Comments on: How to March into March! http://www.writersroundabout.com/2008/03/march-into-march-goal-setting.html The Craft and Business of Fiction and Freelance Writing Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:17:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith http://www.writersroundabout.com/2008/03/march-into-march-goal-setting.html#comment-595 Rebecca Laffar-Smith Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:49:55 +0000 http://www.writersroundabout.com/2008/03/march-into-march-goal-setting.html/#comment-595 Thanks so much, Rebecca! <a href="http://www.tonyrobbins.com/Home/Home.aspx" rel="nofollow">Tony Robbins</a> teaches the Rapid Planning Method (RPM) method of goal setting. R = Results: Decide what it is you want. Create your goal. P = Purpose: Really come to grips about WHY you want to accomplish this goal and what it means to you if you accomplish it now or if you never accomplish it. He (and I) encourage making this step an EMOTIONAL experience. Really examine why the goal is important to you, feel the pain of imagining failure or never trying and feel the bliss that would come with your success, with the task completed. M = MAP = Massive Action Plan: Break it into smaller steps that you CAN ACCOMPLISH! You can set your aim as high as you like if you break your goal down into manageable chunks. Obviously, doing it in exactly this process is as time consuming as the S.M.A.R.T. method of goal setting. I tend to set one or two major goals to work toward. I reaffirm my Purpose/s frequently and then I just make sure I take at least one action towards that primary goal every single day. The more I do the better of course but so long as I'm moving forward I'll get there. Thank you for the warm wishes. I hope you accomplish all you begin and love the life you live doing it. Thanks so much, Rebecca!

Tony Robbins teaches the Rapid Planning Method (RPM) method of goal setting.

R = Results: Decide what it is you want. Create your goal.
P = Purpose: Really come to grips about WHY you want to accomplish this goal and what it means to you if you accomplish it now or if you never accomplish it. He (and I) encourage making this step an EMOTIONAL experience. Really examine why the goal is important to you, feel the pain of imagining failure or never trying and feel the bliss that would come with your success, with the task completed.
M = MAP = Massive Action Plan: Break it into smaller steps that you CAN ACCOMPLISH! You can set your aim as high as you like if you break your goal down into manageable chunks.

Obviously, doing it in exactly this process is as time consuming as the S.M.A.R.T. method of goal setting. I tend to set one or two major goals to work toward. I reaffirm my Purpose/s frequently and then I just make sure I take at least one action towards that primary goal every single day. The more I do the better of course but so long as I’m moving forward I’ll get there.

Thank you for the warm wishes. I hope you accomplish all you begin and love the life you live doing it.

]]> By: Rebecca Taunton http://www.writersroundabout.com/2008/03/march-into-march-goal-setting.html#comment-596 Rebecca Taunton Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:14:56 +0000 http://www.writersroundabout.com/2008/03/march-into-march-goal-setting.html/#comment-596 Hello Rebecca, Another inspiring blog post. I especially like the idea of aiming high and shooting low. I've been on numerous management courses for my job and all of them keep coming back to SMART objectives (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-constrained). It doesn't seem to work in my disorganised place of work because nobody seems to be bothered. Right motivation is definately a huge part of working towards your goals, which is why I really like your idea of freewriting to find out the reasons you want to achieve them. I wish you all the luck in achieving your dreams. RT Hello Rebecca,

Another inspiring blog post. I especially like the idea of aiming high and shooting low.

I’ve been on numerous management courses for my job and all of them keep coming back to SMART objectives (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-constrained). It doesn’t seem to work in my disorganised place of work because nobody seems to be bothered. Right motivation is definately a huge part of working towards your goals, which is why I really like your idea of freewriting to find out the reasons you want to achieve them.

I wish you all the luck in achieving your dreams.

RT

]]> By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith http://www.writersroundabout.com/2008/03/march-into-march-goal-setting.html#comment-597 Rebecca Laffar-Smith Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:04:05 +0000 http://www.writersroundabout.com/2008/03/march-into-march-goal-setting.html/#comment-597 Thank you for your wonderfully supportive comment! I truly appreciate your encouragement. Congratulations on pushing through for those degree's. Aiming high and accomplishing your goals no matter how long or hard the journey is truly remarkable. It is important to make every moment count. To accomplish great things we must work toward them every single day. Thanks for stopping by Moms and I'm glad you enjoyed my guest post. :-) Thank you for your wonderfully supportive comment! I truly appreciate your encouragement. Congratulations on pushing through for those degree’s. Aiming high and accomplishing your goals no matter how long or hard the journey is truly remarkable. It is important to make every moment count. To accomplish great things we must work toward them every single day.

Thanks for stopping by Moms and I’m glad you enjoyed my guest post. :-)

]]> By: Moms http://www.writersroundabout.com/2008/03/march-into-march-goal-setting.html#comment-598 Moms Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:08:53 +0000 http://www.writersroundabout.com/2008/03/march-into-march-goal-setting.html/#comment-598 Rebecca, When I was deciding whether or not to finish my bachelor's degree decades after starting it, someone said something that stuck with me and I've come back to it over and over throughout my life, when setting goals. "The time will go by regardless of what you decide. So, at the end of those xx years, what will you have to show for it?" Somehow that became a motivator for me. If I could just get through the current class, and the next class and then the next "current" class, I'd eventually reach my goal. With lots of support from family (especially my husband who saw little of me during that time), I earned my bachelor's degree while working a full-time job. In fact, the journey became the best part and I went back for my master's a few years after that. I have to admit, it helped that I was in a structured environment where the courses were set and I just had to perform. But if one can set up a structure and stick to it, great things can be accomplished. I really enjoy your writing, and enjoyed your guest post at www.BloggingExperiment.com. Keep up the good work and in a year, or so, you'll have remarkable things to show for your time and effort! Rebecca,
When I was deciding whether or not to finish my bachelor’s degree decades after starting it, someone said something that stuck with me and I’ve come back to it over and over throughout my life, when setting goals. “The time will go by regardless of what you decide. So, at the end of those xx years, what will you have to show for it?” Somehow that became a motivator for me. If I could just get through the current class, and the next class and then the next “current” class, I’d eventually reach my goal. With lots of support from family (especially my husband who saw little of me during that time), I earned my bachelor’s degree while working a full-time job. In fact, the journey became the best part and I went back for my master’s a few years after that. I have to admit, it helped that I was in a structured environment where the courses were set and I just had to perform. But if one can set up a structure and stick to it, great things can be accomplished. I really enjoy your writing, and enjoyed your guest post at http://www.BloggingExperiment.com. Keep up the good work and in a year, or so, you’ll have remarkable things to show for your time and effort!

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