How do you plan to achieve your current goals? Have you made a list of your current goals? Do you know what your current goals are? So many of us are able to keep plates spinning in our minds where they take up brain space and energy to keep them there. I liken this to sticking a lot of pans on a four burner stove. If the kettles that are sharing a burner were fully over the fire, they’d l heat more evenly more quickly.  Your idea can only be completed if you light a fire under it and get it going! So how do you do that?

Write your goals down There’s an 85% chance that if you write it down and date it that your goal is much closer to being realized than by keeping it in your head. By writing them on paper, you have already taken them from the realm of imagination to reality.

If you want a pan of soup to get hot, you have to leave it on the heat source long enough to heat it. You can’t set a goal and reach them in the next moment. They require energy to nurture them and see them fulfilled. Likewise, pans on the stove without a heat source, are in a holding pattern.  The longer they’re left there the more likely the contents will begin to decay.

What does this mean for you?

If you’re like most people, you probably have a list of goals swirling around in your head. Using this uncontained filing system it’s too easy to lose track of goals.  The likelihood of accomplishing them is less because they are unprioritized. More pressing things will always present themselves. If it’s truly important, write it down.

By doing so, you’ve already started breathing life into them. Once you have a list, prioritize them by dating which you’d like to see completed first. I’ve completed an astonishing number of goals with this simple exercise.

Find a mentor or accountability buddy

In the writer’s group I led, everyone’s goal was getting published. From a core group of six all reached their goal. Recently, a member of my network desired to complete a book but she was stuck. With no writers in her immediate circle, she reached out to me. We met and discussed her book at length. By talking through the chapters and writing down ideas, she was able to create an outline of her book and get her first chapters started.

She wrote what she already knew and made significant progress. No small feat considering over 97% of people who begin books never finish. She informed me just this week that she had keyed in the last sentence and that it was time for her to acknowledge and celebrate a major milestone. She did it and so can you.

Are you writing a book? Do you need solid guidance, an industry insider to nudge you along? Maybe you’re one of the 97% who has a fantastic start, but just haven’t finished. Would you like access to creative help with your storyline or characters? Maybe you’d like to know if your idea would make a marketable literary property. Let’s have a conversation.

Connect with me and let’s talk about making dream become a reality. It’s a free 30-minute no-pressure meeting with no annoying follow up calls. Whenever you’re ready just schedule an appointment here. I look forward to meeting you.

Thanks for stopping by. If you know someone interested in writing a book, share this post. If your goal is to write a book on your own, and you want to just talk about writing, I’d love to be a sounding board. Until the next time!