If you’re like the majority of the population, you probably have made a New Year’s resolution. I know I have, as I do every year.
What if I told you that by doing just this one thing, you could increase your chances of keeping your resolution by 80%. Would you believe me? Well, it’s true.
Most of us fail to do the one thing that is critical to reaching our goals. What is it you ask? Answer: Writing down your goals along with a plan to accomplish them.
Those who put goals in writing are 80% more successful than those who don’t. A famous study conducted by Harvard Business School involving MBA students from the class of 1979 proved it. In the study, as sited in the book, What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School, by Mark H. McCormack, the graduates were asked 3 questions around goals. They were as follows:
- Have you set goals?
- Have you written them down?
- Do you have a plan to accomplish them?
The researched revealed that only 3% of the Harvard class had written goals and a plan to accomplish them, 13% had goals but didn’t put them in writing, and 84% had no specific goals at all. When the graduates were resurveyed 10 years later, the difference the graduates’ success was staggering.
The 3% whom had written goals with a plan to accomplish them, earned 10 times as much as the others combined!
The moral of the story: Put your goals in writing along with a plan to accomplish them. This one step could get you on to the road to success.
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Many people think just having a goal is the answer. Try taking the step to write it down and add a plan. Be sure to review your goal and progress. Soon you will be on the road to success.
I am on a quest to figure out what I really want. It’s a journey and although I get frustrated because I want this yesterday,
I’m learning patience with myself. Along the way, I am learning.