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How to
Improve Self-Confidence!
Set goals
Setting Your Eye on the Bulls eye
The alarm rings, you wake up. You turn off
the alarm and start the series of rituals that would get you showered, dressed,
fed with breakfast, and eventually on your way to work. You kiss your wife on
the cheek as she readies herself for work and taking the kids to school. You say
your goodbyes.
As you take your car from the driveway, you
notice that all is quiet in the early dawn. You like to leave for work early to
get away from the traffic. The trip is uneventful and the radio blares out music
you have no fondness for.
As you arrive at work, you check your mail,
and start work with a cup of coffee. Lunch comes and goes. You think about
saving enough to run a small business in a few years. You have told yourself the
same thing for three years now.
What’s wrong with this picture? Are you one
of them? Does the same dreary day pass by one after the other until you realize
you’re thirty-five with little time left?
Don’t let this happen. Start setting goals
with a timeline. Set goals by the SMART method.
The SMART method of setting goals has been
around for a long time and has been used by many people. It is one of the many
tools used by executives to hit their goals realistically and consistently with
enough room to adjust to unforeseen circumstances.
Setting goals is a mind game that needs to be
revisited as often as possible. This is to establish the goal consistently in
the mind of the goal setter. Eventually the goal setter will have no need to be
reminded on the goals he sets for himself.
SMART is an acronym for the following
bywords:
- Specific. The goal has to be as
detailed as possible. This is to reduce the time to think about what the goal
is. This must answer the basic questions of Who, What, When, Where, Which and
Why.
The more specific the goal, the more the end
result can be envisioned by the goal setter. This dovetails into the sports
theory that an athlete can see the goal before it is attained through training.
Studies have affirmed that visualization helps immensely in the attainments of
a desired goal.
- Measurable. When setting goals, it is
must also be specific that progress can be held up against a measure, or a
benchmark. In bodybuilding, it is measurable to state that the goal is to bench
press a weight of 200 pounds in two months time.
The old adage states that if “it can be
measured, it can be attained” is also a known fact among athletes. Athletes keep
a record of their performance on and off the field of contest in order to have
something to compare against. They even measure other athletes in different
sports to improve their understanding.
- Attainable. This is a part where you
determine the will to reach your goals. Do you think the goal is attainable?
Will it help you fulfill your overall goal? The more specific a goal is, the
more you can find ways of reaching your target. You develop and educate yourself
on reaching those goals.
- Realistic. Does it make logical
sense? Getting to Mars and back within 20 days is a goal, but with the
resources, you have, is it realistic? Will it take a huge effort to achieve the
objective? A person must be willing and especially able to achieve the goal.
It is still realistic to aim high. It has to
do with the rewards received, or the way the goal moves you forward. If you do
not possess the skills or inclination to reach the goal, then the goals is
unrealistic. No amount of motivation can get a man to do what he despises.
- Time-bound. This is the most
important of all. A goal has to have a deadline. This is to prevent the goal
setter from letting his goal slide from one day to the next. The true price paid
for goals is the time you give the goal.
Remember this, time is the true price paid
for your dreams, the earlier the dream can be achieved, the more time you have
to enjoy it.
Don’t let other people rob you of your goals,
use the SMART method and share it with others so you can help each other reach
your goals.
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