Goal Setting Activities

My goal setting activities will help you program your subconscious mind to make your newly chosen affirmations and beliefs, a reality! Some of these exercises will also help you gain clarity on which goals you should focus on.

I love these exercises because they are so easy, and they help to really increase confidence at the same time.

1. Try journalling. Journalling is one of the best goal setting activities I’ve experienced in terms of gaining clarity on my goals. Go out and buy a nice hard cover journal with lines. Get a spiral bound cover since it is easy to fold and adjustable to different sitting positions that you may prefer. Here’s a great experiment.

Give yourself up to an hour each day, and simply write whatever comes to mind. Don’t judge the process. You can write about random thoughts, concerns, inspirations, etc.

Just get into the habit of expressing yourself on paper, and soon, you’ll begin to clarify which goals you’d like to focus on now, or prepare yourself for focusing on in the future.

I will never forget the time I tried this doing this in my own life. I was in my early twenties, and had just finished reading the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. She talks a lot about the morning pages, and the benefits of doing this type of free-form journalling.

To make a long story short, within several weeks I realized that I had a major desire to design and deliver motivational speeches to the community. I immediately developed these workshops and then cold called elementary schools and social organizations. I also later spoke at a financial corporation. Out of all the different goal setting activities, this one has done so much for me in my life.

If I hadn’t journalled to discover and then express this desire through my writing, it never would have become a reality for me. So, go buy a nice journal, and then find a time when you do this regularly. Give it some time.

Just begin writing about whatever is important to you. See what happens!

2. Another one of many goal setting activities that will help you, is my free, online goal setting program which helps you prioritize your goals.

3. Post all of your goals on a bulletin board above your desk so that you can see them all the time. As you read your goals each day, you will get a real sense of which goals are truly in line with who you are right now. And when you read those important goals, you’ll be motivated to continue taking action steps to achieve those goals.

4. Put your goals on wallet-sized ‘business’ cards.. Carry these cards in your wallet wherever you go. Then when you have a few moments, you can pull out the card and read it. You might even want to keep that card in the window of your wallet where people typically keep their driver’s license. You also easily make your own wallet-card templates as well! Whatever will help you remember what your goals are, will help you take action toward your goals! Remembering and reminding is often half the battle!

5. Many goal setting activities are carried out online now. Try using some online goal setting software such as these programs here. These are very functional, easy to use programs that give you an interface for setting and monitoring the progress of your goals, as well as others! Why not join with a friend and keep each other accountable!

6. Be sure to use the power of other self-help resources that will help inspire you into action, and over road blocks. Cinematherapy involves watching movies for some therapeutic use.Review the categories of movies here, and see which topics might be relevant to the achievement of any of your goals.

Also, bibliotherapy is another great way to keep yourself motivated with your goals. By reading books on other real people or characters, you will relate and learn from other people’s experiences.

7. Some people will even record their own goals on a digital recorder and then play them back to themselves each day. Use an mp3 player, iPod, or your own computer program.

8. Try spending a few hours in a local coffee shop or bookstore that has comfy chairs available. Bring your journal, and re-write your goals down. By doing this, you are experiencing the importance of your life goals. Also, you are giving yourself total concentration by being outside of your home and your regular distractions. It can be a very uplifting experience.

I’ve had a few friends who even spent a full day and night in a hotel to focus solely on setting and revising their life goals. Again, by doing this, it demonstrated their committment to their goals. Also, being in such a novel, or even an extravagant environment (depending on where you go or what type of room you get) can be uplifting, and infuse you with hope for the future.

9. Try joining a mastermind group, or creating your own mastermind group. Get together with like-minded people who want to discuss their life goals, and their goal progress.

Try the website MeetUp.com if you don’t of anybody. Sometimes being surrounded with like-minded people can make a world of difference in achieving your goals. Like attracts like! Why not find people engaged in the same goal setting activities that you are?