How to Achieve Your Goals Using the S.C.R.I.P.T.E. Method

The race towards success has begun. You have set goals to achieve for the year. As you make progress towards your well defined goals, you should engage the "S.C.R.I.P.T.E." Model to Goal Attainment.

1. SEPARATE. Move away from relationships and engagements that will hinder your progress. Check the degree of contribution that every association makes to your success. Look out for alignment and compatibility in your interactions.
2. CREATE. Start something new. Take deliberate steps about your life. Make the move to do something novel. One way to achieve your goals is to think up a new way of doing things. Produce something that others will come to admire.
3. REPLICATE. Draw inspiration from role models. Reproduce patterns of success in your pursuits. Learn from others by observing how they achieved their goals. Acquire the principles and apply them contextually to your pursuits.
4. INNOVATE. The process that leads to realisation of goals carries a lot of value. Seek improvements in what you do. Introduce better ways of getting work done to see how your results will be easily achieved. Add value to productive things.
5. PERMEATE. Let your efforts to be known such that it attracts resources to the causes you are pursuing. Don't keep mute on your ability to add value. Get involved in activities that will increase your chances of success. Participate well!
6. TERMINATE. In the pursuit of your goals, you need to ensure effectiveness and efficiency. Do things right and do the right things. You must discontinue anything that is unproductive and preserve the resources at your disposal.
7. EVALUATE. As you pursue your goals, assess the process of your efforts. Never pursue causes that give no room to review. Don't invest your resources in activities that cannot be investigated. Appraise your progress and make changes swiftly.

Why Should You Pursue Goals?

Your goals are worth pursuing because they:

• Influence your growth
• Increase your chances of adding value to other people
• Enable you to support worthy causes
• Give you an opportunity to improve lives
• Position you to be sought after.

Closing Words

The person you become while trying to achieve your goals is more important that achieving those goals in themselves. Your goal is a sure parameter for measuring progress and contribution to life, beginning with yourself and extending to those around you.

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