Goal Guide
Set your Goals - Worksheet
There is nothing more powerful than a person who knows what they want
How to Use
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Fill top four columns to defined the parts of your life that you want to focus on e.g. Health, Family, Wealth, and Creativity
Write what, why, and who you want to be using the five categories to determine what you want and who you need to become to make it happen.
Outcome & Results - What do you Want?
Purpose - Why do you want it?
Roles - Who are you, what identity do you need?
Beliefs - What needs to be true to succeed?
Habits - What can you do to start?
“What kind of things can I do to make my life better?”
Focus on inputs and outputs rather than external validation
Avoid shady practices
Use outcome-based thinking to help manage priorities.
Identity and Values effect behaviour more than setting goals
Clarity
Have you ever sat down to think precisely what you want?
Not many people take the time to define their ambitions on paper.
Dig deep and ask why? Why? Why?
If you want more money, usually it’s a specific material item or even a particular feeling you are seeking.
Your goals act as a proxy between you and what you want.
We usually say, “When I get this, or when that happens, then we will feel and be secure, independent, happy, joyful… etc.”
Once you have written down your goals, it is worth going over them and simplifying some overarching feelings you are trying to achieve.
Outcome-Based Goals
What do you want? How would your ideal situation go if the situation could turn out even better than you expected?
Make them exciting!
Put on a big smile if it’s what you really want.
Identify who it is you need to become to fulfil your outcome. What character traits would this person have?
Use your most compelling role and identity
What do You need to Believe
Our values will drive us towards our goals by speaking directly to our identity1.
Some limiting beliefs that are not serving you may need replacing.
Think of alternative solutions to your excuses.
If you have always thought “money is hard to get”, you could change your belief to “Money is infinite.”
Habits
Look at what you decide what you need to do consistently, to ensure that you get what you want.
Make your habits simple, and try not to overcomplicate them.
Your habits are the propellers for your goals, thrusting them into flight. Your habits define what is truly valuable.
And then?
In this short life, we can do anything, but we can’t do everything.
Take some crucial time to think what you want, why you want it, and who you need to become to make that happen.
I created a separate resource which is a template on canva for you here.
The question I asked myself was, “if money was not an issue, what do you want?”
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