Top 10 Ways to Stay Focused on Your Goals & Objectives

As a speaker in the area of goal setting and achievement I am often asked my opinion on what I believe are the keys to reaching one’s goal and objectives.   While the answer to this question alone can take up a half-day seminar, allow me to spend the next few paragraphs covering the top ten.

However, before I get started, please realize the one thing that above all launches you towards your goals faster than all the top ten lists you will ever hear or read is consistency.  All of your goals, dreams and aspirations are going to require not only effort but also a sustained effort.  The best analogy I can give you is pushing a car.  Most of you during the course of your life may have had to push a car that ran out of gas or broke down.  You strained your muscles to get that car in motion.  The sweat poured from your bow and finally the wheels began to turn.  Once the 1200 pound car was in motion, the pushing became a bit easier.  All you had to do is continue to put forth a little effort and you’d be at the gas station shortly. (Barring any hills of course).  But if you would at any time stop pushing, even for a moment, you would have to put forth EXTRA effort again to get those wheels rolling.

Achieving your goals is much like pushing a car; you cannot work hard for a day or two and then stop.  Pick up your goal again later and work for a day or two and then stop again.  You need to put for the consistent effort that will get those wheels rolling.  Then once you have that 1200-pound monster rolling forward at a good speed all you need to do is keep putting forth a little consistent effort.  With this type of consistency you will reach your goals far faster than with the start and stop method so many people practice these days.

Here are ten of the ways you can focus that consistent effort to get even more out of the effort you put forth.  I have found these ‘techniques’ very useful and honestly believe that if you put them to work for you that you too will reap their rewards.

1.      Write your primary goals down.  There is something that happens when you put pen to paper and write out your goals.  It seems to activate your mind and your goals become ‘written’ into your sub-conscious, making your more aware of situations, people and events that will bring you to your goals faster.

2.      Re-write your top tens goals daily.  Each day re-write your top ten goals without looking at your previous lists. This process accomplishes two things.

  a.      Deeply imbeds your high priority goal into your sub-conscious.

  b.      Weeds out those goals that are really important TODAY.  Those goals that are not truly high on your long-term priority list will not consistently remain in your top ten lists.  This will help you focus on what is truly important rather than those whims all fall victim to.
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