What Are The Benefits Of Goal Setting?

What Are The Benefits Of Goal Setting? The benefits of goal setting only work when you figure out what you want and then set a time frame for getting it.

That may sound like a very simplified definition, but in reality, I feel many people overthink goal setting.

I have always been a believer in the FAB method of selling. This is where you sell something based on features, advantages, and benefits.

You can take a similar approach to goal setting. Although your goals may not have features, there certainly are advantages and benefits that come with setting goals and working through the process of achieving the goals you set.

What I want to do in this article is to answer the question what are the benefits of goal setting?

Let’s break it down so you get some clear advantages that can come to anyone who is thinking about goal setting, but not sure if it’s worth the effort.

8 Benefits Of Goal Setting

1. Why do you want to set a goal? You may think of this as the purpose of setting your goal.

Goal setting works very well when you have a purpose or end result in mind. This is something you want to be crystal clear on.

For example, it is easy to apply the purpose in your goals to your online business. You are going to set an income goal with a date for achieving it.

2. Puts you in control. Have you ever felt like you were just aimlessly working your Internet business?

You don’t feel in control when you sit down and work every day without goals in mind. Goals are like having paddles on a rowboat.

Without them, you would be floating down the river with no control over where you end up. With them, you can steer your ship and avoid obstacles that come up in your way.

3. Focus. Another great benefit of goal setting for students is that it helps you develop a crystal-clear focus on what you’re trying to achieve.

People without goals tend to go off on tangents that are not related to their particular objective. I see this all the time when people are attempting to use social media to build their online business.

They waste a lot of time every day hanging out on social sites such as Facebook, or maybe just surfing the Internet. Focus helps you answer the question of whether what you’re doing at that given moment is helping you achieve the goal you set.

4. Stay motivated. It’s easy when you first start an online business to be excited about what you’re doing.

However, once the excitement wears off you find that building an online business takes hard work.

If you’re not making money you can begin to lose your motivation.

One of the benefits of goal setting in the workplace is it helps you stay motivated. When you have goals written down and are reading them every day, you will continue to stay excited about working towards those objectives.

I like to think of motivation as the gas in a car. It is what fuels you in your efforts to achieve your goals.

5. The power of the subconscious mind. I cannot overstate how important it is to read your goals and begin to ingrain them into your subconscious mind.

You will achieve your goals quicker when your subconscious mind is working with you instead of against you. This is a little hard to explain, but read Napoleon Hill’s book “Think And Grow Rich” and be prepared to see amazing results.

6. You will manage your time better. I think time management, or wasting time, is one of the biggest challenges that Internet marketers face.

A definite benefit of goal-setting is how you become better at using the time you have towards achieving your goals. One way to do this is to use a daily to-do list.

Write down things you want to accomplish every day and check them off as you complete them. Not only does your time management improve, but it’s very liberating and motivating to see results happening in real-time.

7. Positive thinking. Years ago Norman Vincent Peale wrote a book titled “The Power Of Positive Thinking” which is still a great read today.

Goal setting helps you stay active for some reasons. All of the things we’ve listed so far in this article will happen faster when you stay positive.

However, it’s easier to stay active when you’re doing all the things we’ve listed so far as well. You are more likely to be driven towards success when you have a positive attitude as opposed to being sidetracked with negative thoughts.

8. Action plan. I like to think of goals as an action plan or a blueprint.

Initially, you may have trouble establishing your goals, but the great thing about an action plan is how you can adjust to what needs to be done. The same thing is true with goal setting.

There’s an excellent little book called “It Works” that is very simple to follow. You can download It Works and then watch the short video below as you follow along reading it.

My Final Thoughts 

Let me summarize this article by saying that it takes faith to believe you’re going to hit your goals. Napoleon Hill says in his book “Think and Grow Rich” that anything the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve. Goal setting is a big part of this!

I believe is important to find a community that you can work with on a consistent basis to help you reach your goals and beyond. I am part of a community that is doing just that. I am working with experts and ordinary people who are changing lives and we can do the same for you.