A Guide to Setting Your 2010 Goals

The New Year is upon us and it offers us the opportunity to reflect on how we did over the past year. Were there things that you wish you did? Things that you wish you didn’t do? The great thing about the New Year is that you can start fresh. So, we make New Years resolutions and set goals on what we hope to achieve in the coming year.

Here is a guide on setting your 2010 goals:

Set SMART Goals

SMART goals are those that are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely. You want your goals to be clear and concise, instead of vague like, “I want to be happy.” Measurable goals allow you to gauge your progress along the way. Attainable and Realistic goals are those that you can commit to and that you have the skills or ability to attain, while still challenging you beyond your limits. And Timely goals have a time frame in which you should achieve them so that they hold you accountable.

You can tell when you set the right goals when they seem almost impossible, but exciting at the same time when you think about the possibility of achieving them. Good goals are emotional ones and they may even scare you a little.

Prioritize Your Goals

I don’t know about you, but I hate feeling overwhelmed. Too many big goals at one time can feel like too much and end up ensuring that you fail. Fewer goals at one time is better. In order to ensure that you succeed in achieving your goals, pick just two or three goals at a time to strive for and stick with them until you’ve achieved them.

Your major personal and professional goals should be those that, if you were to accomplish them in 2010, would make you feel like the year was well spent.

Focus on Your Goals

Focus is one of the most important things to do when trying to achieve your goals. You need to stay committed to them, write them down, and focus on them every day. In order to achieve your goals, you must refuse to accept anything less than achieving them. So, stay committed and stay focused.

Break Up Your Goals Into Smaller Ones

This goes back to being overwhelmed, which is something we definitely don’t want because it encourages you to procrastinate. Feelings of stress often transform into positive focus when you are working. So, always try to push the stress and anxious feelings you may have and just start doing it! You will feel better when you do.

To achieve a major goal, break it down into smaller tasks or
projects. Then, prioritize which tasks need to be done first and get to work. When you’re done with all the tasks in the first part of your goal, start on the next one. It’s like that old riddle “How do you eat an elephant? One bit at a time.” The meaning behind that is trying to swallow an elephant whole is impossible, but taking it in small chunks makes it easy (not that anyone would really eat an elephant!). The same applies to our goals - take one step at a time. Before you know it, you’ll be closer to reaching your goal than you ever though you’d be.

As 2009 comes to a close, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a very Happy New Year. I’m wishing you an abundance of happiness and joy in coming year!

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