Taking your goals further you can look at two things – the quality and quantity of your goals.
Quality of Goals
Ask yourself, “what is the quality of this goal?” Cynthia Kersey, founder of UNSTOPPABLE Enterprises (http://www.unstoppable.net/), is all about inspiring people to live unstoppable lives. She has a 30-day UNSTOPPABLE challenge in which she asks people to commit to ONE action each day. As part of analyzing your goals for this process, she suggests that you look at the quality of your goals. For each written goal that you have, you should the list out the advantages and disadvantages if you achieve that goal. Based on your answers you’ll know what the quality of the goal is for you. For example, if you list that the goal will jeopardize your health and happiness, then it’s probably not going to be a quality goal. On the other hand, if you see the advantage of your goal is that it’s going to bring more balance to your family, then you’ll see this as a quality goal.
Quantity of Goals
Contrary to what many think that you should limit the number of goals you have, Mark Victor Hanson (http://www.markvictorhanson.com/), Chicken Soup for the Soul co-author, is known for stretching people’s ability to think BIG with endless possibilities. He encourages his students to make a list of as many goals as possible for their lives. The last time I heard him speak, he mentioned having 6,000+ goals that he would like to accomplish over his lifetime. (One of his goals is to live to 125 so he might have enough time to do so.) He’s accomplished at least 1,000 of those goals already. I’ve also heard him talk about having a 300 year-old business plan for his life. Now that’s dreaming Big! How big are you thinking?
The next part of the series will look at having truly meaningful goals bigger than you!
Janae Bower of Finding IT – Inspirational speaker, award-winning author, training consultant
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