If you are like most people, you can look back down the road of your life and find a long trail of goals and dreams scattered along the roadside and laying in the ditches.

We have the best of intentions. Regularly, we work hard at putting together plans, goals, and tons of willpower that will surely take us to our destination, making our dreams come true.

Then, after a few weeks, months, and for some people only days, we realize that we are right back to doing what we were doing before and another set of hopeful wishes has joined the junk pile.

We don’t mean for it to be that way, and we are 100% sure the day we write down our goals this is the one time, the final time, the mother of all goal setting that will surely be the one we finally stick to.

Alas, here we are again. The last resolution, the last set of goals are behind you wondering where their master has gone, and here you are reading about how to keep that from happening next time.

I have good news for you. You can do it! How can I promise you this? Because I have been down that road before. I’ve gone through the same cycle over and over again. I don’t do that anymore though – at least not nearly as often. I can’t say that I never fail but I can say that I rarely do. I cannot honestly say that I keep every goal, every resolution, but I am able to set goals, make an action plan, and do what it takes to achieve success.

I’m going to share with you 10 secrets on how you can set goals whether financial, personal or spiritual… and keep them from crumbling into failure yet again.

Secret One: Set goals that are actually achievable…

Have you ever seen those people who put great big disks in their lip and stretch them out? How about the ones who stretch their necks out by ring after ring, one on top of each other? How about those dudes who stick swords down their throats?

Do you think they just wake up one day and decide to take the biggest disk, the most rings, or the longest sword and get down to business? No. They start with the smallest first and work their way up.

One of the major reasons people fail at keeping their goals is because they come up with grandiose, earth shattering, mountain moving, life-changing epiphanies instead of devising realistic and achievable goals. We are predisposed because of all of the self-esteem nonsense today to not think realistically about either our abilities or our current level of discipline.

Think about it. If you gained 150 pounds over a ten-year period, do you think you are going to lose it all in six months? If you do not have a habit of eating healthy, it would not be a good idea to have the goal of never eating sugar again. It will take about three days to blow that one.

If you’ve never kept a rigid schedule or developed any kind of habits concerning goals, don’t think you’re going to change your entire life in one day. You won’t. You have to work up to big change by setting achievable goals of small change.

Here’s an example. Your goal is to earn and save $200,000 in one year and be able to do 200 push-ups in one sitting. If you are not a hard worker, if you are not disciplined and educated regarding your business, you will not have the ability to make that kind of money. Similarly, you won’t be able to crank out 200 push-ups tomorrow either.

If your goal is to do 200 push-ups in one sitting, begin with a small goal of two. Once you are easily able to handle that, set a goal of five. After you master that, shoot for 10, then 20, then 50. Set achievable goals to motivate you and keep you enthusiastic. Make sure your goals are ones that you can reach. Don’t make the mistake of trying to impress others with unachievable goals that are destined to fail.

If you’ve never made or saved $200,000, start with $20. Then make a hundred and save a hundred. Get out of debt, quit spending, stop playing the lottery, and eating out five times a week. Set an achievable goal of saving $500. Then, shoot for a thousand and then $5000.

Baby steps, friend, that’s the secret. Under promising and overachieving, that’s what will keep you motivated and feeling successful rather than constantly failing to reach unrealistic expectations. Do you know how you walk from New York City to Los Angeles? One step at a time. You may have to start with one step a day. Have the same mentality about your goals.
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G. Brent Riggs has over 20 years experience as an author, teacher, mentor and business owner. You can contact him via his main website at www.GBrentRiggs.com.

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