To accomplish anything in life, you will need a road map to 
achieve and realize your dreams. That roadmap is goal setting. 
Yet, according to recent research 97% of the US population does 
not set goals.

Most people don’t set goals because they have never learned how 
to do so, or afraid that their goal won’t be reached. The fact is 
you have two choices: either you decide to set your own goals and 
the journey will start, or you decide not to and you will soon 
realize that you have not achieved what you wanted.

But you can set your own goals - and achieve anything - by using 
the following five steps:

1) Set specific, measurable goals. Don’t just say, ‘I want to 
   lose weight,’ Focus on how much weight you want to lose. 
   And the same goes with any business or personal goal.

2) Make sure your goals are realistic. It’s important to set 
   goals that you can achieve if not you will give up on the 
   idea that setting goals is the most important technique to 
   help you achieve your dreams.

3) Lay out your plan of actions that will determine how to you 
   reach your goals. Once you have set your long-term goals, 
   set up your short-term goals that you should complete if you 
   are to reach your lifetime plan. Finally set a daily to do 
   list of things that you should do today to work towards your 
   lifetime goals.

4) Periodically review your plans, results and modify them to 
   reflect your changing priorities, experience and 
   accomplishments. Goals can change over time, so don’t be 
   afraid to revise them.

5) Celebrate.  Make sure you include rewards as you reach 
   milestones. Celebration is part of the success.

Goal setting is important; just ask Jack Welsh who once said, 
“Control your destiny or someone else will.” 

The two most important parts of reaching goals is one, creating 
goals that are in line with your values and two, staying 
motivated.  The good news is people can learn the how to do both 
create goals that they want to achieve and stay motivated long 
enough to achieve them. 

Tim Rutt is the CEO of TruID (http://www.TruID.com), dedicated 
to helping individuals improve their lives, to become happier, 
healthier and more successful people.  Two “Learn to Achieve 
Anything” seminars are being offered for free on June 23 at the 
Holiday Inn Turf in Albany at 6:30 PM and June 25 at the Clifton 
Park Atrium in Clifton Park at 10:30 AM.  Seating is limited for 
each event. For more information or to register call toll-free 
877-TruID4U or send an email to mailto:register@truid.com