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You’ve defined your Goal, identified your key
strategies, created an action plan and have started to put it into action.

 

What’s next?

 

As you proceed, it is important to measure your
results and track your progress (or lack of it). This is the least exciting part
of the journey of any Goal, but I assure you it is one of the most important.
This is where it gets a little tricky due to the fact that every Goal is
different. Each Goal has its own unique targets, time lines, and action plans,
therefore it will require its own unique system and schedules for measuring.

 

Not every Goal needs to be measured, just your
most critical ones. For example, if on the weekends you take guitar lessons to
explore your interest in learning how to play, you don’t necessarily need a plan
for measuring your progress. But for your highest priority Goals, you absolutely
do. If you are building a business or trading in the stock market, your very
financial existence relies upon your systems for tracking.

 

People often seek my coaching and assistance
because they are stuck in some way. They say, “I am stuck! I have tried
everything and nothing works!” The first thing I do is ask for their gauges,
measurements and stats for the related area. Often they reply with blame or
excuses about the economy or some outside circumstance for why they are off
track and never is that the real reason for a decline. The reason for almost all
struggle, stagnation and lack of growth is due to a lack of attention,
measurement or action in the critical areas. It is usually a matter of neglect
and fortunately there is a quick and easy solution to create a major turnaround.

 

The fastest way to create a breakthrough is to
measure and examine the critical areas of your Goal.

 

You cannot change what you don’t measure. You
cannot improve what you don’t measure. Where focus goes, energy flows so begin
focusing on your major key areas that are critical to your success.

 

Tracking reveals the true reality of a
situation. Many Goals can be measured with numbers. For example, Health Goals
provide many numbers to monitor your progress; pounds, inches, blood sugar,
triglycerides, blood pressure, as do a multitude of other precise diagnostic
measurements.

 

Tracking builds confidence. When you have a
great plan, are following it and producing phenomenal results, you automatically
raise your own self-esteem and that optimism carries over into every other life
area. Knowing that you are on track and having the validation of facts as proof
gives you an enormous boost.

Tracking provides valuable feedback and
indications of areas that may need to be addressed or adjusted. If your Goal is
to lose weight and the numbers on the scale are going up, up, up each week, it
could be an indication that you may need to re evaluate your plan or if you have
a great plan and have not been following it, simply renew your dedication to it.

 

For every Goal that does not succeed, there are
always numerous indicators along the way that would have provided a snapshot or
a warning ahead of time and all throughout the journey, if the critical
components would have been measured and appropriate action taken, the Goal could
have been salvaged.

Your Action Plan:

 

1. Examine your highest and most important Goal
and the key areas that will ensure its success. What are the aspects you will
need to measure so that you will know on any given day, at any given time,
whether or not you are progressing on track?

 

2. List at least ten precise critical
components you can begin measuring and tracking. (If you come up with more than
ten, that’s even better).

 

3. Create targets for each of the chosen areas.
This can be done by looking at the end result and tracking backwards. What are
the ideals you will need to achieve in order to successfully realize your Goal?

 

4. Create the most appropriate schedule for
tracking and checking your gauges and schedule it into your planner. How often
should you measure your metrics, stats and gauges and examine your progress? If
the Goal has no end, as such with an ongoing business, you can certainly break
it down via yearly, quarterly, monthly, daily and even weekly measurements.

 

Since each Goal is unique, your Goal will
require unique systems and schedules for tracking it. By implementing this for
all of your highest priority Goals, you will instantly begin to produce better
results.

 

Goal Achieving abides by the Universal Law of
Cause and Effect. If you don’t like the results you are creating, change your
approach, increase your efforts, modify your plan, but don’t stick your head in
the sand and neglect to see the truth of the situation.

 

The fastest way to improve your results is to
measure your progress. So re examine your most cherished Goals and see where you
stand. Your mind will instantly begin to search for ways to make improvements in
those key areas.

Numbers don’t lie. Welcome whatever data you
receive and take the appropriate actions to ensure your success!

 

Live Your Dreams

 

 


About the Author:


 

Jill Koenig, the “Goal Guru” is America’s Top
Goal Strategist. A best selling Author, Coach and Motivational Speaker, she is
an expert on the subjects of Goal Setting, Time Management and Business Success.
Her Goal in life is to help you UNLEASH your untapped potential. Get your FREE
Goal Setting CD at:  http://www.GoalGuru.com

 

Media Requests: Jill Koenig is a dynamic high
energy tv and radio guest available for interviews and corporate speaking
engagements.

 

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