Advantage of Writing Goals

Whether you’re a professional baker like Rachel Ray, or a well-known hedge fund manager like Daniel Zwirn, setting both personal and work related goals is important for success. Yet, the biggest factor for really hitting all your targets is having a written plan.

A well-known statistic states that only 5% of the American population has written goals. This could be why so many families are in disarray. Here is a full list of reasons why every mother should have her goals in ink.

What am I here for again?

First and foremost, you’ll never forget what it is that you’re trying to achieve. A majority of goal setters and dreamers tend to lose sight of what it is they’re trying to accomplish. This is applicable to both short term and long term goals. Forgetting what to do in the short run can cost you over the long haul. For example, if you’re headed to the grocery store without a list, you’ll probably miss a few items. Mental lists are fantastic, but they are better complimented with written ones.

Written Records & Standards

Next, by having written goals, you’re able to track your own progress. Tracking progress is beneficial particularly for workout regimens. Upon completion of per say a 12 week workout, you can go back and find out exactly where you were in terms of strength or endurance, all the while matching it up with weight. Furthermore, this allows you to set standards and build upon those standards.

Obstacles

You can’t always foresee obstacles. Having a written agenda or track record will help you to foresee obstacles and challenges that you may not have anticipated at first. You can set different timelines according to circumstance and standards. This could include anything from a grocery expenditures to gas and car payments.

Time & Alerts

As I just mentioned, always important to figure out just how long your goals are going to take. Time is one of the most important resources when it comes to properly aligning your goals. In order to achieve success, you must be aware of your time constraints. If you’ve just had children and you’re entering them into school, it may be beneficial to know just exactly how long it’s going to take for you to drive them to school, pick them up and ultimately do everything else that a parent needs to do during their child’s educational career. If you’ve never done any of these things before, writing them down and setting alerts can certainly help.

Lastly, writing down goals will effectively enhance the thinking process, and really help you grasp what it is that you’re trying to do. The same principle can be applied to a personal journal. Writing gives us an advantage over distracting technologies like computers. Most people would be surprised at the quality of work that comes out of writing down personal goals.

In order to really be the best at what we do, we must accept that failure will be a part of our road to triumph. But learning from your failures will ultimately help you to improve upon past goal setting methods and reach your final destination. We can always learn from our failed trials by having the capability to review exactly what it was that we did wrong. This will serve as a constant reminder of what we need to really do to be successful.