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The following exercise brings a sense of reality to achieving your goals and makes them manageable

Jimmy Petruzzi

After the exercise is a chart you can use to break your goals down in a time frame

1. Step 1

Write down what you envision for yourself in 10 years. Write down your goals in list form using complete sentences. Use adjectives and be specific. Instead of writing “running a business,” write “I run a successful business employing ten staff selling a product enhancing the lives of others.”

2. Step 2

Create tasks for each goal. Assign each task a due date, step 1, 2, 3 and so forth. Begin each task with an action verb. Instead of writing “language classes,” write “Enrol in a “specific language class (i.e. French, Italian) at the local college.”

3. Step 3

Write down what you envision for yourself in one year as a milestone to know your on track. Use your list of 10 year goals as a template

4. Step 4

Create tasks for each one-year goal. Use your list of tasks for your 10 goals as a template. Assign each goal at least one task per week.

5. Step 5

Place your lists in a visible location. Put your lists on your bedroom wall or somewhere else that you look at daily.

6. Step 6

Write your goals and tasks on a calendar. Put the tasks on their corresponding due dates. Write the goals onto estimated date or dates of completion

7. Step 7

Use the lists and calendar as a template for one week tasks, one-month goals, 10-year goals and other time frames.

See below outline to achieving your goals what you aim to achieve in specific time frames.

Write down were you want to be in relation to achieving your goal at each time frame.