How do you plan your goals?
Planning a goal kicks off with first knowing who you are, where you are going, and what you want to achieve or become.
To some, planning a goal can be a herculean task. While to others it is a journey of reaching their potential.
To be honest, it is not easy to plan a goal because it takes a whole lot of self-awareness and self-discipline to know who you are and what you are good at, and trust me, not everyone reaches this phase.
There are very strategic steps that one must adhere to in planning their goal for the future. These steps are guidelines for the journey of becoming who you truly want to be.
- Know yourself>> like I said earlier, the first step to attaining any height in life is knowing who you are. It is in knowing who you are, your strengths and weaknesses that prepares you to face life and channeling your strengths, abilities and skills into things you are very good at. A man who doesn’t know himself has no business with planning for himself.
- Know what you want to do ( your goals)>> The next step after self-discovery is having a particular goal in mind, knowing what you want to do with your life, knowing where you want to go, and who or what you want to become. Don’t be all over the place, you must be specific and true to yourself about your decision.
- Meditate on it>> Just to be certain that the goal is what you want for yourself, you need to think about it thoroughly, you need to sleep over it, and discuss it with a trusted family member, a friend, or a mentor who will guide you and give you the necessary advice.
- Work on it >> After stating your goal, thinking it through, and brainstorming on the appropriate steps in actualizing it, now is the moment you need to act on it. You need to ask yourself these questions, How do I make this goal come alive? What do I need or who do I need to fulfill this goal? What are the necessary steps I need to take to make it happen? I believe these questions will be a guide to actualizing your goal.
Having a goal is effortless, but the real work is planning for it, planning on how to make it come to fruition. But every great thing in life begins with knowing who you are, and when you conquer self, you can conquer anything.