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Written by Johanus Haidner
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Making Your Goals Stick Most people claim to have goals in life, yet if asked very few will be able to articulate these in a solid manner. And they definitely will not be able to give a time line when they intend to meet the goals. Usually they'll say something along the lines of, "I want to own my own business." But not have any idea of what it is. Or "I want to sell some of my art work." And not be creating anything or finding out how to get into art shows. How can this be changed? Firstly, write the goals down. A written, well articulated goal is a something that can be envisioned and eventually realized. Of course the different objectives that are needed to be completed in order to accomplish the overall goal also need to be articulated. What is the difference between and objective and a goal? A goal is a broad accomplishment that someone wants to get done, such as "get into an art show." Of course a good goal should also have a time line involved in stating it; perhaps "Get into an art show within one year." The objectives are the broad items that need to be done in order to meet that goal. These can be things such as "complete on painting every month" and "find the criteria on six galleries to submit works to." Objectives also need to have time lines written on them in order to be effective. Objectives, as can be seen, are rather broad tasks. In order to accomplish each objective, one also needs to complete several smaller tasks in order to complete each objective. For example, ask what tasks need to be done for each painting. These could be: - Choose a topic and subject
- Choose a canvas size and colour theme
- Buy the required materials (paints, thinner, brushes)
- Set aside specific time for painting (say once or twice a week for a set number of hours)
Perhaps there are more tasks within each objective that needs to be done... That will have to be evaluated as progress is made. Mark off each task as it is done. Having the time lines set for when each task is to be completed is good, as each deadline shows exactly how much must be done in order to accomplish the greater goal. And this breaking a goal down into smaller objectives and each objective into its relevant tasks makes it easier by having smaller steps to complete. And each journey starts with just one step. It's the accumulation of those steps that complete the journey!
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