Breaking Up Your Goals

New year, new goals. How many of you set out to achieve some goals in 2010? Actually only 10% of the people set goals. But if you are reading this, you are probably one of the 10%.

In this 10% who set goals, there are only a handful who achieved them. Why is that so? When one set goals, don’t they want to achieve them? Why is it many didn’t achieve what they set out to do?

Overwhelm By The Goals
To achieve your goals there is a need to step out of comfort zone. It’s something not everyone likes to do because we don’t like to feel uncomfortable. Some realize that they have to get very uncomfortable to achieve their goals.

For example someone who sets a goal to achieve an 50% increment in income has to get really uncomfortable. In his normal job, most likely he couldn’t achieve that, so he will have to start a part-time business. He has to do something very differently. He has to learn new skills, more tasks is waiting for him, take up more of his time. With many new challenges awaiting, many are unwilling to move out of their comfort zone.

Beaten By Life

Some moved out of their comfort zone. They started strong with lots of zest and enthusiasm. However along the way life threw them a curve ball. They couldn’t manage it, beaten by it, decided to move back to their comfort zone.

Some of my friends are in this category. They move out of their comfort zone with the optimistic of generating good money with their new businesses. But life keeps throwing punches at them, wanting to knock them out. Eventually they allow to be knocked out, moving back and accepting what life offers them.

There must be an easier way to achieve your goals. And there is an easier way. My recent distinction in achieving goals is to break your goals up. There’s a saying, how do you eat an elephant? Taking small bites.

I’m blessed with opportunities to grow in the new year. Which means I’m blessed with lots of task to complete. Take for example one of my goal this year is to write a new book. I announced to my good friends that I’m going to complete Chapter 1 of the book within a month.

It can be easy and difficult at the same time. If I would have leave it till the last week of the month, it will be difficult. Well, I didn’t leave it till the last week. I started writing the moment I announced it publicly. The plan is to write 1.5 pages daily, so by 20 days I have a chapter.

This makes it so much easier. Rather than forcing myself to write 6-7 pages at a go, I just have to write 1-2 pages a day, which is achievable.

Now I apply it to all my tasks. Set a deadline, then break it up to daily task. In this way, not only it will be easier to achieve your goals, it will also build your confidence. Because if you keep on your task daily, you know that you are moving forward in achieving your goals. By doing so, your spirit will feel good.

Break down your goals to daily task, or even hourly if need to. You can have a higher chance to achieve your goals by breaking them down. Use this method on one of your simple goals, give it a shot and observe the result.