Goal setting can help you become the person you want to be and achieve the things in life you most desire. Wishful thinking alone won’t make it happen. You’ll need a framework that will inspire you to write your goals down and then follow through with the action steps necessary for accomplishment. SheCapital's Goals Cheat Sheet contains a resource guide which contains 24 pages of goal tips to get you moving in the right direction: - Motivational Quotes on Goals - The Ten Most Important Points about Goals - The Five Types of Goals - The Five Criteria of Goals - Goals Resources - Goals Cheat Sheet Template PDF Visit www.shecapital.com/goalscheatsheet for direct download links.

1. Goals
Cheat Sheet
for the
uninspired

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92% of New Year’s Goals fail by January 15.
Q: how can we succeed and be part of the 8%?
A: By writing them down and making them smart.

3. Motivational quotes
on goals

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Motivational Quotes
“A dream becomes a goal when action is
taken toward its achievement.”
— Bo Bennett
“Many people fail in life, not for lack of
ability or brains or even courage but
simply because they have never organized
their energies around a goal.”
— Elbert Hubbard
“If a goal is worth having, it’s
worth blocking out the time in your day-
to-day life necessary to achieve it.”
— Jill Koenig
“Goals are dreams with deadlines.”
— Diana Scharf
“If you’re bored with life — you don’t get up
every morning with a burning desire to do
things — you don’t have enough goals.”
— Lou Holtz

5. The Ten Most
Important Points
About Goals

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You are 42 percent more likely to
achieve your goals just by
writing them down.
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More Facts about Goals
Gaols must be based on what
one really wants out of life and
on one’s true capabilities.
Goals that are both specific
and difficult lead to the highest
performance.
The more difficult the goal, the
greater the achievement.
High commitment to goals is
attained when the individual is
convinced that the goal is
important and the individual is
convinced that the goal is
attainable.
Goals stimulate planning in
general. Often the planning
quality is higher than that
which occurs without goals.
Goal setting is more effective
when there is feedback
showing progress in relation to
the goal.

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Goals increase the ability to
concentrate when necessary, delay
gratification, and follow instructions.

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The World’s Most Successful People Agree
That what you get by achieving
your goal is not as important to
what you become in the process.

10. 1,500
Goals 'held' in the mind are more likely to be jumbled up
with the other 1500 thoughts per minute that the average
human being experiences.

11. Types of Goals

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1. Personal 2. Family & Relationships 3. Financial
Lose weight…write a book…go back to school…plan a family vacation…sign up for cooking
classes…learn a foreign language…start an emergency fund…save for college…open a Roth
IRA…pay off credit cards…go to be earlier…read more books…travel to Europe…join a
club…start yoga…meditate daily…eat more fruits and vegetables

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4. Professional Development & Career
5. Health & Energy

14. Goals Must Meet
Five Criteria

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Goals must meet these five SMART criteria
1. Specific – Define exactly what you wish to accomplish.
2. Measurable – Use numbers to quantify the outcome.
3. Actionable – Start goals with an action verb.
4. Realistic – Set goals that workable but still out of your comfort zone.
5. Timely – Every goal ends with a time-frame for its achievement.

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SMART Financial Goal Example
SMART
“Save $1500 pre-tax each month ($18,000/yr) into my
401(k) retirement account by December 31, 2016.”
NOT SMART
“I want to have more money for retirement.”

17. but that’s not
good enough

18. “When I rediscovered my why, I found my way.”
~ Michael Hyatt

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You need to identify the why?
Financial
SMART Goal
“Save $1500
pre-tax each
month
($18,000/yr)
into my 401(k)
retirement
account by
December 31,
2016.”
• I want to retire comfortably and enjoy the
same lifestyle I am accustomed to.
• I want to be self-reliant in retirement and
capable of taking care of my own needs.
• I want to have an extra cushion of safety in
my latter years.
• I want to have the freedom to travel and
explore new opportunities.
• I want to build a successful future.
• I want to maintain active health and leisure.
• I want to still be able to give.

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goals cheat sheet
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21. why? so you can write it down.
You are 42 percent more likely to achieve
your goals just by writing them down.
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22. thanks!
Questions? You can find me at
@tinacpowell @shecapital
https://www.facebook.com/shecapital/
tina.powell@shecapital.com

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