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PLANNING IS A KEY PART OF WEALTH ATTRACTION – AND IT DOESN ’ T JUST APPLY TO GOAL-SETTING .
• Take a few deep breaths and open your eyes . Grab your pen and paper and write down all the action steps you envisioned yourself taking on the path to ultimate success . Don ’ t let your ego get involved ; instead , listen to your inner wisdom . See the chain of events as though it has already happened .
• Set goals around each of the action steps you identified . If the steps seem large or overwhelming , break them down into smaller steps that you can manage more easily .
• Now , assign timelines to your goals . Make them reasonable , so you don ’ t sabotage your own success with unrealistic expectations — but don ’ t space them too far apart , either . You want to create a sense of motion and progress .
THE AIM SMART
PLAN
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T stands for the acceptable minimum you are willing to do toward completing this goal . e “ A ” in the AIM gets you started , and it is better than doing nothing .
represents your ideal completion date of this first step . 70
stands for what is the middle or a realistic “ stretch goal ” that you can reach within a set time frame . When setting the realistic stretch goal , again the key is to make it time-oriented , so as to provide you both a measurable checkpoint , and also to provide you a sense of accomplishment toward reaching your goal .
stands for the specific step-by-step processes on how you will reach your goal .
stands for measurable checkpoints ( like your stretch goal ) which assist you to quantify you have completed a specific step .
stands for achievable steps in the plan you are constructing .
stands for reasonable expectations that what you are saying you are going to be able to do can be done at the current time .
stands for time — as in the specific dates and times by which you will complete each step in the process .
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