Goal Deadline Focused Planning, Goal Setting

Goal Setting Do you know one of the greatest thieves of life? You may think that it is that you have no skill or ability to achieve what you want. 

You may think that you have no time to pursue a different or new goal be that a change in career or starting your own business. The sad part is that the former statements are excuses and only that. The real thief, however, is procrastination. Yes, that's right-procrastination.

What does “goal deadline focused planning"” really mean to your life?

It means the opposite of letting non-deadline planning rule the day and your life. This means that you don't let every possible excuse be the reason that you can't achieve what you want. If you do, the even sadder truth is that procrastination may even prevent you from starting at all.

So, how can you prevent procrastination from being the thief of life - the thief that steals your very own future?

The simple method may surprise you but it is this: a definite deadline gets results because you have to meet this target or accept defeat. A deadline propels you to action; it creates a sense of urgency because it is written in black and white and not just a notion you have in your mind.

Ask yourself a simple question and decide which goal planning statement will more likely be attained:

Statement #1:

I would like to take a vacation to Paris sometime soon?

Or,

Statement #2:

I will be dining in a restaurant in Paris France 5 months from today.

If you chose statement #2, you would be on the right thinking track to attain the goal of being in Paris. Why? Because statement #2 crystallized your thought processes finitely and did not leave your departure to chance or simply as a fanciful whim.

On the other hand, let's be perfectly candid. If you assume that by just setting a specific deadline that this will somehow mysteriously or magically attain your goal, you would be dead wrong.

The point is this: if you do not have a strategy, a set of specific actions, a detailed plan of what to do to overcome obstacles you'll meet along the way, you will not stain any goal no matter how many deadlines you have declared. 

Your action plans also need to be realistic based on your current circumstances, for example, including how much time you have, or, how much money you have in hand if you are thinking of investing in a business, or what educational background you will need.

The key secret here is to break down your overall plan into bite-size chunks so that given your resources (including time and money), you will be able to accomplish each stage of your plan within the deadline set. 

Be reasonable but also set a deadline that pushes you hard to accomplish. If you don't, procrastination may just be the thief that steals your life and your future.

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