Different Strategies For Goal Setting

Goal setting is much like mapping out a road trip. You have a start point and end point and several roads to choose to get you there. To get from point A to point B there are often strategies that are employed to get the results required. Let's take a look at some of those strategies.

One strategy used in goal setting involves identification and decision making. If you don't know where you're going, it is awfully difficult to choose a path to get there. Once the goal has been identified it will be easier to figure out the best way to achieve it. Then you just need to make the decision to put the pedal to the metal and let nothing detour your success.

Another strategy for goal setting has to do with visualization and belief. See the goal and visualize it. Just as a golfer lines up the put and then visualizes where the breaks are, then sees the ball drop into the hole before he actually hits it, so must a person striving to achieve their goal. Not only does one need to see themselves achieving, but they must believe that they can. If you don't believe you can achieve, then all the visualizing in the world won't help you.

Strategy number three in goal setting was spoken by Charlie Paddock, once known as the fastest human alive, to a group of children regarding his success in track. This strategy was then put into practice by a young boy who heard him talk about goals and dreams. The coach for this young boy added to this strategy by teaching goal setting as a four rung ladder to your dreams. Rung number one is determination, rung number two, dedication. The third rung is discipline and the fourth rung is attitude. This strategy must work because the youngster went on to win four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, broke world records in the 100 and 200-meter dashes and held the broad jump record for twenty-four years.

Regardless of strategy one thing is for certain - goal setting is an important part of leading a life of purpose and success, no matter how large or small you consider success to be in your eyes. If you don't have a start point followed by an endpoint however will you get anywhere in life?

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