How to achieve goals (in 5 thoughtful practical steps)

 

Achieving goals is the reason anyone exists in life, a person without a goal is a dead person.

There is no doubt that achieving goals is the path that every person follows to reach success, but the important question that many ask on the path to success remains:

How can I achieve my goals?

To answer this question, follow this article with us, in which we will present very effective and important methods and advice that will help you achieve the goals you want, elevate you to the path of success, and help you to reach the top, whether you seek success in practical, academic or scientific life.

Characteristics of those who succeed in achieving goals

In the beginning, before we list the steps or advice that we provide to achieve the goals, you should know very well, dear reader, that it takes you to have a set of characteristics that will definitely help you reach your goal, and thus reach success, and even achieve more successes over a lifetime.

These characteristics are summarized in the following points:

- Having a genuine passion and interest in the field in which you pursue your goals.

- Perseverance and patience in trouble.

- Unlimited ambition.

- Enduring optimism.

- Confidence in yourself and your abilities.

- Love of science and learning and a constant desire for self-development.

- Constant search for information and skill.

- Listen carefully to the experiences of others.

- Believing that failure is the beginning of a new success.

- Acknowledging faults and errors and trying to fix them.

- Follow a good diet and a healthy sleep style.

You do not have to possess all of these qualities but sit with yourself and the number of qualities that you possess from among these points, and acquire the rest of them through permanent learning and training.

We cannot say for sure that they are the qualities that every successful person has, but we can confirm that they are the qualities that help in achieving goals.

4 distinct habits that help you achieve goals

If we talk about how to achieve goals, of course, we will think about time management, self-learning, development, and other well-known steps that help achieve goals, which we will present in detail later.

But in the interest of the winner's site to always present the distinguished, we will show you four very important habits to achieve goals in all fields.

These habits are unique because they stem from successful experiences in achieving goals. These habits are in detail:

1. Always assume the fearful position

It is not meant here that a person is always afraid of every experience, otherwise, he will never venture or penetrate the hardships of life.

But what is meant here is to put the worst results that can occur when achieving the goals, and to develop an appropriate contingency plan in case something worse happens.

When you are always prepared for anything that happens, no matter how disastrous, it is rare to find yourself in a situation where you cannot act, no matter how bad it is.

2. Do not accept what causes you psychological stress

This does not mean that you do not face any difficulties that will inevitably meet you on the way to achieving success, but we mean that you stay away from everything that causes you dissatisfaction with yourself or your work, whether in your practical or personal life.

Psychological pressure in something you do not like or be satisfied with yourself may generate despair and lack of determination, and this is what hinders achieving goals and seizing opportunities.

3. Treat obstacles with curiosity

What is meant here is to combat the hours of boredom that your mind imagines for you, for example when you are on time to work towards achieving your goal, whether it is learning time or work time, and you find yourself feeling bored, your mind talks to you by resorting to a means of distraction, whether by watching TV or following social media platforms without a goal.

4. Always celebrate any victory, even if it is small

On your way to achieving your big goal, whether by reaching a certain degree of success or obtaining a great opportunity at work, you will go through a set of victories or sub-goals that will bring you to the main goals.

Never neglect these small victories, but rather make them a permanent reason for you to celebrate. These small gains, when you take care of them, will increase your enthusiasm and motivation to reach the ultimate and primary goal.

But don't make these celebrations so huge that you find yourself never moving forward, and stop at one stop that you can't get out of.

Realistic steps to help you achieve goals

Now that you know the characteristics and habits that help you achieve goals, let's talk in detail about actual and realistic steps that will help you a lot in achieving goals and success.

Follow these steps and try to implement them:

1. Write down your goals and put them in front of you always

When Dr. “Ahmed Zewail” talked about his childhood life, he told us that his father was hanging a piece of paper on the door of Zewail’s room with the words “Dr. Ahmed Zewail, and he looked at it continuously and mentioned that it was one of the most important catalysts that helped him achieve his goal.

And you, dear reader, must clearly write your goal or objectives and always put them in front of you in any place you like, and it is preferable that the place where your eyes fall permanently.

