- 7 Key Steps for Personal Goal Setting.
What are the attitudes and habits that are holding you back from reaching greater heights? How is this attitude affecting you, your career and your relationship with your family? Make specific points to change this attitude that is affecting the way you behave.your attitude determines how far you can go in life. Take time to confront your negative attitude and make a plan to change it. This area of personal goal setting is one of the most important.
2. Career
In
the course of interviewing hundreds of candidates, I am sometimes
surprised at the number of candidates that do not have career goals.
Where do you want to be in 3 years time? Where do you see yourself in 5
years time? How will you get there? What are the skills you need? What
are the potential barriers? As a career builder newbie, you may not
have all the answers. In that case, seek someone you can talk to or
better yet – mentor you.
3. Education
Continuous education is important for success
in life. Not just your career. And education should not be just for the
sake of career promotions although people often do that. You may want
to learn new things that can enrich your life. Learning is a process, a
journey – not a destination. You should never stop learning in order to
improve.
4. Family
How
much time do you want to spend with your family? What are some of the
things that you have neglected to do for them the past year? Something
that you have always wanted to do for them – perhaps a holiday? Put
these down in writing. It may seem simple but trust me this is one area
where it is challenging for personal goal setting. Sometimes we
misplace our priorities.
5. Financial
How
much money do you want to save by when? What would be the big-ticket
items that you would like to buy? A house? A car? How much do you plan
to earn by when? Having a financial goal is crucial in enjoying the
material side of things. Financial rewards are directly related to our
careers. Therefore, they are important in your personal goal setting.
6. Health – Physical/Mental
If
you aren’t healthy physically and mentally, you won’t be able to enjoy
the fruits of your labor. What are the steps you are willing to take in
order to achieve optimum physical and mental health? Do you plan to run
X number of days in a week? Meditate an hour each day? What are the
measurements you would use for the goals in this area?
7. Personal/Social
Allocate
time for yourself too. Set a goal to achieve this for yourself. This is
your time for the things you enjoy. Is it getting together with
friends? Or it could be meeting new friends. Some people measure their
success by the amount of free time they have for themselves to pursue
their hobbies.
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