20 Surprising Tips That Will Give You A Better, Happier, Healthier, Wealthier Life
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C. Weston Bailey
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What are Goals?
An event or benefit you want to achieve as a result of completing an action. For example, let's take a basketball player. The goal of the basketball player is to win the game. In order to win the game, the player must take and complete certain activities, such as making more baskets then their opponent.
On the other hand, a basketball fan, wants their favorite team to win the game. Is this a goal for the fan? The answer is no. The fan has no direct correlation to the outcome of the game. His actions will not determine the outcome of the game, unless he does something illegal.
What are SMART Goals?
First SMART is an acronym for:
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely
The acronym is used as a guide to write your goal in a personal, positive and present tense. The first step of writing a goal is being specific. Here are some tips to help you.
Being Specific
Goals need to be specific, so that you know which part of the process you're currently in and the particular ways on how you will achieve it. Most people have goals to win a championship, lose weight, earn more money, get married and the like, but these are very vague and your mind can become confused about what you truly mean. General descriptions usually do not have boundaries, so you always leave room for mistakes and compromise. If you want results that you can be proud of, be specific.
To be specific, you need to include the details. Include the names, the position, the amount, the date and everything else needed to train your mind to start working towards that goal. Write down something like, "I want to get $1 million by October of this year." Or "I want my kids, Taylor, and John, to become best friends beginning tomorrow." Or "I want to win the national football championship two years from my 18th birthday."
Being Measurable
Goals need to be measurable to gauge how well you are progressing. To help measure your paths and goals, you should include measurable details. For your career, you can include details such as the number of hours you're working, the amount you're earning, the staff you're supervising, etc. For the goal of money you can include details such as the amount you want to have as a whole, the number of companies or businesses you own, your contact persons, etc. Always have things and items to be measured so you can understand how close you are to getting your goals. If your goal is to earn $100,000 a month, then you know you're halfway there if you're already earning $50,000 a month.
Being Attainable and Realistic
Set goals that can be accomplished. It is ok for a goal to stretch your comfort zone. Some examples of far-stretch goals are doubling your salary overnight. Be realistic about the amount of time a goal may take to achieve. Ask questions, conduct research, and determine your current abilities and the resources you need to reach the goal.
Being Timely
Set deadlines to achieve your goals or else you'll never going to finish anything. Stay specific when setting timelines and schedules. For example, indicate things like "To spend an hour with my wife everyday starting tomorrow (indicating exact date and year)". Setting the exact time and date will spur you to start working on your goals, instead of putting it off for another available time. Some goals can take years to accomplish so it is wise to break these down into smaller objectives.
What are Long Term Goals?
Typically a length of time of more than a year is considered a long-term goal. For example a basketball player will have a long-term goal of winning two championships. So the minimum time required to achieve this goal is two years. This is considered a long-term goal.
What are Short Term Goals?
A short-term goal is to be accomplished in a shorter period of time, typically in a period less than a year. In addition, short-term goals can lead up to the achievement of a long-term goal. For example, the basketball player has a long-term goal of winning two championships. A short-term goal is to win one championship.
Types of Goals to Set?
There are several categories for goals. The typical categories are: Personal, Family, Career, Household, Health, Friends, Education, Spiritual, Recreation, Community, and Financial.
What is Goal Setting?
Goal setting is an action to achieve a specific measurable and time targeted event or benefit. Simply it is the process of asking, seeking, and knocking to find and receive what you want. Goal setting establishes direction, helps you focus and determine priorities. Goal setting establishes who you are, what you like, what is important to you and the areas of your life that require improvement.
Why is Goal Setting Important?
Goal setting will assist you in turning your dreams into reality. The purpose of goal setting is to organize your dreams into a plan of action that will bring your dream to reality. As an example, a basketball player has a dream to win a championship. Goal setting is used to guide the direction and determine the actions required to achieve a championship.
Do Successful People set Goals?
Yes. Napolean Hill who spent 20-years of studying successful people published his results in the book called "Think and Grow Rich". In this book Mr. Hill discusses the secret Mr. Andrew. Carnegie used that helped over 500 people become exceedingly wealthy.
"First comes thought: then organization of that thought into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality." - Napolean Hill
Successful people know goal setting is the right process to align your desires, determination, and skills into an achievable result. Great leaders and entrepreneurs such as Henry Ford, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilbur Wright, William Howard Taft, John D. Rockefeller, Thomas Edison and many more have admitted that they accumulated wealth through the aid of the Carnegie secret.
Benefits of Setting Goals?
The benefit of goal setting is a happier you. You will avoid depression, feeling emotionally dejected or withdrawn. You will come out of poverty, have better relationships, more energy, increased self-esteem, a better leader, a clear purpose in life, positive attitude and more fun and adventure. The benefit is truly up to you.
What are the Goal Setting Steps?
Find your Passion
Write your dream as a goal
Take Action
Make yourself accountable
Visualize yourself enjoying your goal
Measure and report your progress
Celebrate
What is the Difference between SMART Goals and Goal Setting?
A
SMART Goal is just one step 
in
the entire goal setting process. Goal setting is the entire process
to accomplish your goals. Once you decide on a goal there is much
more to do.
How many Goals do I need?
