Tips To Setting Career Goals

A career needs definite goals to turn them into a reality. To achieve your career goals, you need a lot of planning. You need to spend a lot of time and effort that brings results. Most of the people spend eight hours a day at their work and a few spend even more. They do it, in order to achieve their career goals. It’s important for all of us to set a goal in our life or we might get derailed and lost somewhere in our life. Below are a few tips that will help you to set your career goals for your future.

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Think Of Achievement
To set a career goal, you need to go to the last step and decide what you want to achieve first. It can be anything like, “I want to build my company” or “I want to be a fashion designer.” The next step is to set a short term goal and move smartly. You need to move ahead step by step and this will help you to know that you are on the right track. By moving slowly and steadily, you won’t be discouraged.

Be Realistic
Dream big, dream high, but be realistic in your thoughts. This is a very crucial step in setting your career goals. If you dream it, do it and show it to the world that you have achieved success. Don’t dream of things which you cannot achieve, be practical and work accordingly or else it will lead you to disappointment.

Set a Time Frame
To achieve your goals, you need to set a time frame. This will help you in keeping your life on track. You should set a time frame for your long and short term goals. Be specific with your goals and follow them with discipline. Stick to your goals no matter what difficulty comes and fight with them. Try to read them everyday so that a good amount of confidence is build up.

Know Your Abilities
Make sure that your dreams are consistent with your abilities. You should know your abilities before dreaming. Don’t dream impossible things if you are not ready to put the efforts. There are people who do crazy things out of their way but their success is equally proportional to their efforts. You can surely stretch yourself a little extra to achieve your dreams. But it should be within the limits so that you can enjoy your life to the fullest.

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  • Great post! Years ago I worked at a sales job where we really had no defined goals and it was really frustrating. It’s funny how goals can seem intimidating to us but when you step back and look at it, it’s just to guide you in what you’re doing. I found it so easy to just kind of drift through when there was no accountability. I now work at a job where I have weekly goals to meet, some seem impossible but every week my numbers keep growing closer to complete. And I’m forced to track everything I do which helps to determine what works.

    Really solid read, thanks again for sharing it!

  • Years ago I worked at a sales job where we really had no defined goals and it was really frustrating. It’s funny how goals can seem intimidating to us but when you step back and look at it, it’s just to guide you in what you’re doing. I found it so easy to just kind of drift through when there was no accountability. I now work at a job where I have weekly goals to meet, some seem impossible but every week my numbers keep growing closer to complete. And I’m forced to track everything I do which helps to determine what works.

    Really solid read, thanks again for sharing it!

  • I used to find myself working so hard but at the end of the week I wouldn’t have much to show for it. Having goals/target have helped me structure my work schedule better. Tracking my progress also helps me know if something I’m doing is working or if I need to switch plans.

    Your article has simplified what I’ve been trying to get a hang of. Thanks for sharing this.

    • Florence Lewis

      @Lanre Sonola, Your Always welcome!

  • Robin

    I have read your post and I really like all the information.Hard work is very important in life.And here given information very helpful all the people.

    • Florence Lewis

      Thank you very much Robin for your Valuable comment.

  • Robin

    Most Welcome Florence Lewis ,Can u tell me how to manage our any target works.If u have any blog ,so please share with me.