As you enter into the new year, you’re likely to establish new goals or evaluate goals you’ve had already for a while. If so, don’t just adopt hopes and dreams, get on track and plan to achieve your goals.
As the days, weeks, and months go, many people put their ambitions on hold. As life hits, they fall off track and abandon their path to achievement. To avoid falling off, apply a few methods to keep yourself on track this year.
After you’ve put your goals in writing, schedule a regular routine to read those goals perhaps daily or weekly. Re-ignite the excitement you felt when you were dreaming and defining your goal. That feeling gave you the ‘reason why’ you should start your course. Get excited often again about your goals.
Stay on track by tracking your progress. A great tool to help you stay on track and motivated is a goal journal. Keep account of the small steps you’ve taken and the additional ones needed on your path to success. Seeing your progress serves as instant inspiration. Taking notes helps you clearly see the next steps to achievement.
Share your goals publicly. Putting it out there publicly makes it real and makes you more accountable. More importantly, it’s real to others and people can be a huge source of encouragement to keeping you on track.
Your track may be long. If so, that means the exciting benefit may be weeks or months away. To avoid boredom and discouragement, reward yourself whenever you reach an important milestone. Rewarding yourself in simple ways for small accomplishments makes the journey exciting along the way, and it encourages the positive behaviors that will keep you on track to achievement.
Don’t just dream this year. Plan, start, do, and motivate yourself to stay on track.
— Al Anderson
