Goals and a New Year..Part 1 of a series

The very first item that needs some consideration is this: How can you possibly expect to achieve a target if don't know what you are aiming for?
I am always amazed when someone tells me they can't seem to hit their business or personal goals and I ask to review them with them and they tell me " oh I don't have specific hard goals or anything written down, I just have them in my head where I want to be."  WHAT!!!!!
That is like playing a game of hockey without the nets and you just sort of shoot the puck around and hope you win the game.
Life does not work like this, without a clear, written plan and goals you might achieve success, you might do okay, you might even have a great life.  However the odds are stacked against you, when you realise that the businesses, ventures, and people who are most successful are the ones who set goals, work towards them and monitor the progress.
So here is the very first part of this series, before you start planning what you want in 2012 and where you want to be in the future, you need to take a minute or 30 and start making some notes on the following items:
1- What is important to you?
2- What are you biggest concerns?
3- What went well for you this past year?
4- What did not go so well for you this year?
Ask yourself these questions, in writing, and you will have started to lay the foundation for accomplishing your goals in the coming months and years.
In the next session we will review what these answers mean and how they can help you direct your energy in the future.
To be continued.........