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How to set realistic goals

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Congrats! You've decided to set some goals. Now's the time to figure out how to make them happen. This is especially important if you're like me and tend towards setting unrealistic goals that are difficult or impossible to achieve—I'm looking at you, trying-to-read-all-the-books-I've-ever-wanted goal. The good news is that there's no one way to set and meet your goals; there are many ways, but we're going with a simple one: small steps + timeline = success. The key here is to focus on small steps along with realistic timelines for when those steps will be completed.

Don't overcommit


Don't set goals that are too ambitious, far away, vague or rigid. For example, if you want to increase your sales revenue by 50 percent next year, don’t commit to doing it in just three months by tripling your current monthly revenue at the same time—which would be impossible. Instead consider setting realistic milestones along the way: increasing revenue by 25 percent this quarter and another 25 percent next quarter until you reach 50 percent total growth over a year.*

Start with the basics


The first step to setting realistic goals is to start with the basics. If you focus on the small stuff, you'll be sidetracked from your larger goal. You can always work on more advanced skills later.

If you can’t do the basics of something well, it’s unlikely that you will be able to master the more advanced skills needed to move forward in your career. So my advice is: don't worry about it until after you have mastered those basics!

Set habits, not goals


The first step is to identify your habits. Habits are easier to stick to and more sustainable, so they will help you reach your goals faster. They can also be less stressful and easier to measure, which means you can adjust them as needed without feeling like you're starting from scratch every time you slip up.

If this sounds like a surefire way for success, why don't we all do it? Because habits are hard! They require us not only to change our behavior but also our thinking; in order for a habit to take hold, we need new cognitive patterns that make it easy (or at least not difficult) for us to adopt our desired behavior without thinking about it.

This means setting realistic expectations when creating habits: don't expect yourself or anyone else who's attempting something new with their life right now—even if they've already been doing something similar before—to suddenly become experts overnight just because they've started working toward their goal! This also means making sure there are no big gaps between what someone knows now versus what they'll need later on down the road; if there aren't any big gaps between where someone starts and where they end up once they get better at whatever skill(s), then it's likely going very slowly indeed since most people have trouble changing quickly unless there's some kind of external motivation present for doing so--and even then sometimes those changes aren't permanent!

Make your goals actionable

  • Make your goals actionable.
  • Define the tasks that need to be done to achieve your goal. Then, break down these tasks into smaller, more manageable steps.
  • Ensure that each task is realistic and achievable for you; if you're not sure how much time or money it will take to complete a task, add an estimate of your time and/or cost.
  • Use a calendar or to-do list as a tool for monitoring progress on each task through completion of the entire project (and beyond).

Keep your expectations realistic

  • Be realistic about what you can achieve. Setting goals that are too high or too low will make you feel like a failure when you don't reach them, and it's not fun to be met with disappointment all the time.
  • Don't set goals that are unrealistic or impossible to achieve, because then it'll take forever for them to become a reality and it'll just feel like a waste of time anyway!
  • Also don't set goals that are easy because there's no challenge in doing something if it doesn't take any effort at all; instead, find ways to make things as challenging as possible so they're more interesting!

Don't set goals that aren't up to you

  • Don't set goals that aren't up to you.
  • Set goals that are within your control.
  • Don’t set goals that require other people to change their behavior. For example, if you want your team to work on a problem solving project and they don’t seem enthusiastic, it might be because they feel like they were forced into the project, or they don’t see the point of working on it in the first place (and therefore won’t put much effort into it). If so, then this is a sign that you should reconsider how important this goal really is for your success and happiness as an employee/team member at this particular company/startup/non-profit organization/etc., since these factors matter more than any task itself does in terms of driving motivation among everyone involved.

Setting small, realistic steps with a timeline can help you reach larger goals


Setting realistic goals is an important part of achieving success. To achieve your goals, you need to set them realistically and give yourself time to reach them.

  • Don't set unrealistic goals. For example, if you want to be a millionaire by the age of 30, that's not going to happen without some luck and a lot of hard work (and maybe some insider trading). You are more likely to succeed in reaching a goal if it's achievable within 5-10 years rather than setting yourself up for failure by trying to accomplish something unattainable in such a short amount of time.
  • Make sure your goal is actionable. A goal does not have any action unless there is something tangible about it—a specific task or milestone that needs completion before moving on from this stage of your goal setting process. If all you're doing is dreaming about what could happen down the road without actually doing anything then chances are good that nothing will ever change! This can lead further down into depression because there was no effort put forth yet still no results achieved - meaning nothing happened at all!


Setting realistic goals can be a great way to keep yourself motivated and on track. By focusing on small steps and learning from your mistakes as you go, you'll find that it's easy to stay focused on what really matters in life. So instead of trying to change everything overnight, why not focus on one thing at a time? That way you won't get overwhelmed or frustrated with yourself if things don't go exactly according to plan (which they won't).

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Taylor Symmank

Meet Taylor -- Taylor is a retired NFL athlete that has been featured in major media outlets including Sirius XM Radio, ESPN, FOX Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report, Dallas Morning News, New York Post, Washington Times, and Sports Illustrated. He has spent time with some of the world's top performers in sports and in business. He aims at helping others break through what is keeping them stuck, so they can become winners in every area of their life. He has also been working with Ryan Stewman side by side for some time now and has been helping individuals continually level up their life.
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