Do you feel like you have a ton of great ideas but have a hard time with following through?
Do you consistently feel overwhelmed just thinking, "I have so much to do and so little
time"?
Once upon a time, I was living the all-or-nothing lifestyle, where I was working way too much
in my business that I neglected other areas of my life, like family, relationships, and
sometimes even my self-care and health.
Out of frustration, for lack of results, I started to become obsessed with creating systems
in my life and business so I could work out how to effectively use my time within a 24
hour period so I can achieve my goals.
I got sick of being busy, and I wanted to achieve and complete one of the many ideas
and projects that I had in my thoughts and my dreams.
Can you relate?
Hi, I'm Jessica Anne, brand strategist and founder of The Key Planner, which is a goal
orientated accountability system packaged in a personal organizer and journal.
If you have big ideas and goals that you would like to accomplish, and you would like to
know how to create a plan to reach them, then join me in this three-part video series to
watch top five steps on how to set goals you'd actually want to achieve.
Welcome to Jessica Anne TV.
If you're someone who enjoys learning tips and strategies around personal branding, productivity
and living a life by design, then hit the bell to receive notifications and subscribe
to this channel, so you'll be the first to know when I release a new episode each week
on a Wednesday at 9:00 PM New Zealand time.
Now, a word of warning.
Many people do not achieve their goals, and there are two major reasons why.
Firstly, we experience overwhelm mainly due to the fact of just taking on too many projects
and goals at one time that we don't end up completing anything.
To make matters worse, if we dare to set goals that push us outside of our comfort zone,
then we are likely to add fear and doubt to the equation of not achieving our goal, and
we end up reverting back to how we were.
I'm completely guilty of this.
So, this is why I created an accountability system called The Key Planner, a personal
journal and organizer so you and I can keep all our goals, thoughts and ideas all in one
place while managing our time and task.
This project was born out of an obsession to create a system in my life so I and others
can commit to living a life of excellence and achieving our goals.
Now, stay tuned until the end of this video, and I'll let you know how you can download
a digital sample to help you set achievable goals and plan for success.
Now, the second reason why many people don't achieve their goals is due to lack of clarity,
which means people don't set goals that they can realistically achieve, nor are they clear
in understanding the outcome, or the results that they desire to achieve.
I don't want you to limit your imagination, but one thing I would like you to do is to
be really clear and content with where you are starting today.
Remember, life's a journey.
As my brother says, it's all about the journey and not the destination.
If you would consider your journey as you would consider your destination, you'll truly
value the process and endure the pain to get there, Lionel Brian Singer.
So, I do ask that you dream big and create a vision beyond your wildest dreams.
However, you need to be committed to being clear on the results you're seeking and committed
to taking consistent action.
Now, let's get started on video one.
Here are the top five steps to setting goals you'd want to achieve.
There are seven steps all around, but join me in this series.
Step number one is to create a vision and intention.
Now, before you start planning out your goals, you need to clearly define what do you want
to accomplish, and why it truly matters to you.
So, here, I would like you to think about the six key areas in life, so that's your
finances, career and business, your personal life, such as your hobbies, what you do in
your spare time, health and fitness, business and personal relationships, finally, contribution.
Now, covering all of these areas, write out a list of aspirational goals.
Like, your top 100 things you'd like to do, experience, and achieve over a lifetime.
This doesn't have to be an inactive list either.
You can always add to it as time goes on, but the purpose of this exercise is to get
your thoughts to paper and think about what you would like to accomplish.
Once you have your list of intentions, the list to think about the year ahead to create
a vision board to help you visualize when you get to the end of the year how your future
self, and life, could look and feel like if you were to achieve some of those goals on
your intention list.
At this point, you don't necessarily need to know exactly how you're gonna get there,
'cause no doubt, you'll figure it out along the way.
All you need to do is just take those first steps by creating a vision and intention to
implement the activities you'll need to do on a consistent basis.
Now, a favourite quote of mine is from Yogi Berra.
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
Therefore, establishing a clear vision that's in alignment to your personal life's mission
is a great place to start to give you the motivation and the direction to the results
you want to accomplish.
Step two, establish your breakthrough goal and break it down into achievable steps and
tasks.
Now, I would like you to decide on one breakthrough goal you need to accomplish that will be the
momentum that you need to be able to help you gain personal fulfilment in all six of
the areas I mentioned previously.
A breakthrough goal should stretch you out of your comfort zone.
It should challenge you, and it should be the first domino, so to speak, right?
A major goal that will help bring the six areas of your life goals into alignment.
Now, this could be starting a business or publishing a book, or perhaps, developing
a product, career change or promotion, maybe a major health and lifestyle goal to give
you the energy and a better quality of life.
Now, there are three criteria’s that you'll need to write out your breakthrough goal.
