By now, you should have spent a good bit of your time figuring out what your Long Term Goals are. You should know where you want to be in 5 or 10 years. Now is the time to start setting smaller goals to get you to those larger Long Term Goals.

What do I mean?

If you just set and try to achieve those Long Term Goals without a plan, you will most likely fail. There are just too many things to get in the way of those dreams. If you don’t have a plan of action, a planned out route of how to get there, then the task of that Long Term Goal will be overwhelming.

Let’s create that road map. Pick one of your Long Term Goals. Now think about the goal. How might you be able to get there?

Since this is a roadmap, write down all the different ways you might be able to get to that long term goal. For most goals there are usually several ways to get to the same point.

• Let’s say you want to get out of debt.
  • You could get a second job
  • You could get a higher paying job
  • You could spend less than you earn
  • You could file bankruptcy
• Now, you could travel down several of these roads, even at the same time. But you need to figure out where the landmarks are on those roads.
  • Let’s say you want a second job
    1. You have to update your resume
    2. Choose employers to apply for
    3. Go fill out the applications / Provide your Resume
    4. Attend interviews (This one would be a different step for each interview)
    5. Wait for a response
    6. If no one offers you a position go back to step 2
  • You could also spend less than you earn
    1. Find out how much you spend
    2. Find out how much you earn
    3. Figure out where you can stop spending money
    4. Stop spending that money
    5. If that is not enough Sell your expensive car and buy a used car (or refinance the expensive car. This may be more cost effective. You’ll pay more in the long run, but your monthly payments will be less. Also, you may start to break down more often while you still have payments due).
    6. Move to a smaller house. Renting can be cheaper than owning. You will loose the equity you could have in owning a house, but the landlord is responsible for repairs and you can move out without worrying about selling.

These small steps are your short tem goals. These are the goals you should have to get to the long term goal. You can break the short tem goals down into even shorter term goals. This is where you plan out what you are going to accomplish everyday to achieve the next step on your roadmap.

Sometimes you need to have a dream. If you don’t have a dream, you won’t get very far in life, or at least you won’t feel like life is worth living. I believe that in most cases, people have more than one dream. Most people have several dreams. Usually people dream of a successful career and dream of finding that special someone and settling down and having a family. Some people have dreams about getting out of debt. Some have dreams to travel. Whatever the case may be, these dreams are (or should be) considered your Long Term Goals.

How Do You Set Your Long Term Goals?:

1. Get a Pen and Paper
2. WRITE THEM DOWN! Sit down and write down everything that you want to accomplish before you die. Don’t leave anything out. This could actually take a while and maybe several sheets of paper. As you think about them, keep adding to this list.
3. Weed out the impossible ones. Cross through the ones like “Be the first person to set foot on Mars.” Unless you actually are an astronaut and NASA is really planning to send a man to Mars in our lifetime; that is pretty much an impossible feat. If you don’t want to cross them out, at least move them to a different list called something like “If the Chance Ever Shows Itself” Those crazy dreams should not be dismissed, but rather put on the back burner for dreams that you can actually do something about.
4. Write a time period next to each of your long term goals. This time period should reflect when you hope to actually accomplish your goal.
5. Start writing your Short Term Goals for each of the long term goals. We will discuss Short Term Goals in the Next Episode.

Dare to Dream. You only have one life, so don’t put those dreams on hold just because life gets in the way. We will find a way to make those dreams come true.

Leave a comment. What are your Long Term Goals?

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This whole podcasting thing is a little harder than I originally thought it was going to be. I waited till Tuesday to do any of the work. I was sick most of the day on Monday and slept most of the day on Tuesday. Needless to say I didn’t get anything done. I am going to have to rethink how I am going to create these podcasts.

I wanted to wait ‘till the last minute to see if I got any emails or MP3 promos that I might be able to work into the podcast. I just let too much time slip by before I decided to try to record Episode #2.

My goals for the upcoming podcasts:

1. Record the segments as I have time, either in the car on the way home or at night when everyone else is sleeping.
2. Get 2 or 3 weeks ahead of schedule for posting the podcasts.
3. If I get feedback in the form of eMails or Promos, Post them in special editions in between the formal podcasts. If I start to get the eMails on a regular basis, I will be able to insert them into the Podcasts themselves.
4. Have Episode 2 recorded and uploaded by Sunday.

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My first podcast is really bad. That’s OK. You’ll forgive me right?

I said “um”way too much.

I forgot to give my contact information. You can email me at robert @ roberttgasperson . com

Please listen and leave a comment. I want to hear all the good, all the bad. At least, tell me you want to hear more.