If you look at the first few pages

If you look at the first few pages of my day planner, you’ll see that I have a goals section that I review on a daily basis. Each page has a separate goal split up into three sections. Section 1 shows a specific goal with a precise deadline. Section 2 is where I write why it’s an absolute must to achieve the goal. (Basically Section 2 shows your purpose for achieving the goal.) And then section 3 features the detailed action plan I created to make sure I get closer to achieving the goal every day.
Let’s talk about Section 1 first. What I want to make very clear is that you must be very specific in your goal. If you want to earn a full-time income, don’t say, “I’ll be
earning a full-time income by February 2nd,” say, “I will be earning $50,000.00 per year by
January 2nd, 2012 through my brand new internet marketing business.”
Now, realize that every time you read your goal you’re putting an imprint into your subconscious mind with that information, and your subconscious mind is the part of your brain that brings out the motivation, the ability, the creativity needed to
accomplish your goal. Your subconscious doesn’t interpret or assume what your
conscious mind knows to be true, so if you are vague with your goals, your results will also be vague. For all your subconscious knows based on that first goal example, you may be wanting to earn a full-time income at the poverty level in the year 2020 at your existing job. So if you want to create specific results, create very specific goals.
Section 2 is your true motivator behind the goal. Having a goal of earning a
full-time income is great, but to harness your true motivation you have to have a
purpose behind it that burns inside you. So let’s take the above goal as an example. Setting a goal of earning $50,000.00 a year might be fairly exciting for you, but if you dig a little deeper and figure out exactly why you want to be at that income level through your own business, you’ll experience an entirely new level of motivation.
Here’s just a couple of examples of creating a purpose
behind your goal: “I must achieve this goal because I refuse to miss out on seeing my children grow up by trading my life away for a job.” That’s a lot more motivating than just earning $50,000.00 a year.