Week 5.pdf

WEEK FIVE

Welcome to Week Five of the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan. We hope you are

having a great week and are ready for this week's journey.

Week Five is exciting because it is our introduction to Pillar Two - Goal-Setting. We all

have heard the studies and read the reports - goal-setters Succeed! Listen to an Olympic

or professional athlete, a best-selling author, a successful professional, business owner or

entrepreneur - they all talk about dreams and goals! No, not the dreams and goals they

fantasize about occasionally or think about every now and then or just simply hope for.

But these are dreams and goals that have created passion in their lives, that move them

into daily, monthly and yearly action, and that bring emotion because of the clear

sacrifices that have been made preceding long aspired victories. Yes, dreams and goals

create miracles and accomplishment. And equally important, dreams and goals can create

balance, priorities and life-enhancement.

So yes, we're excited about Week Five and Pillar Two!

Now on to Jim and Chris.

Thanks and Make It a Great Week!

Kyle

“All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical

or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the

first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through.

Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction

shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin

with the end in mind.”

-- Stephen Covey

GOAL-SETTING

Jim Rohn's Second Pillar of Success: Goal-Setting, Part One -

Evaluation and Reflection

Hello and welcome to Week Five/Month Two.

We begin Month Two with the topic of Goal-Setting.

I've often said, the major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to

accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you

get. That is why goals are so powerful. They are part of the fabric that make up our lives.

And goal-setting is where we create our goals.

Goal-setting can be so powerful. It provides focus. It shapes our dreams. It gives us the

ability to hone in on the exact actions we need to take in order to get everything in life

that we desire.

Goals are exciting because they provide focus and aim for our lives. Goals are Great

because they cause us to stretch and grow in ways that we never have before. In order to

reach our goals we must become better. We must change and grow.

There are three components to a powerful goal: It must be inspiring. It must be

believable. It must be one that you can act on. When your goals inspire you, when you

believe them, and when you act on them is when you will get them!

Goals also provide long-term vision in our lives. We all need lots of powerful, long-range

goals to help us get past short-term obstacles. Life is designed in such a way that we look

long-term and live short-term. We dream for the future and live in the present.

Unfortunately, the present can produce many hard obstacles. Fortunately, the more

powerful our goals (because they are inspiring and believable) the more we will be able

to act on them in the short-term and guarantee that they will actually come to pass!

So, let’s take a closer look at the topic of Goal-Setting and see how we can make it

forceful as well as practical. What are the key aspects to learn and remember when

studying and writing our goals?

I believe there are four main areas of emphasis:

1. Evaluation and Reflection - The only way we can reasonably decide what we want in

the future and how we will get there, is to first know where we are right now and

secondly, what our level of satisfaction is for where we are in life. As we focus this

month on goal-setting, the first order of business and our topic this week is for each of us

to be serious about taking some time for evaluation and reflection.

“Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's

no telling what you can do when you believe in them. And there's no telling what

will happen when you act upon them.”

-- Jim Rohn

2. Dreams and Goals - What are your dreams and goals? Not related to the past or what

you think you can get, but what you want. Have you ever really sat down and thought

through your life values and decided what you really want? This isn’t something that

someone else says you should have or what culture tells us successful people do or have.

These are the dreams and goals that are born out of your own heart and mind. These are

the goals that are unique to you and come from who you were created to be and gifted to

become. Next week we will show you exactly how to find out what you want from life.

3. S.M.A.R.T. Goals - S.M.A.R.T. means Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic,

and Time-sensitive.

Specific: Don’t be vague. Exactly what do you want?

Measurable: Quantify your goal. How will you know if you’ve achieved it or not?

Attainable: Be honest with yourself about what you can reasonably accomplish at this

point in your life - along with taking into consideration your current responsibilities.

Realistic: It’s got to be do-able, real and practical.

Time: Associate a timeframe with each goal. When should you complete the goal?

We will spend some time in two weeks looking at how to apply the S.M.A.R.T. test to

your goals to make sure they are as powerful as they can be!

4. Accountability - Think of the word “accountable.” It means to “give an account.”

When someone knows what your goals are, they help hold you accountable. Whether it is

someone else going through this program with you (have you thought about inviting a

friend to join you on this one-year journey?) or just someone you can give the basic idea

to; having a person who can hold you accountable will give you another added boost to

getting your goals! On Week Eight we will show you how to set up an accountability

partner.

So: Evaluate/Reflect; Decide What You Want; Be S.M.A.R.T.; Have Accountability.

When you put these 4 key pieces together, you are putting yourself in a position of power

that will catapult you toward achieving your goals and the kind of life you desire.

We will cover each of these points more in depth over the next month. But today, I want

to focus on the first one, Evaluation and Reflection.

Goal Setting: Evaluation and Reflection. The basis for knowing where we want to go is

knowing where we have come from and where we are. It is also knowing how well we

have achieved the things we have previously set our eyes on. This is the basis of

evaluation and reflection. We need to understand how to look at what we have done and

use it as a platform for what we want to do.

The process of evaluation is relatively simple, but there can be a few basic variations.

The important point though is that you have a process! So here is a basic process of

evaluation and reflection.

1. Find a quiet place. Reflection is best done away from

distraction. It gives you the mind space to think.

2. Take a regular time. Whether it is once a week, every

other week, once a month or quarter etc., be sure to set

aside a regular time at regular intervals to evaluate and

reflect.

3. Look at what you have accomplished and where

you are. Be specific. Be honest. Be ruthlessly truthful.

4. Write it down. Keep a record. This gives you the chance at the next stage of

evaluation to see exactly where you were last time. This keeps it as objective as possible.

5. Look forward and set your next goal. Stretch yourself according to what works for

you.

The above is a good basic version of the process of evaluation and reflection. If you have

not done this before, then this will get you going. Be sure to follow the general idea and

set aside time for your evaluation and reflection.

The purpose of evaluation is twofold. First, it gives you an objective way to look at your

accomplishments and your pursuit of the vision you have for your life. Secondly, it is to

show you where you are so you can determine where you need to go. In other words, it

gives you a baseline from which to work.

We have all heard the quote that the unexamined life is not worth living. To evaluate and

reflect brings us face to face with who we are and what we have become. More

importantly, it allows us the time to dream and create a vision for what we want to

become! Only when we take time out of our busy schedules can we get into the state of

mind and quietness of heart that we need in order to find that inner place where we see

what we are and what we will become. Those who never take time to evaluate and reflect

will blow to and fro through this life, living by the forces of culture, circumstances,

societal pressures, and unfortunately, personal weaknesses. Those who take the time to

evaluate, however, will find that they are like an oak tree in a storm. They have a firm

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