Goal Setting for Teens

Whether it works or not, whether you believe or not is irrelevant. Their was one study that all the famous self help gurus would recite about a study in 1953 at Yale. The story goes like this: In 1953, researchers surveyed the graduating seniors at Yale to find out how many had specific goals, written down, for their future. 3% was the response. The same researchers went back twenty years later, polled the surviving members of the class and found that: the 3% that had set goals, and written them down, had accumulated more wealth then the other 97% combined!
Some claim this story as the truth, and some claim it to be made up, a myth created by the gurus to show unbiased proof that it does work. True or false, if you talk to successful people in their industry, you will probably find some had set goals, and some did not.
The one true thing about setting a goal, and writing it down is this: It sets your mind and body down the right path to accomplish the said goal. It’s easier to develop an action plan, when you know where you want to end up. Just like going on a trip to somewhere that you have never been before. If you just get in your car and start driving and hope you’ll arrive at your destination, well you may make it or not, but a destination that would take 8 hours to get to, may end up taking you 15 or 20 hours. Same goes for your plan to succeed in your chosen business. Why take twice as long if you don’t have to?
Once you have an end goal set, just work backwards to get your monthly or weekly goals or actions that you will have to take to reach it. If you set a yearly goal of $100,000 in sales, and you sell ABC Widget for $50 each, then work back to find your monthly, weekly, daily and even hourly actions that you will need to take in order to reach $100,000 in sales. $8333 per month, $1923.00/week, $274.00/day, $34.00/hour. Now if you’ve never made $100,000 before, it may seem a little daunting, but if you work back and see that you only have to average $34/hour, not even 1 ABC Widget per hour, then your mind is more easily convinced, and proceeds on the path to achievement. What the mind can conceive, it can achieve!
Although there may not be any hard proof, such as the Yale study of 1953, setting goals, and writing them down, will help you accomplish almost anything you want. Having a plan and doing the daily actions on a consistant basis, will lead you to success, in whatever end goal you are setting.

If you are going to achieve something in your life but you do not know how you can do it, goal setting is the best solution for you. In fact, goal setting is a must-have in everyone’s life because it is so powerful that it helps you to achieve whatever you have decided to achieve.

Years ago, there was a survey carried out in Yale University. This survey was to find out the percentage of students who have their goals written down and did they plan for their future. In the survey, it is found that almost 97 percent of the students did not write down their goals and they did not plan for their future. Only 3 percent of the students wrote down what they want to achieve in their life.

20 years later a follow up survey was carried out to this same group of students again. And an amazing discovery was made. The combine income of the 3 percent of the students who had their goals written down are 3 times higher than the combine income of the 97 percent of the students who did not written down their goals.

This is truly an amazing discovery. Can you imagine now what goal setting can do for you? Most people live a mediocre life because they don’t have a clear goal or a clear direction where they are heading. If you have a goal today, you will move toward that direction because goal keeps you focus.

When you have a goal in your mind, you are directing every decision you make toward that direction and you are moving closer toward your goals everyday. However, if you do not have a goal today, you will be dangling in nowhere, just like a lost sheep.

Therefore, find out what you really want today and set your goals before you sleep. Goal setting is important and it will change your life according to where you put your focus in. So grab a pen and a paper now and write down your goals. The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. Take the first step now and all else will follow.

Goal setting is a powerful strategy that you can use to help you achieve your dreams in your life. When you put your dreams into written words, they will become objectives for you, they will become goals for you to achieve in your life and most importantly, they become achievable.If you read through the biography of every successful person, you will notice that they all know exactly what they want and they work hard toward that direction. This is how goal setting can help you in your life. Goal setting help you to stay focused and it leads you to where you want. It even creates the sense of responsibility and commitment to achieve your goals when you write them down.The problem with most people is that they do not know how to set their goals. Below are the 3 guaranteed simple goal setting steps that never fail…1. Before you even start, you need to find out what you really want to achieve in your life. So do you know what you want to achieve in the next 10 years? Where are you going to be in the next 5 years? Your first step is to identify what you really want to achieve in your life and set them as goals to be achieved.2. Next, write down your goals. Remember, be as specific as possible and include a deadline of when you are going to achieve your goals. Keep the goal sheet with you everyday and read it every night before you sleep. You have to visualize the achievement of your goals in order to stay motivated and sink the idea into your subconscious mind.3. Take massive of action everyday that will bring you closer toward your goals. For example, if your goal is to be healthy and live at your desire weight, the action steps you can take are like jogging every morning, eat healthily, read and improve yourself on this topic, eat more fruits and have enough rest everyday. Remember; take at least 3 action steps everyday so that you will find yourself moving closer toward your goals.These are the 3 guaranteed simple goal setting steps that once you follow through, you will be able to achieve every goal that you have written down. It is not a complicated process, but it takes a lot of commitment and consistent action. Success is about getting things done, so take the first step now to make your goals come true.