As a follow-up to my recent post Can You List 50 Things You Love?, Babbo, the author of Daddy Brain, has graciously let me republish a couple of his articles about goal setting and how to achieve those goals. Today’s post will just be an excerpt from his 1st article, A Fresh Look at Goals: for Parents, Kids & the Family so if you like what you read here be sure to click over and read the rest of his article.
We can’t truly begin the journey until we can see where we’re going (which makes clearly defining our goals an important goal in and of itself). Depending on where you are in life, this could take some time.
According to Jack Canfield, ”one of the easiest ways to begin clarifying what you truly want is to make a list of 30 things you want to do, 30 things you want to have, and 30 things you want to be before you die.”
Brian Tracy puts it this way:
“Imagine that 5-years from now your whole life has been made perfect in every respect. Every aspect of your life. All your dreams have been fulfilled; every goal has been achieved. What would it look like if 5-years from now your life was ideal in every way?
- Where would you be in five years?
- Who would you be with?
- What would you be doing?
- How well would you be doing it?
- How much would you be earning?
- What kind of home would you live in?
- What would be your level of physical fitness?
- What would your family be like and your relationships?
- How would your children be doing?
If your life were perfect 5-years form now in every respect – what would it look like?”
I’ve been thinking a lot about 5 year plans for the family and I and I’ll have to sit down and really take the time to think through some of these questions.
A big “Thank You” goes out to Babbo for letting me use some of his work over here. Be sure to check out the rest of the article and leave him a comment or two to let him know what you think.
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