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Taylor

> How About WE set some goals?

> Dien started a thread about goals. He asked:

> “Should you go for " realistic ",
> "achievable,"
> "attainable" goals? That is,
> should you set your goals just to those that
> you know you can reach?

> Or should you "shoot for the
> moon," " go for gold ,"
> "reach for the top"? That is,
> should you set high goals, set your goal for
> what you *really* want, rather than be
> satisfied settling for less? (Even though
> you might not be not sure that you can
> achieve it....) “

> And since the topic drew some good responses
> and the New Year is right around the corner,
> how about we do a little goal setting? OK?

> I’m going to get the ball rolling by picking
> 5 areas in which to set goals. Feel free to
> add, expand, delete or make your own arenas.

> The FIVE that I’ll discuss are:

> 1) Financial
> 2) Physical- Your body and earth.
> 3) Relationships
> 4) Mental
> 5) Spiritual

> I’ll begin with FINANCIAL, that is the
> easiest to discuss. But let me show what is
> NOT a goal…

> 1) I want to make and save more money this
> year.
> 2) I want to lose weight and get a better
> place to live.
> 3) I want to improve my relationships.
> 4) I want to learn something new.
> 5) I want to be more spiritual.

> These sound like goals, but they are not.
> And I’ll explain why as we go along.

> We’ll begin with FINANCIAL goals. Using
> Dien’s definitions of “realistic” and “go
> for the gold”, we’ll set up some goals.

> First, a little truth and math. According to
> PARADE magazine, the average American worker
> earns about $26,000 a year.

> How many workers get a 10% a year raise?
> Very few. But it is “realistic”. That is, it
> is attainable.

> So we begin by setting a goal for the
> average American to give himself/herself
> (and for the sake of reading ease, I’ll use
> HER for this example) a 10% income increase.

> She will do this by her own efforts, not
> depend upon her employer for this financial
> increase.

> Ten percent of 26 thousand is $2,600.00.
> That is 50 bucks a week for 52 weeks. That
> is 10 dollars a day for a 5 day work week.
> Ten bucks a day is DOABLE. It is realistic.
> It is attainable. She could do that with a
> part time job working only 10 hours a week.

> She WANTS to do it with her little home
> based business, and preferably on the
> Internet.

> So she has some parameters, some guidelines
> to use.

> At the other end of the scale is the guy who
> wants to “go for the gold”. He wants an
> ADDITIONAL $1,000.00 a week for his efforts.

> His shoot for the moon goal is an EXTRA
> $52,000.00 in the next year.

> In between the dreamer and the realist is
> the practical goal setter. Her goal is an
> additional 1500.00 a month, or an extra
> 18,000.

> I’m tossing numbers out so we can have a
> look at how goals are set, what activities
> are required, and how you can begin to build
> your goals for the new year.

> The Average American needs to make an extra
> 50.00 a week to reach her goal. The
> practical realist needs to make 350 (rounded
> off) a week.

> And the Big Dog is going after 1000.00 a
> week.

> So there you have the basis of goals. But
> HOW are these people going to achieve their
> goals?

> Any ideas?

> I’ll be back on this one, but feel free to
> HELP one or all of our goal setters out. If
> you have ANY ideas for any one of these
> people, please share it with the group, OK?

> Gordon Alexander