- DO
Be sure that the goal you are setting is getting you the results you really want - walk it all the way through
DON'T
Create a goal to get what you think you could or
should have or a goal which comes up short of the end results you want - DO
Focus on what you could be doing
DON'T
Focus on what you should NOT be doing - DO
Align with your strengths and resources and tendencies
DON'T
Align with your limitations and what you are lacking or missing or try to overcome yourself - DO
Use exciting, inspirational words
DON'T
Use bland, boring words - DO
Make it specific.
DON'T
Make it vague. - DO
Make it quantifiable, measurable.
DON'T
Determine by qualities, emotions, feelings. - DO
Create benchmarks, break it down into smaller elements.
DON'T
Create an overwhelming, impossible goal, so large you are immediately paralyzed by it. - DO
Give yourself the resources to accomplish the goal.
DON'T
Deny yourself the resources to accomplish the goal.
- DO
Ask for support and assistance in achieving your goal.
DON'T
Try to achieve your goal in a vaccum, without support. - DO
At least one action on a daily basis, no matter how small, towards achieving your goal.
DON'T
Wait for a large chunk of time to implement an action towards achieving your goal, or be inconsistent in your actions.
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