When your goal is always in front of your eyes, it will help you overcome any obstacles or moments of despair that you are likely to go through while working to achieve your goals.

2. Divide your goals in a specific order

The main goal needs a set of sub-goals to be achieved to reach the desired goal. It is better to set your goals in a divided manner.

For example, set a time plan to achieve the main goal, for a period of 6 months. Then set sub-goals to be achieved on a monthly basis, then set a set of weekly and then daily goals in a way that is consistent with the circumstances of your day and the shape of your normal life.

Dividing tasks is the best way to reach the main goal in a perfect way that will achieve the highest levels of success for you.

Here, you can resort to some applications on the smartphone, which will help you in planning and dividing tasks, which are what are known as “to-do list” applications or task management applications, and here are some of them:

- Google Keep

- Wunderlist

- Todoist

- Anydo

3. Organize your time logically

The first thing everyone talks about when listing the steps to achieve goals is time management, but let's talk about this point from a new point of view.

Organizing time is an important thing in life in general, but the problem facing everyone, especially those who do not set specific dates and cannot implement them, is not in the organization in the known sense, but rather the problem lies in the randomness of the organization.

Let me explain the matter to you in detail. When you want to carry out a set of daily tasks and set a schedule for that, be sure to do the following:

- Do not put more than one difficult task on the same day, and give each task sufficient time, taking into account anything that may hinder the implementation of this task.

- When you make a schedule for your daily actions, put at the top of the schedule the daily habits that you do permanently.

- Make part of your time for entertainment, whether by exercising, listening to your favorite music, or other entertainment.

- Take part of your time to practice a favorite talent in which you find your creativity, as this greatly helps you to renew your activity and stimulate your mind to learn and develop.

- Make your tasks logical in relation to your daily responsibilities.

- Always evaluate the level of your performance in carrying out the tasks that you organized in your time management schedule, and look for reasons for not carrying out the task and addressing them, and for reasons that helped you accomplish your tasks and support them with development and learning.

4. Always use the expertise of others

Of course, experience in all areas of life, and previous experiences are very healthy things for anyone who wants to reach and maintain the pinnacle of success.

But you have to choose from whom you can take experience, because not every expert can provide you with what motivates you to succeed. Some of the negative experiences reported by some experts may reduce your determination to achieve goals.

Always listen to the advice of those who look at life with a realistic and balanced perspective, not always optimistic or always pessimistic, as both are harmful to those who are at the beginning of achieving their dreams and goals.

But you must follow the advice of the expert in life matters, and at the same time motivate yourself to go through new experiences and adventures, and take advantage of these tips by avoiding what can harm you and seizing every opportunity that may help you progress.

And if you do not find people with these characteristics in the environment around you, you can use technology through famous sites on the Internet.

These sites are based on presenting the experiences of experts and inspiring personalities that may help you acquire habits and advice that guide you on the right path in order to achieve goals.

5. Maintain a healthy life

The always successful in his life, and you will find him following healthy habits in a large percentage, you will not find a successful, continuous, and brilliant person in his success while he is negligent in his health. Most of these people achieve success in one part of their lives, and they cannot enjoy this success for the rest of life.

You have to eat a healthy diet and avoid fast or fatty foods, not only to get a fit body and avoid obesity, but also in order to have an energetic, light-moving body, and a clear mind with a high concentration far from distraction and lethargy.

Do exercise continuously, whether with light exercises on a daily basis or doing a sport that you love on a weekly basis.

Sport not only helps to get good health but also helps you to renew your activity and mood, which makes you always ready for life, wanting to achieve success, and excited to achieve goals.

Maintain a good system for early sleeping and early waking, and stay away from staying up late as much as possible. Sleep is one of the things that give you strength and the ability to focus greatly, and it also stimulates your brain cells to think well and orderly, and of course, all of this is very necessary to achieve goals.

Conclusion

Finally, dear reader, you should know very well that we have presented this article to you, not in order to list for you steps to follow to achieve a specific goal and then stop doing it.

But we hope that these steps will become habits in your life, as they are not memorized steps, but rather important traits that you will find in every successful person who pursues his dreams and has the ability to achieve goals.