7 Steps to a Super 2017

By Erin Albert – www.erinalbert.com – @ErinLAlbert on Twitter

Step 1: Start with your 2016 goals.

-What % did you achieve?

-What did you miss?

-Did you not achieve more than 25% of your goals?

-If so, pare down the # of goals in 2017.

Step 2: Wordle yourself! www.wordle.net

-9 World Clouds other than Wordle: http://www.edudemic.com/9-word-cloud-generators-that-arent-wordle/

-I used Tagul: https://tagul.com

STEP 3: Read the book, Designing Your Life by Burnett and Evans

-Tests in the book to try:

-Mind Mapping

-The 5 Year Scenarios Test

-A day in the life test

STEP 4: Go through the workbook, Your Best Year 2017

-This is a HARDCORE workbook – there’s a lot of work here!

STEP 5: Understand your feelings and energy around setting your goals and your 2017:

-Read The Desire Map

-Read Change Your Aura, Change Your Life

STEP 6: Write down your goals for 2017!

-Harvard study on writing down goals: http://elitedaily.com/money/writing-down-your-goals/1068863/

-Put your goals in buckets or major categories, then no more than 3 SMART goals in each bucket

-Limit your goals to ONE piece of paper – focus.

-How to write SMART goals: http://www.cognology.com.au/learning_center/howtowritesmartobj/

STEP 7: Put your 2017 written goals IN YOUR FACE.

            -Put them up in your bathroom

-Put them in something you carry around with you

-I use my Moleskine

-If you like putting them in your smartphone, use Evernote, or Wunderlist

-Find a goal accountability buddy