Fantastic, we're almost ready to set your goals. But before we do, so, I want to get you in the right state of mind. So what we want to do now is to go through a little bit of a goal setting warm up, so to speak. If you haven't guessed already, the first thing I'm going to ask for you to do is get out some paper and a pen. Doesn't really matter. It could be just some scratch paper, just as long as you have a blank piece of paper and something to write with.

It should be okay. Okay, push pause for one second, grab that paper and pen and then let's begin. Okay, are you ready? The first question that I have for you are, what are five things you've already accomplished that you're proud of? Now, this could be something simple or complex. Are you proud of something that you worked hard to purchase, or something you've worked hard to accomplish?

Looks like a skill that took some time. Perhaps it's a relationship, maybe you're really proud of a girlfriend, boyfriend, wife, husband, or even a friendship that you have, whatever it is, list five things that you have accomplished that you're proud of. Push, pause, write those down, and then we will continue. Great. Now I'm going to ask you a quick question that I think we both know the answer to already is, do you want to accomplish bigger things? Well, most likely, yes.

Because Why else? Would you be taking this course? Right? Well, since most likely the answer is yes. My next question is, what do you want? What do you want in the next 10 years?

Now we're going to go through a little process. I'm going to ask you to list on your piece of paper 20 items at least 40 is better. But before you start, I want you to think in a perfect world, what would you Want to have? Or what would you want to have accomplished in the next 10 years? Again, in a perfect world? What do you want?

But before you start writing, I want you to make sure you have smart goals, a smart list. And what does that mean? Well, you might have guessed the S m, ar t stand for something. Let's go through what those are. S stands for specific. This is very important.

Whatever your goal is, you want to make sure that it's clearly written and not vague. You want to be detail. For example, don't say something like I want more money. Well, if I gave you $1, congratulations, you got more money. If you want more money, specifically, how much do you want? If you want to be more skilled?

What specific skill do you want? What degree or level do you want? Next is M. M stands for measurable. State, how much and how often How will you judge your success? Got to be specific. And it needs to be something that can be measured.

So when you're writing your goals, how will you know when you accomplish those specific goals? A stands for achievable, this means Be realistic, make certain it's realistic, and you can get the resources that are needed. Now you don't want things to be too easy, easy goals are achievable, but they're not satisfying. You want to challenge yourself, whatever goals you set, have goals that will challenge you. It's that challenge that makes the accomplishment that much better, are as relevant, relevant means that each goal should help make a significant improvement in your life. Again, let's use the make more money example.

Whatever specific and measurable amount of money you've put down, how will that make a difference in your life? If you put down a specific skill that you would like, how is that going to make a significant improvement in your life? If you want to own something, how is owning this thing going to make a significant improvement in your life. And finally, T, that's time bound. There should always be a due date, there should be some approximate completion date, there should be some research and realistic timeframe, because if there isn't a due date, then it sort of doesn't really exist. giving yourself a deadline is going to push you more toward accomplishing that goal.

So returning to question number two, write somewhere between 20 to 40 items that you want to accomplish in the next 10 years. Okay, you've got the idea. Go ahead and push pause and see how many items you can come up with. Now I want you to take a look at all the items you've listed and assign each item a number, either a 135 or 10. These numbers represent the amount of years you Expect it's going to take to accomplish each item. It's a rough estimate.

So don't worry too much about the specifics. Yet still go ahead. Give them a one, a three, a five and a 10. Okay, go for it. push pause. Now let's do something interesting.

I want you to count how many ones threes, fives and 10s. Do you have? Again, push pause real quick, count the number, go for it. Now, if you have a larger amount, a significantly larger amount of ones compared to 10s, what does that tell you? It tells you you're more focused on short term goals. If you have more 10s and ones and you're more focused on long term goals, if you're even across all 135 and 10s.

Well, that's pretty balanced, right? If you're more short term focused, maybe you want to think more about what Long term and vice versa. Next, what are your top five goals on that piece of paper? Look at all 20 to 40. And I want you to circle the top five that are most important to you. Take a minute push, pause and do that.

Now looking at those five important goals that you've listed, my question to you is, why are these important to you? Can you take the time and write down 1234 sentences for each of these five goals? Can you clearly state why each of these goals is important to you? as clearly as possible? Write down Why are these five goals important to you? Go for it.

All right now looking back at your answers on why there's a quote that I want you to remember here it is on your screen. When The y gets stronger, the how gets easier. The y hooves you toward the future. And that pool becomes stronger and quicker towards reaching your goals. All great accomplishments start with an idea. Imagination is the beginning of reality.

So if you can clearly articulate why you want something, the stronger and the easier it's going to be for you to get to those goals. Okay, great. Congratulations. Thank you for going through this process with me. Hopefully you've taken the time and effort to clearly and completely finished this particular workshop. It really will make a significant difference as we get into the next section.

And to recap what we went over. We looked at your quickly your past accomplishments, what are you proud of get you stimulated to what do you want to accomplish or have in the next 10 years and we want to make sure that those Things are smart goals. From there. We want to understand why specifically, why do you want to accomplish these particular goals, especially your top five, that's going to make a significant difference as you go throughout the strategy for accomplishing those five goals. Okay, now let's get ready for the next section, our workshop part one which is on goal setting season.