This will be the number two ingredient for success. I believe that many people is doing it. It is setting a clear, specific and achievable goal. You must set a goal for yourself, what you want to achieve in 3 months and so on. Without a clear goal, you are not going to reach your destination, why? Simply because you don’t even know where you want to head to.

I know that I have written quite a number of posts regarding setting clear and specific goals. However, setting goals is the thing that you need to do after you believe in yourself. You can always read The #1 Ingredient For Success if you miss it. The number one ingredient is about building your belief systems, and the number two ingredient for success will be setting a clear goal. Ask yourself now, frankly, did you have a goal? Do you know what you want to achieve in the following 3 months? Do you know what you want to achieve in the next 3 years? Or maybe even 5 years from now?

The Criteria Your Goal Must Have

I know, setting a goal is easy, all you need to do is take out a pen and write it down. Is it really that easy? Not really, it is more than that. Always remember, you goal must have these 3 criteria:

1. Clear and Specific
Yes, your goal must be clear and specific. Without a clear goal, you are not going to achieve it. Let me tell you this, a lot of people, they want to make money, that’s all they know, they want to make money. When you ask them how much money they want to make, they will tell you as much as they can. Now, this is not a clear goal. A clear goal must be very, very specific. It is the same like buying a new car. If you want to buy a BMW, then what model is it going to be? What color did you want? You have to ask all sorts of questions that will make your goal specific.

2. A Goal with Deadline
Your goal must have a deadline. How long do you need to achieve your goal? You have to make it clear that every goal you set must have a deadline, a goal without a deadline is not a goal! Always remember this. Deadline can helps to prevent you from procrastination and it is going to create the sense of fear of not achieving it. Here is a post which tells you how important a deadline can be, read it and I believe that it will be a great help, Your Someday One Day Will Never Comes.

3. It Must Be Achievable
What I mean is this, whenever you set your goals, they must be achievable, don’t set some goals which is not achievable like I’m going to earn a lot of money in 3 years. This is not a goal, it is not achievable. For example, an achievable goal is like “I’m going to promote ABC affiliate products and earn $1,000 in one month”. Now, this goal is achievable. If you say that your goal is to make money, you will never achieve it, because you don’t even know how you are going to achieve it. This is why most people can’t achieve their goals, they don’t have a clear plan and their goals are not achievable.

I believe that now you are clear about the importance of setting goals and how to set your goals. Below is how Steven Spielberg follow his goals and take massive actions and moving towards success.

At the age of 12, Steven Spielberg knew that what he wanted to do was to tell stories to the world by making movies. It was this specific goal that directed him to spend his time making home videos at the age of 12 and exposing himself to movie sets at universal studios at the age of 18. It was these years of focused effort that allowed him to build the level of experience and skill he needed to make some of the best movies around.

Even Honda knows how important goals and dreams can be. That is why you can see that Honda is using this phrase as their marketing quote, “The Power of Dreams”. I have also written up a post about how dreams can be. Read it here, The Power of Dreams.

Read: The #1 Ingredient For Success, The #3 Ingredient For Success and The #4 Ingredient For Success.

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Posted on April 14th, 2008 by Shawn
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