on January 14 | in Business, Cover, Issue 13 | by Steve Herzog | with No Comments

Can a Daily Schedule Help You Achieve Your Goals in 2015? 

“A person’s burning desire to achieve something must come from within.” 

Often we fall into the trap of setting goals without “building a plan” to achieve them. If you decide to make one change this year, build the plan and then implement it.

I often have clients tell me they want to earn a certain amount of money this year. The first questions I always ask are, “What are you going to do with the money?” Most people don’t know. When I ask how they came up with the number, they shrug and tell me they’ve just pulled it out of the air. Is that your way of deciding how much money you want to earn in 2015, or do you really know why you want to earn a particular dollar amount?

The first step in the process is to determine what your personal goals are and why they are important to you.

I encourage you to take the time to look at all aspects of your life and set goals in the following areas:

• Social
• Physical
• Spiritual
• Financial
• Mental (educational)
• Professional
• Familial
• Personal

Sometimes we get so caught up our company’s financial goals that we lose focus on how these targets impact our personal lives and dreams. Your incentive to achieve the “unrealistic” goals will be put into perspective when your desire to achieve them is because of what you want to do personally. So when you’re not feeling motivated or when you’ve had one too many rejections during your prospecting calls, think about what goals you’re working toward for motivation.

How to get started with this process:

1. Decide what you want. Spend some time really thinking about what’s important to you and why you want a particular amount of money: For a vacation, new home, etc.
2. Build a plan. How are you going to achieve it? What is required to have it come to fruition? The key in this process is establishing SMART goals:

Specific

Measurable

Attainable

Realistic

Time-bound

3. Break down the plan. Take that plan and organize it into monthly, weekly, and daily tasks so you’ll know what’s required at all times to achieve your goals.

Your plan has to be built so that every day, every week, and every month you know what is required. I can hear the groans from some of you reading this right now, but I ask you to look back over the years and review if you achieved your goals consistently without building a plan.

What are you waiting for? Are you prepared to make a big change in 2015? Then decide what you want and build a plan. On the days you get discouraged, you’ll remember why you need to do what you’re doing.

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