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So Many Goals, So Little Time

By Rory Stern | July 7, 2009

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Sitting here this morning — reading the goals so many of you shared — I can’t help but be humbled by some of the things you want for yourself and your family. There are goals ranging from "renewing devotionals" to structuring the day through summer…and so much more. The goals listed here cover all different topics and levels of commitment.

If you haven’t seen what goals I’m talking about, or want to share yours, there is still time.

As I think about my own goals, and the goals you want, it occurred to me that there are many types of goals…none right and none wrong. Just many types of goals that all require careful planning, commitment, and execution. And honestly, there are many different ways of achieving your goals.

Now…some might argue this point with me and in fact, I started thinking about a talk I heard from Raymond Aaron. Raymond is arguably one of the foremost experts on goal setting and achieving your goals. Quite honestly, I’m not sure what we are doing here would align with Raymond’s secret formula…but then again, we are working on this (and learning) together.

For me, setting goals relies on two things:

Being very clear (and specific about what you want)
Setting a target date for completion
Taking precise action to work towards that goal…

Okay, so there are 3 things I’ve mentioned. And there are probably even more steps we could put in place… But I want to be specific and want to make sure we take ACTION towards completing these goals.

Let’s Take Action (Together)!

We can do any number of things today… We can each catch up on the progress of our goals, or we can talk about setting a target completion date in mind.

For me – I’m going to jump ahead for a moment and introduce the idea of "What will success (or completion of our goal) look like?"

Maybe this needs to be a 4th step to the three outlined above. We can’t go anywhere (or at least won’t get there) without knowing what the end result will look like.

***So go ahead and think about what your goals will look like when they are done….

Write it down below… Keep it in a journal… Just put in writing so you can declare and track what you are after.

More to follow….

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