Goals

Define the Goal: Write down a goal with clarity and be as specific as you can. What is my goal?


Reasons to: Identify the reasons that you want to achieve this goal. What are my reasons for achieving this goal?


Time:  Clarify the time frame to accomplish this goal?  When do I want to have this goal completed?


Strategy: Plan to work and work the plan. What is the step by step process I plan to implement?


Obstacles:  Know that there will be some resistance reaching the goal. What are some of the things, circumstances or relationships that may hinder this goal from being accomplished?


People:  Understand that goals involve others. Who do I need to help me to reach this goal? What relationships will be effected positively or negatively in the process of reaching this goal?


Desired result: Begin with the end in mind. If I achieve this goal what do I hope to attain or receive from this accomplishment?


Action Steps: Realize that I must act. An action step has three components: 1) Personal - something I can do 2) Practical - something I will do 3) Provable - something that can be measured with a deadline. What must I do to accomplish my goals?

 

 

Brian Frizzell (MA, MS, LPC) is the owner of Christian Counseling Services in Springfield MO. (417) 881-9800) He is the author of Marriages By Design (www.marriagesbydesign.com.)   He is a licensed professional counselor and has 20 years of counseling experience in a number of venues.  He was the Director Counseling in a church in SW Missouri of over 5,000.  He, his wife and three sons live in Nixa, MO.