10 Steps to Successful Goal Setting - Part 3 - Imagine

10 STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL GOAL SETTING - PART 3

Imagine!

Vividly imagine have achieved one of your goals.

(use your VAK to make it more vivid)

Ask yourself, "What will having and achieving this goal give me?"

"What is important to me about this goal." e.g. money will give you a feeling of security and respect.

This will give you your VALUES. 

Ask yourself "Whats important to me about these values?" e.g. security will give you safety, and respect will give you love.

This will give you your CORE VALUE.

Any goal you have is just fulfilling your VALUES.

Everyone has a set of values, things that are important to them, and there is an order to these values, some values are more important to you than others.

Everyone has a unique set of values. e.g. a husband and wife in a shopping center. She might see shoes, handbags, kids clothes, kids education books and toys, while he completely ignores that and is focused on the latest tech gadget, magazines about business, the coffee shops, etc.

Our values are demonstrated in everything that we do, what we spend our money on, what we spend our time doing and thinking, who we associate with, what we fill our spaces with, etc. etc.

Lets just look briefly at money, and more specifically, how and what we spend it on.

Some people want to buy the cheapest of everything, they are always looking for a bargain, they shop at the Dollar shops, garage sales, flea markets, etc. Others are only interested in the most expensive, or 'brand' names. Still others look for quality at a reasonable price, and have the belief that they cannot afford to buy cheap.

Some people spend their money on experiences such as holidays and skydiving, while others invest their money for retirement.

Some people need to know and compare all of the technical specs of something, while others just buy something because of how it looks. Cars are a classic example here, "What size engine does it have?", "I don't know but look at the colour!".

No one is right or wrong, here, it is just that we all have a different set of values, and the order of importance is different. Dr John Demartini wrote an excellent book called The Values Factor if you want to delve more deeply into this.

For now, just look at your two 3 goals, vividly imagine having achieved them, and ask yourself  "What will this goal give me?" and "What is important to me about these values?". List them, come up with 5 or 10, and then put them in order of importance.

Oh yes, and remember your values can and do change over time, and you can, if you want, change your values if your current values are not taking youu in the right direction.

To your success,

Trevor Long