You Don’t Need Luck
My blog and my business changed when I wrote my blogging goal. Thing is I should have known that. Setting goals is one of those life lessons that I keep learning over again.
Sometime in college, I figured out that whenever I made a goal that was tuned tightly to who I am and what I do well, it easily became a catalytic action. Goals became my way of saying …
I don’t need luck, if I can make things happen.
What I realized was that goal set As Antoine de Saint-Exupery said …
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
Every successful and outstanding business, every well-conceived campaign or action becomes an opportunity magnet with goals that are
- clear, concrete, and intentional — What will you accomplish? Why will you be doing that? Who or what will help yo?
- measurable — How will you know you got there? What will count as a good score?
- reachable — The strategy can be to get to the stars, but the goal should be the next step. What will you do to get there next?
- matched to your skill set Great goals make us stretch enough to be challenged an interested. What will will you need to learn or put in action to achieve this?
- time dependent — Place a time frame on what you’ll be accomplishing. Goals need focus and urgency to keep momentum. What is the end date?
(skills x passion) + problem solving = opportunity magnet
For a goal to be an opportunity magnet, it’s got to have some actionable attraction. Great goals use what’s uniquely our own — the strength of skills, the leverage of our situation, and the momentum of our passion.
Do you tune your goals to get maximum opportunity attraction?
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–ME “Liz” Strauss
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i believe i’m luck but i need a motivation to do something and i have got in this article:)
good timing, Liz. I’m starting bring it all together and make my business really work. Your reminder to keep it real is just what I needed to hear. I’m putting more details on my plan as we speak. thanks.
Hi Todd,
It’s great when the focus becomes self-expressed. I can see that through your blog and through your comments. Are you finding that what you doing is more natural and easier to talk about?
I thought I had a goal but after I read this (and Angela’s post today), I revised it. 🙂 How often do you find you have to revise goals, and what do you find triggers it? Internal or external factors, or a mix… and to what extent (subtle, major)?
Hi Christa,
Every now and then I wake realizing that something has pulled me off my path and I need to get back to it. Keep your goals starting from inside you. That’s the only piece of the dynamic that won’t change.
Every time I find myself revising my goals (I revisit them about 3 times a year) I’m putting them back to where I had them … like some goal thermostat. heh heh
Hi Liz, Yes, you are right, there is less of a gap between what I think and what I say and do. I think this the “be authentic” quality you always emphasize.
PS. I love watching your business expand on that solid ground of authenticity.
Todd,
I love watching the same thing happen with you. Can’t wait to meet you in person!
Thanks, Liz. You are very sweet. You already know that I love hanging around here. I can’t wait to meet you too.
Todd,
We’ just got to coordinate our schedules better. heh!