To Fit Your Life Goals

Over the years, you have probably devoted countless hours to thinking

about your future and present situation in life. Almost everyone wishes

that there was something that they could change.

Because you are reading this book, you probably want to find a way to

make money in real estate. The first step to doing that is to set goals.

If you are like me, you have probably set goals in the past only to fail

miserably. Sometimes it seems like we are practically incapable of

following through with them.

Think about it. How many times have you decided on a course of

action and simply didn’t follow through?

Don’t worry, that’s pretty much normal for most people. The problem is

that most people are never really taught how to set and reach a goal.

In this chapter, you are going to set a goal for your life which will play

into your business plan and help you make as much money as you want.

Keep in mind that this is a short overview of goal-setting. If you are

interested in a more in-depth course on how to achieve any goal you

set, check out The Science of Success by Gary Vurnum.

Step One: Find out what you want

One problem a lot of people have is they really don’t know what they

want. That makes it incredibly difficult to get anywhere in life.

Start out by thinking of how you want your life to be. If you want a

million dollars, think about why you want that money. Do you want to

spend more time with family? Do you want to quit your job and work

on your hobbies? If you were not worried about money, how would

you want your life to be?

Write down your ideas as you think of them. Writing is an incredibly

powerful tool for achieving goals.

Set your major goals and write them down using specific, measurable

wording. Also, make goals that are not too easy, but still within the

realm of possibility. If you don’t believe you can achieve your goal,

you’re right.

Example: In six months I will have made at least $15,000 in real

estate so that I can spend more time with my family.

Then work backwards to create more manageable goals. What would

you need to do in the next month to accomplish this goal? The next

week? The next day? Write these goals down.

Example: By 7:00pm tomorrow, I will have written down my major

goals and researched my preferred method of real estate investing for

two hours.

Step Two: State your goals in a positive way

How often have you been excited to accomplish a goal that didn’t even

sound good when you brought it up? If you are not comfortable or

happy with the goals that you have set, the likelihood of you

succeeding is pretty low.

If you want to express your goals in a positive way, you simply have

to first think of a goal that puts a smile on your face when you imagine

it completed. Why would you want to set a goal that made you frown,

cringe or cry?

When you are beginning to set your goals it helps when you are

talking about them to others in a manner that states your actions as

positives because it will have others seeing it as a positive as well.

Step Three: Review your goals daily

One of the easiest ways to help you achieve your goals is to review

them daily. Take your written-down goals and read them aloud to

yourself at the beginning and end of each day. This helps to cement

your goals in your mind.

Step Four: Celebrate your achievements!

You should have your major goals written down, but also your smaller

daily, weekly or monthly goals written down.

When you achieve one of you goals, take time to celebrate your

achievement! Even if you still have not achieved your major goal,

enjoy the fact that you have taken a small step on your journey.

You can treat yourself to something exciting, or simply say “I am

proud of myself for achieving this goal.”

Whatever you do – do not beat yourself up if you have not achieved

one of your goals. Take time to analyze what you could do better to

achieve that goal and focus on the positive. We tend to create

situations that we think about. So if you only think about how you

have failed, you will inevitably create more situations of failure. Focus

on your achievements and how you can succeed in the future.

Again, I highly recommend that you read The Science of Success by

Gary Vurnum. It has great step-by-step instructions for helping you to

achieve your desires. It’s amazing the things we do to sabotage

ourselves that we don’t even realize. The Science of Success helps

you realize what you are doing and how to fix it to become successful

in any area of your life.

Once you know what you want and have set effective goals, you can

achieve almost anything!

Now that you have your goals set down, you can develop a business

plan for real estate investing. This does not have to be something

complicated! Simply take your goals and find the method of investing

that will meet your specific goals the best. Then write down what

steps you will take to achieve your goals.

Let’s move on to some real estate investing techniques so you can find

out which one will work best for your business plan.

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