Defining Your Goal Tasks

Defining Your Goal Tasks

Just as we break large or long-term Objectives down into smaller supporting elements called Major Goals, we further break our Major Goals down into even smaller elements. These small elements are called Tasks, and accomplishing them is what makes the practice of goal setting really work.
Tasks are usually the simple things you must do to accomplish a Major Goal. If you've set a Major Goal, for example, to have a complete understanding about investing in bonds by next June 15th, you will have to accomplish a number of Tasks for acquiring that knowledge. Choosing to go to the library and get a book on bonds would be a Task. Reading the book for one hour each this Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, could be three separate Tasks. Visiting the Investors Skills' website for their bond information, would be another Task. Calling your buddy who's had success in the bond market would be a Task as well. All of these Tasks, which should be written down on the same paper as the Major Goal they support, must be set with an Accomplishment Date, for if you procrastinate calling your buddy, never get around to completely reading the book, or don't even bother checking the website, you won't reach your Major Goal of learning about bonds, or won't meet it by its Accomplishment Date. And this, unfortunately for you, will turn your $5 Million by retirement Objective back into the pipe dream it didn't have to be.
By focusing your mind on the easy-to-accomplish Tasks, and completing those Tasks, you'll be making great progress towards your Major Goals and Objectives without feeling overwhelmed. Make sure to write down all Tasks, even those that take only minutes to complete. Then, when they're accomplished, check them off. As more and more Tasks are successfully accomplished, and checked off, you'll find yourself becoming more encouraged, and more confident about your abilities. The more you believe, the more you will strive to accomplish, and the more you will enjoy completing even more Tasks. And the more Tasks you complete on time, the closer you'll be to that success you have real Reasons for wanting. The success you originally defined as your Objectives.

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