bedroom house with a nice yard. Want to make more sales each month? A better goal would be to increase your sales calls by a specific number each day until you have reached the sales level that you would like.
If your goals are emotional, concentrate on a specific task that you feel will help you reach your emotional goal.
For example, if your goal is to feel better about my appearance," then you may want to loose a certain amount of weight or, for that matter, gain a certain amount of muscle (it's hard to measure your percentage of muscle mass on your own--but you could always measure youir bicep!).
3. Make doubly sure you are specific with your financial goals. "I want to make enough to feel comfortable," is not specific enough. Even, "I want to increase my income by 15% over the next year," is a little too vague.
If you make $50,000 a year and want to increase that by 15%, go ahead and write down, "I want to raise my income to $57,500 by this time next year."
This can also work if you're trying to get out of debt. Figure out how much you want to pay, an where this will put you with your creditors.
This is the one out of these three wealth secrets that may take a little more time than you'd like, since you will be dealing with interest rates. But I can promise you that once you get this worked out on paper, you're almost guaranteed to surpass the goals you set for the next year. Taking the time to perform every last debt calculation has an almost "magical" effect on your ability to get out of debt!
Raymond Aaron,New York Times Top Ten Bestselling Author, "Double Your Income Doing What You Love"
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