Mission and Long Term Goals

Now we are starting to get more specific. You are now going to attempt to translate your vision into long term goals. Later on I will show you how to write a properly worded goal, which will ensure you achieve it.
These goals will take more than a year to achieve. Think about what you want to achieve in the next five years.
The goals could be facilitating goals, which are like building blocks, for you to reach your vision. For instance, your vision may be to retire early. It may be to travel the world, having sold your successful business for a packet. A good long-term goal would be therefore to sell your own successful business in 5 to 10 years’ time. To be even more specific you could say for £20 million.

Balance

As I suggested before, this method will ensure you have balance in your life. This is why I suggest that you have at least one goal in each life area. I will talk more about the life areas later on in this chapter.
Again, print off your mission and long term goals and put them in a section of your Success Manual called Mission and Long Term Goals.
If you would like a ready made template for your Mission and Long Term Goals, email me and I will send you one out. My email address is at the end of the book.

Annual Goals

Next, we are going to break down your long-term goals into annual goals. Ideally, you would perform this exercise at the year-end, so that you have a full year ahead. If not I would give yourself at least six months.
If it is July or later for you now, draft your annual goals for completion by the end of the following year. For example if its July 2018, then your annual goals will be for completion by the end of 2019. You will be doing this exercise at the end of every year from now, so you will soon get into sync.
On your annual goals list, you will also add any other things you want to achieve, by the end of the year. These goals might not be linked to long-term goals, but they are still things you want to achieve in a year.
Again, if you would like a ready made template for your Annual Goals, contact  me and I will send you one out.