Reach Your Personal Development Goals — Easy!

By Wyatt Pottoe

Everyone has goals, and we all need them to achieve something in our lives. Goals are like carrots pulling us forward when things get a little rough out there. They give us answers to resistance and challenges big and small that we face daily. And personal development goals are the most critical of all.

The easy part is setting personal development goals. The really hard part is achieving them. One of the reasons that many people fail to reach their personal development goals is that too often they set fuzzy images instead of clear goals. Some people also set too many goals all at once, or they set target dates that are too far in the future.

The best way to set your personal development goals is to clearly state what you want to achieve. For example, it is great if you want to lose weight, but you have to choose a clear target at the beginning. Pick how much weight you want to lose, and write down your goal. Choose an exact number of kilos or pounds, and make it an achievable goal, not a fantasy. Don’t set yourself up for failure. Say you want to lose ten pounds. Write that down, and create a simple exercise and dieting plan that will propel you down the path to that goal.

The second step to meeting your challenge is in setting the parameters. You’ve already established that you want to lose ten pounds. You have an exercise and diet plan ready to go. Now, give yourself a time limit. Let’s say that you want to lose those ten pounds in two months. Five pounds a month. About a pound a week. That seems easily manageable. So now, you know the number of pounds you’ll lose, you have a realistic time frame in place and you know exactly how you’ll go about achieving success.

You have accomplished the first step! You established personal development goals, and you are on your way to achieving them.

Remember not to set personal development goals that are too high at first; they can become unreachable. If you set the bar too high and fail to succeed as planned, you may find yourself tempted to give up as a failure. Your self-esteem can be negatively impacted, and your broader view of life. So make sure to set achievable, realistic goals.

Next, reward yourself once you have achieved your first goal! Rewards make the hard work and accomplishment stand out in your week. No need to spend much money on your reward, or eat a huge pizza. That might start the weight gain process immediately. Instead, go for a walk on the beach, take in a movie, or have some fine wine with a tasty, but small-portioned dinner. The point is to reward each goal you achieve, before you set another one, and look forward to the next reward day.

Once you’ve achieved your first personal development goal, you’ll be ready to take on another. Remember to set your next goal in the same manner as the first: achievable, clear, and with a time frame. And then, there’s no turning back. Who knows where your life will be in 5 or 10 years from now? After accomplishing a series of small, doable goals, you might be amazed where you will end up. All it takes is setting and accomplishing that first, small goal, and you are on your way.

Contributor Wyatt Pottoe is a writer for a variety of popular web sites, on family fun and home garden topics.

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