So now you understand your goals, you set your goals, the next thing we need to do is get you a strategy to actually reach your goals. And that's this lesson, I have a question for you. What is the formula for successful goals? It's a plus b equals success. So what do you think a and b are? Well, I'll just show you.

A is write your goals down, plus b, which is work on your goals regularly. So congratulations, you've already written your goals down. That was our previous exercise. The next thing you need to do is work on those goals and not only work on those goals, you want to do it as I said earlier, you want to do it regularly. So in order to work on your goals, you need a strategy. What is a strategy Well, it's pretty simple.

Let's say you've got your idea. And you have your set of goals to reach your idea, your result. So you want to go from idea to result. What do you need a bridge. And that bridge is essentially your strategy. And after all, a goal without a strategy is just to dream nothing more.

So you need that strategy. And when you're ready to work on that strategy, you want to reach your goal. To create a strategy, you need to break down your goal into certain steps. Let's say baby goals, and one will proceed the other so you have an order of accomplishment. And these smaller parts are clear and realistic steps to get you toward finishing that goal toward your result. For example, let's say you have a short term goal, I'm going to choose opening a business.

Now in order to open In a business, what do you need to do? Well, you probably need to do some research. And then let's say you write a business plan. From there, you go to the bank and get alone. And with that money, you're able to buy or rent your space and buy everything that you need and get things organized. And then when you're ready to open a business, you can market your business for its grand opening, and then Tada, you're a business owner with a functioning business.

Let's say you have a long term goal, for example, become CEO. Okay, great, that's ambitious. What steps do you need to become a CEO? Well, the general steps might include, number one, get your degree, it's not always necessary, but it gives you an advantage. Then you get your position at the company of your choosing. Hopefully, from there, you gain experience over the years and get promoted regularly on the fast track towards success.

And from there, you want to make Make yourself valuable, indispensable, and you have a much better shot at becoming CEO. So what I want you to do, I would like you to look at your previous paper, your goal setting worksheet. Now you have a list of your short term and long term goals. Take a look at your short term goals and choose one of your top five short term goals. I want you to work on one of those. From there, I want you to identify the major steps from start to finish in order for you to get that result to accomplish that goal.

Let me give you two more examples. Let's say you want to become a polities instructor. Well take a look at all of these steps. These major steps that it takes to get success in this field. Number one, decide the type of instructor you want to be to certification 345678 continue In doing education, now, you need to identify not only those steps involved, but you need to also have a good understanding of the time it's going to take for you to accomplish each of these. Let's go to another example.

Let's say self publish your own book. There are more steps possibly involved and maybe more time involved. Number one, write the book. Well, there are a lot of steps just inside that major step, right? That could take a year, and the rest of them maybe a little bit less time, but overall, it can take quite a chunk of time, right. But you've identified the steps you need to take and the time required to do so.

So let's get out your next worksheet. And that worksheet is titled your goal strategy worksheet. What I want you to do is again, choose that one short term Go, you're going to create a strategy for then do your research, research the steps involved, fill in major steps, maybe any mini steps as well and the time required. And this is going to take a little bit of time. So do this for homework. Let's take a closer look at your goal strategy worksheet.

So here we are, put your name and your date. But more importantly, here, you will put your specific goal title. And remember, you've got a due date for this, put in that due date here. list the major steps number one, number two, number three, and so on. And then maybe break it down into smaller steps, mini steps A, B, and C. And of course, don't forget the completion times here with a total time. Once you've gone through that process, you'll have a much clearer idea of the amount of time it's going to take for you to complete all of your major steps.

And there's something I want you to keep in mind as you progress throughout these 12 core lessons. As we cover future lessons in this course, you might want to modify your goals, new ideas will pop up, maybe new goals will surface. That's okay. Remember, goal setting is always a work in progress. So get excited about modifying your goals now and in the future. And I have a personal challenge for you if you're willing to take it.

How about committing to accomplish one of your short term goals by the end of this course. This is a great opportunity to challenge yourself and really get involved. This will also serve as added motivation for you to accomplish a goal sooner than later. And you will feel fantastic having done it. So what do you think take that challenge, choose a goal try to finish it before you finish these 12 core lessons. Now you have have a clear understanding of the bridge you need to create from your idea to your results or your goal.

That's your strategy. So let's recap what we talked about. We covered the formula for successful goals, which is a and b, a being write down your goals, and B work on those regularly. We looked at how to make a strategy, how to identify the major steps in each strategy and to expect to modify your goals and your strategy as you progress in the future. And I asked you take a personal challenge, take my personal challenge, try to complete one of your goals before the end of these core lessons. All right, congratulations.

We're almost done with our first core lesson. The last part is the mystery question answered. Get ready for that section. Coming right up.