7 Super Simple Steps for Accomplishing Your Goals with a Steemit-Based Example: Check It Out!

Most of our goals are never achieved. It's not because we aren't capable of reaching our goals; we just don't plan properly. Without planning, a goal might as well be a far-fetched dream that you will never come anywhere close to achieving.

So let's change that. I created these seven steps to help myself have a better chance of accomplishing my own goals, and I think these could be valuable to you (which is why I'm sharing them).

Here are 7 simple steps you should take to properly plan for your goals:

Step 1: Write Down Your Goal

Take out a pen and paper or open up a word document on your computer, and simply write down what your goal is. Make your goal as specific as possible. In the example below, my goal is “Earn 1,000 STEEM by 12/31/18.”

Step 2: List “Inputs”

Now think about everything that will have to go into you accomplishing your goal--each part of it. These are things that you have know or do in order to reach your goal. Write down each “input.”

For example, if you wanted to win a marathon, some of the inputs would include:

• Training from a Coach
• Running Shoes
• Time to Practice
• Money for the Entry Fee
• A Treadmill, Gym Membership, and/or Trail to Run On

Step 3: Define Barriers

What could stop you from reaching your goal? Write down each of these real and potential barriers.

For example, in our marathon example from step 2, an injury could stop you. Writing down barriers helps you see everything that could get in your way so that you can plan on how to avoid them.

Step 4: Create Steps

You now know what you need to do in order to achieve your goal and what could prevent you from it. Now write down the specific steps (they don’t have to be in order) that you believe you need to take. Make sure to look at my example below.

Step 5: Set Deadlines

Go back through your steps and set deadlines to complete each step if you didn’t already set a deadline for each. For example, if trying to win a marathon at the very end of the year, a deadline you could set is to race in a 5K by 2/28.

Setting deadlines will help keep you moving towards your goal.

Step 6: Get Started!

It’s now time to get started! Start with your first step. If you’re not able to start moving on this step, move on to step 2. The sooner you start and start checking off your steps and moving closer to your goal, the more you’ll feel motivated to keep going.

Step 7: Adjust as Needed

What you believe is needed in order to achieve your goals today may change tomorrow. Adjust the inputs, steps, and deadlines as needed.

Putting This Guide Into Practice – My Example

Here is an actual goal I have for this year, and how I plan on reaching it.

Warning: The handwriting below is terrible. There's a reason I usually write with a keyboard instead of pen and paper.

This post is part of my first step. I sincerely hope this guide has been helpful and will get you closer to accomplishing your goals! Now take a step towards accomplishing your goal and write it down!