Personal Goal Setting Plan

There are many differnet kinds of Personal Goal Setting

While you will want to start small, personal goal setting can start with one or two goals in each major area of your  life, you should remember that if there is a part of your life that is important, then  it is likewise important to have a goal or goals for that part of your life. When you  are ready to set longer-term, lifetime goals, you will probably draft those goals as a  series of smaller goals, all leading up to the achievement of the one big goal. Smaller goals are easier to track, and you will feel good as you achieve and pass the  smaller goals along the way to the grand finale!
 
As you consider your goal setting start, think about all areas of your life and decide where  you feel it is more critical to make your changes, or to make discernable progress.   Those are the goals you should tackle first! Whether you are a small business owner  who wants to keep growing and moving toward your goal, a mother of three who wants to  travel to Paris, or a high school student who wants to go to Harvard, your goals are  very personal to you.  Without written goals, you are likely to take longer to make  progress, IF you make progress at all!  Goals are not just for corporate executives  and captains of business, they are for YOU and for everyone you know.   So, get started today to look at every aspect of your life.  Consider where you want  to go and how important each goal is and then you can more easily prioritize your goals and get started on your journey. Speaking of getting started:  DO YOU need a little  help getting started in your life review?   Here are some areas on which you might want  to focus.  There are many more you might consider, but this list will get your creative juices flowing!

“Personal Goal Setting is crucial, you always need to know what you want for yourself, before setting out to get it.”

Area – Career - Possible Goals within This Area – Promotion, Raise, New Company, More Visibility  or Respect, Relationship with Co-workers, Location (geographic), Commute. Area- Family  Possible Goals within This Area - Have Children, Get along better with family members,
Spend more time at home, Schedule Family reunion.
Area- Social - Possible Goals within This Area - Attend more social events, Feel more comfortable in social
situations, Go to the theater or ballet on a regular basis, Have dinner parties at home, Join a club or association,
Getting involved in community or service activity.
Area- Personal Behavior  - Possible Goals within This Area - Learn to control anger, Learn better manners, Listen more
and talk less, Look people in the eye, Don’t be so judgmental. Area – Educational Possible Goals within This Area - Learn to speak a language, Get a degree (or another degree), Read more books,  Subscribe to and read industry periodicals, Learn to cook, Learn to dance, Learn stress management techniques, Learn to paint.
Area – Physical -  Possible Goals within This Area - Get more exercise, Play a team sport, Buy and ride a bike, Walk to work, Workout
at the gym, Get plastic surgery, Lose weight, Dress better, Have Lasix on my eyes, Reduce my cholesterol, Eat better.
Area – Lifestyle   - Possible Goals within This Area -  Stop smoking, Take vacation at least once a year, Take vitamin supplements,
Spend more time outside, Cut back on drinking alcohol. Area – Financial  Possible Goals within This Area - Start an investment account, Start a matching savings fund at work, Draft a budget, Take a second mortgage on the house.

Once you have a list of goals in the important areas of your life, you can assign a priority to each area and to each goal to see where you might want to focus.  Using some of the goals in the sample table we created above, let’s put a ranking of importance to these areas and to the personal goal setting in each area of life.  We will use a numbering system to indicate importance, with ‘1’ being the most important, but you can use a letter system or whatever makes sense to you.