How good are you at multi-tasking? The number is up to you, but in the goal-setting book "Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance" you will focus on 12 goals. The goals are grouped into categories with time periods from one to ten years.
How Successful is the Goal Setting Process?
Goal setting is hard work. It is not easy, especially if you are working on a dream that is stretching you outside of your comfort zone. All successful people have experienced problems that, at more than one time, de-motivated them enough to quit. Hindrances are inevitable in every successful person's life, so you should always expect several challenges to come your way as you try to achieve your goals.
December of 2007 a Psychology Professor, Dr. Gail Matthews from the Dominican University of California published his goal setting research results. His research proves people that write down their goals, take action, make themselves accountable, measure and report their progress frequently achieve at least 76% of their goals. Compared to those that do not write their goals, only have a maximum potential of achieving 43% of their goals.
The goal setting method that achieves at least 76% of your goals is taught in the book "Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance".
Who orders Goal Setting Books?
Goal setting has no age limit. Parents order Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance for themselves and their children. Teachers order it to teach their students how to become successful in life. If you can read at a 7th grade level, you will benefit from Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance. If you tried goal setting in the past and failed, you will benefit from the structure presented in the book to implement and achieve your goals. If you do not achieve at least 76% of your goals, your money will be refunded. There is a 365-Day Guarantee.
Can Adults Use Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance?
Yes, and it is recommended for adults to use it. You are never too old to start. I encourage parents and children to use it together. Parents and children can learn one from another. Other adults can use it as well such as uncles or an aunt use it with your nephew and nieces. This book is for anyone with an opportunity to mentor or guide the healthy development of children such as teachers.
Why is Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance Unique?
It is the only book that promotes:
"Child, follow your dreams and get the necessary education to achieve it and grow it." - C. Weston Bailey
Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance was written to teach children and adults how to take ownership of their dreams and education. In addition the vision is to improve family communication and values between parents and their children.
Why should I Buy a Goal Setting Book?
To help find your passion and purpose in life, be successful, and increase your self-esteem. Goal setting kids are more likely to become more accountable, responsible, happier, healthier, adventures, and wealthier from applying the goal setting process in Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance. Additional benefits are positive family commnication, increased academic achievement, increased focus, and better decision-making skills.
Benefits of Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance
Clear Passion and Purpose in life
Responsible
Happier
Wealthier
Healthier
Increased Self-Esteem
Successful
Accountable
Energetic
Positive Family Communication
Positive Attraction
Better Decision-Making
What will Goal Setting Accomplish?
The goal setting process in Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance will assist you and your child in accomplishing your dreams better, faster and cheaper than other goal setting methods.
"People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine."
— Brian Tracy: Self-help author, speaker, and lecturer
Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance is based on a proven process that will assist you in achieving at least 76% of your goals. When you work everyday at applying yourself to the goal setting process, you will begin to see progress and results.
"If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you.
If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us."
— Jim Rohn: Was an entrepreneur and motivational author and speaker
Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance will step through the goal setting process to turn your dream into reality, something you can experience, touch, taste, see and smell.
How does Goal Setting Work?
Goal setting is a step-by-step process. Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance walks you through the proven process of finding your passion, turning your passion into a goal, taking action, making yourself accountable, visualizing your goal, measuring and reporting your progress.
The goal setting process in Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance is based of the research study reported from Dr. Gail Matthews from the Dominican University of California. His report proves that a person can achieve at least 76% of their goals if they write their goals, take action, become accountable, measure and report progress. The book adds finding your passion and visualization techniques to the goal setting process to improve the success rate of achieving your goals.
What Types of Goals Can I set with Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance?
You can set any type of goal. Goals are grouped into four categories, Personal Development, Family and Friends, Things, and Money.
Personal Development goals are derived from the following questions.
What do I want to do?
What do I want to be?
What kind of person will I have to be to get all I want?
Where do I want to go?
Family and Friends goals are derived from these questions.
Who do I want spend a lot of time with?
What do I want to share?
Thing goals are material passions derived from these questions.
What do I want to have?
What do I want to see?
Money goals are desires derived from this question.
What do I want to earn?
About Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance:
C. Weston Bailey, the author of Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance, accomplished a successful automotive engineering career with one of the largest automotive companies in the world. By applying simple goal setting techniques he was able to accomplish a goal of receiving an United States Patent for an invention that went into production. In addition, applying goal setting techniques covered in Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance, Claude was able to attract and marry the women of his dreams.
From The Author
I published Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance because God put a calling on my life to improve the life of our children. To train them in the way they should go so when they are older they will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6). The recession of 2008 was an eye opener for many Americans and myself. Long gone are the days of old, get a good education and get a job so a corporation can take care of you. I always felt that generational advice was flawed. It promotes hopelessness. I prefer my own advice, "Follow my dreams and get the necessary education to achieve it and grow it." Which encourages dreaming and education.
Problem We Solve
If you are unclear of your purpose, depressed, emotionally dejected, withdrawn, unhappy for any reason, and or living a life of poverty, you have an opportunity to change your life and those depending on you right now.
For less than a lunch for two you can buy the goal setting guide Give Your Kid A Fighting Chance eBook. Is your life and the life of the child in your life worth more than two meals at McDonald's? If yes, go to http://giveyourkidafightingchance.com and purchase your copy for under $10.
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