That is, to be specific, measurable, and timely, by setting yourself a deadline of when you
would like to achieve this goal by.
Now, let me give you an example of a vague goal.
This is a specific, measurable, and timely goal.
The vague goal, I want to own my own house.
This is a smart goal, I want to buy a three to four bedroom house in this city, so I'm
close to family on a small lifestyle block, so I can build a warehouse from my home base
business that will allow me to look after my grandmother, grow my own fruit and veggies,
so I can eat and give for under X amount of dollars in cash by my birthday, the 9th of
June 2018.
Now, this type of goal is a breakthrough goal because it hits your financial goals, your
business and career, health and fitness, contribution goals, as well as relationships, because family
is important.
So, can you see what I did there?
Vague goal versus a specific goal.
That's a breakthrough goal that creates a domino effect that's specific, measurable,
and timely and became my realization on the 11th of July this year.
So, I was a month out from achieving this goal, but a month isn't such a big deal.
Am I right?
Now, this is why having clarity around what you want is powerful, so take some time not
to miss the first two steps.
Be specific of the outcome, the result you're seeking to achieve.
Then, of course, no goal is real until it's scheduled.
This brings me to step number three, schedule it into your planner, your Google calendar,
preferably somewhere where you will see it every single day.
It's not enough to just schedule in your breakthrough goals.
As I mentioned in step two, you'll need to reverse engineer your goal and break it down
into achievable steps and tasks.
So, keeping the end goal in mind, work backwards and write out all the steps that you'll need
to take for your goal to be reached and schedule in the action needed to complete that task
by a specific date and time.
Now, I'm gonna be putting out a secret video in this series on my top tips from idea to
completion, so don't forget to hit the bell to receive notifications and subscribe to
this channel.
There's a lot of research that suggests that people who specifically schedule in their
goals and tasks to state what, how much, and by when they're going to take the specific
action, are much more likely to stick to their goals and see it through to completion.
Step number four is personal accountability.
Now, we live in a world full of distractions, so if you're not organizing your life around
your vision, your goals, your dreams, that you would like to achieve and what truly matters
to you, it is very likely you'll end up with excuses and a case of analysis paralysis.
Therefore, you've got to organize your life around achieving your goal and quit the excuses
of "I have so much to do and so little time."
Now, here's a little tough love here.
We all have 24 hours in a day, so allowing yourself to get connected to your goals and
your vision on a daily basis will help ignite that flame to help you do the things that
you need to do.
If something is significant to you, you'll make time for it.
Now, remember, there is always a solution, and no one knows you better than you, so you
need to be honest with yourself and realistic as to what you can accomplish within a day,
and what's truly important to you.
Aim to work within your abilities, and remember you'll improve and you'll overcome any obstacle
that you face with the frequency of consistent action.
Finally, step number five is create a sense of urgency.
One of the misconceptions people have is that they create yearly goals.
Now, I'm not saying that yearly goals are bad.
Some projects may take a year or more to complete, but hear me out here.
One of the reasons why I developed The Key Planner layout to be a 13-week or 90-day plan
is, I wanted to keep my vision of how I wanted my year to look and feel like.
But based from personal experience, I found if I set yearly goals, that allowed me to
get distracted, put off tasks I should be completing, thinking I've got a whole year
to do this.
Then, come a week out from the deadline, and I'm cramming to try and achieve my goal and
start my assignment on my tasks assigned to a specific deadline.
Can you relate?
I then learned a far more effective strategy was to have my yearly vision to fuel my perseverance
and motivation, but aim to execute my goals within a 13-week or 90-day period.
So, I found that time blocking and scheduling in the task to achieve my goals within a leaner
timeframe that was realistic, yet within a tight deadline, did the trick to overcome
procrastination.
So, I would like to challenge you.
Are up for it?
Do you have a breakthrough goal that if you planned right, you could execute within a
13-week or 90-day period?
Drop a comment below as I would love to hear it.
Now, let's make this challenge a little bit more interesting.
All you need to do is follow The Key Planner over on Instagram at The Key Planner.
I'll announce a challenge and reward on Friday, the 7th of December 2018.
Now that you know how to set goals you'd like to achieve, take action by heading over to
thekeyplanner.com.
Click on the header at the top of the page to enter your details and a digital sample
of The Key Planner will be waiting in your inbox.
Now, did you enjoy this video?
If so, let me know by liking it below and hit that subscribe button.
I'll be honoured if you shared it with your friends, your family, your colleagues, business
network, or anyone you know seeking to live a life of intention and create achievable
goals.
Now, before I go, I would like to share a quote by Andrew Carnegie.
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and
inspires your hopes, Andrew Carnegie.
And remember, don't just live your life, design your best life so you can live the life that
you want to live.
Thank you so much for watching Jessica Anne TV.
I'll see you next week on how to create a vision board that works.
Bye for now.