Achieving Goals

Achieving goals with self-starter solutions. Learn the benefits of goal setting and discover the difference between goals and objectives. 

4 tips to achieving goals 

Here are 4 tips for achieving goals. With this in mind, put these tips into action to achieve goals and realise the journey to success. 

1. Plan: managing to complete your day-to-day workload, tasks and activities.
2. Develop: building your road map to success. In doing so, checking and tracking every step you take on your journey to success.
3. Identify: pinpointing and highlighting all the key elements and success factors. Thereby, defining and indicating the best pathway for you to take. In this way, directing and leading you to your dream desires.
4. Motivate: empowering you with a true sense of your life purpose. As well as, enhancing your self-worth. 

Why goals are important for your success

Whether, a self-starter, aspiring or young entrepreneur. Setting and achieving goals is essential for realising your dreams.

Goals are important for guiding you to your success. Helping you in navigating the best route to your end goals. Moreover, empowering you to evaluate and adapt your approach.

Imagine having a road map directing you the entire journey to end goal. Setting and achieving goals is one of the important skills to learn. Especially, if succeeding in life, work or play is your ambition.

Helping you to keep focusing on your goals. In doing so, building up your will power to succeed. Also, ensuring your workflow remains in time, in cost and in line with your goals.

What's the difference between goals and objectives?

It is very easy to get mixed up and confused with your goals and objectives. Here is a brief definition to help you to better understand the difference between these two words. 

Both words describe the desired outcome and end result. Albeit, serve different purposes. With that said:

• Goals: refer to an accomplishment or the end-result(s) of your business activities and enterprise.
• Objectives: are the specific and well-time bound target(s) that are achieved within a goal.

In most instances, goals have a broad scope and can are defined in general terms. That being so, spanning a long period of time. In contrast, an objective is specific and can be measured. Thereby, spans a set timeline. Also, an objective can relate to either a single goal or numerous goals.

7 steps to setting and achieving goals

In most cases, setting goals is easy to do. Though achieving goals generally is more of a challenge. 

Take a SMARTER approach to setting and achieving your goals. In this way, making it easier for you to plan to successfully realise your desired goals.

Follow the 7 steps of the SMARTER Goal formula. With this in mind, take strategic steps to set and achieve your goals from startup to success.

1. Specific: clear, concise and easy to the point.
2. Measurable: the ability to measure quantity and quality.
3. Achievable: able to be reached and attained.
4. Relevant: practical and aligned with your goals.
5. Time-bound: taking place or occurring in a set timeline.
6. Evaluate: informed decision-making based on results.
7. Reflection: due consideration of lessons learned.

Author's Acknowledgements

Thanks for reading our blog, we look forward to receiving your comments. Meanwhile, wishing you great days, times and continued success. Learn about the author below.

BUILD | BOLSTER | BOOST

"What you get from achieving your goals is not as important as what you become from achieving your goals."

Earl Nightingale

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About the Author

DeanVerdant.com is an online business and brand purpose-built to promote and deliver self-starter solutions to achieve goals and realise the journey to success. In doing so, address the business development and marketing needs of entrepreneurs, startup businesses and SMEs. Also, exceed expectations in time, in cost and in line with the client's goals, objectives and mission. Dean's strategic approach and methodical steps to success are rooted in and stem from his own street entrepreneurialism insights, visionary outlook and mantra: “love what I do and do what I love”.