How Much Can You Accomplish In The Next Year?

You are making good progress. You have a vision of what you must do in the next 7 years - and you are probably feeling pretty excited about it. Use this energy to break your goals down even further by setting 1-year objectives.

This is something many people do at the beginning of every new year. But you are not going to wait for January 1 to roll around. You understand the deathly danger of procrastination. You've already felt the power of taking action. So you take the next critically important step now.

Yearly goals should be specific and, if possible, measurable. A simple one-year plan might look like this:

My Wealth-Building Goals for the Year

• Get a $10,000 raise.
• Take a course in direct marketing.
• Start my own plumbing supply Internet business.
• Make friends with 12 powerful people in the plumbing industry.

My Health Goals for the Year

• Bench Press 250 pounds.
• Run six miles in 40 minutes.
• Get my HDL cholesterol to 80 or above.
• Master the lotus position.

My Personal Relationship Goals for the Year

• Host a monthly dinner party with friends.
• Raise $5,000 for my favorite charity.
• Repair my relationship with Aunt Pollie.
• Develop the habit of remembering people's names.

My Personal Growth and Development Goals for the Year

• Become a competent judge of good wine.
• Read 12 new books about science.
• Add 50 new stamps to my stamp collection.
• Learn to play something on the guitar.

A little later in this blog, I'll show you how to break down your yearly goals into monthly, weekly, and daily objectives. (The focus will be on your wealth-building objectives, your lifetime goal of enjoying financial independence.) Plus, I'll share with you some techniques I've developed that will give you an 80 percent or better chance of actually accomplishing the goals you set for yourself.$