How to make sure you achieve your goals this year?

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Making a vision board or taking new year’s resolutions are two common habits most of people have each new year in order to succeed the whole year.  Nevertheless , they don’t guarantee that success . Sometimes it depends on your consistency, discipline and also strategies or tactics , here are 3 simple strategies to achieve every goals this year. 

1. Find a purpose

More than a couple new year’s resolutions look  like : 

• Lose weight

• Save more money

• Learn a new skill

• Read 10 books

Setting these goals are so important but finding their purpose make it easier to achieve. For example, instead of writing :  lose weight, you can write : I need to lose weight so that I can feel comfortable on the beach.   Or I want to read 10 books this year so that I increase my vocabulary or to have more knowledge about different topics. 

To figure out the why behind a goal you’ve set , use this statement : 

«  I want to___________ so that I can________. »

2. Set achievable goals.

Do you know the famous SMART goals strategy ? SMART stands for 

• S : specific

• M : measurable

• A : achievable

• R : realistic

• T : timely

This is a method that helps you defined your goals clearly . So, now the question is : how to turn your new year resolution into smart goals ?

The answer is to break each major goal in your list down into smaller pieces and do every day one thing that gets you closer to it. For example , instead of reading 10 books, you can plan to read 5 pages every day. It becomes easier but it helps you being consistent every day. And check your results out each 90 days. 

3. Surround yourself with people who share the same goal as you.

Find a partner , a club, an association, an organization . If you need to lose weight, find a gym partner. If you need to read a couple of books, take part of a bookworm club. No matter what goals you’ ve set, surround yourself with people who can boost you , people who will understand your mindset and want the same thing for themselves .

Knowing those tactics are important but making sure you use it all year long is more important. So, we hope they will be useful and the path of  your goal achievement will bring you happiness and pride this year.

Schaëlda P. Joseph

iZi Influencer