Write Down Your Goals
Luckily there is a major opportunity to put this right. Having been through the goal-setting visualization exercises you now need to write them down. And while writing them down is an opportunity to re-evaluate your goals and ensure they make sense – that the one year is connected to the two-year and so on up to the 10-year summit – they are also an opportunity to adopt the right tone and language.
This is not rocket science. For instance, you should write the goals in present-tense language. Lindsey Agness (2008) states that we should behave as if we are already there – that our goals have already been achieved – which also holds true for the language we use when writing our goals. For instance, if we make the journey as ...
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