M y i n c o m e h a d b e e n t h e s a m e f o r y e a r s . We e k i n , w e e k o u t , I w o u l d c o n s i s t e n t l y e a r n t h e s a m e a m o u n t o f m o n e y. Wa s t h i s b a d ? N o , o f c o u r s e n o t . It was awesome that I was always hitting my goal amount. My bills were covered, my savings acco unt was growing, and I had plenty of money for fun, discreti onary spendin g. The only problem was, I had no idea where my weekly goal amount had come from. I had been using the same amount for a few years. Presumabl y, at some point, I sat down and did some calcul ations of how much money I need ed to cov er my expenses, plus a little ex tra, and came up with t h a t fi g u r e . B u t I d i d n ’ t r e v i e w t h e n u m b e r f o r Y E A R S . Why? I have no idea. I guess I was consistently hitting my goal, so it seemed l i ke a r e a s o n a b l e a m o u n t . I w a s c h u g g i n g a l o n g a n d d o i n g w e l l . I n e v e r t h o u g h t to question it. B u t t h e n , a t t h e e n d o f l a s t y e a r , I h a d a s i g n i fi c a n t fi n a n c i a l g o a l t o h i t . Circumstances in my life meant that I needed to save a massive amount in a s h o r t a m o u n t o f t i m e . S o , I s a t d o w n a n d r e v i e w e d m y fi n a n c e s . To h i t t h i s b i g fi n a n c i a l g o a l i n t h e t i m e I h a d , I w o u l d h a v e t o e a r n T W I C E m y u s u a l a m o u n t . The thought of this scared me. It was such a massive amount. Surel y I couldn’t d o i t . B u t , I i d e n t i fi e d m y g o a l , a n d t h e n I u s e d t h e e x a c t w o r k s h e e t i n m y f r e e ‘ H o w To H i t Yo u r $ $ G o a l s ’ g u i d e t o m a p o u t h o w I w a s g o i n g t o a c h i e v e i t . And guess what? I smashed it. I earnt OVER and ABOVE my NEW weekly earnings goal and have c o n t i n u e d t o d o s o . I h i t t h a t b i g fi n a n c i a l g o a l w i t h r e c o r d s p e e d , a n d t h e n I thought, why stop? I had been LIMITING myself for the past couple of years. I felt stuck, and as though my earnings never changed. I had increased my rates, but my earnin gs stayed the same. It was because I had set that weekly earnings goal and NEVER revised it. I got S T U C K o n t h a t n u m b e r , a n d o n c e I h i t t h a t g o a l e a c h w e e k , I t h o u g h t , “O h , I ’ m d o n e f o r t h e w e e k ! N o w I c a n r e l a x . ” I w o u l d g e t l a z y a n d m a ke e x c u s e s a s t o w h y I s h o u l d n ’ t t a ke e x t r a b o o k i n g s . W h y w o r k h a r d e r t h a n I n e e d e d t o , r i g h t ? Once I REMOVED the block of my old goal and allowed myself to THRIVE, I hit n e w h i g h s t h a t I d i d n ’ t e v e n k n o w w e r e p o s s i b l e . T h i s i s t h e p o w e r o f e ff e c t i v e goal setting. Goal setting is vital becaus e it helps you to decide and focus on what’s reall y important to you. Setting my NEW weekly earnin gs goal gave me somethi ng to focus on. It allowed me to overcome procrastination and visualise the outcome o f a p p l y i n g m y s e l f a n d t a k i n g b o o k i n g s , e v e n w h e n I d i d n ’ t f e e l l i ke i t . Settin g this new goal helpe d me to grow and expa nd, transform in a way that I didn’t know was possible before.
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A lot of the time, people think they understand how to set goals, but then they n e v e r q u i t e a c h i e v e w h a t t h e y a r e a f t e r. O n e c o m m o n r e a s o n i s t h a t t h e i r g o a l s aren’t clear enou gh. Fo r e x a m p l e , y o u c a n s e t t h e g o a l : “ I w a n t t o f e e l fi n a n c i a l l y s t a b l e ” . B u t w h a t d o e s t h a t M E A N ? W h a t i s fi n a n c i a l s t a b i l i t y f o r y o u ? H o w m u c h m o n e y w o u l d you need to have in your bank account to feel stable, and by when? A better goal is: “I want to have $X in my bank account by XX/XX/XXX.” Yo u ’ r e m u c h m o r e l i ke l y t o p u t t i m e a n d e n e r g y i n t o s o m e t h i n g i f t h e o u t c o m e is clear and measurable.
Once you have your goal, it’s time to plan how you’re going to achi eve it. If y o u h a v e n ’ t a l r e a d y , c l i c k h e r e t o d o w n l o a d m y f r e e ‘ H o w To H i t Yo u r $ $ G o a l s ’ workbook . The workbook contains a free worksheet that will help you plan out h o w t o a c h i e v e y o u r fi n a n c i a l g o a l s a s a s e x w o r ke r. G o g e t i t !
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