From Goal Setting to Goal Achieving – What’s Your Style?

We all know the importance of goal setting. Goals give you a purpose, a direction. They can also give you a filter, a way to say “no” to things that will distract you from achieving those goals. Because the whole point of setting goals in the first place is to achieve something, I’d rather talk about goal achieving.

Probably the most common advice I’ve heard on making your goals a reality is to write them down. And, write them down every day. For some people this works great. However, it never seemed to do anything for me. Then, I heard another way to approach it – visualization. Now, that worked for me. As a matter of fact, it’s what I’d always done. I just knew if I could see it, I could make it happen.

I got to thinking about the difference and realized this coincided with a common adult learning approach. People usually have a predominate style of learning – kinesthetic, auditory, or visual. What I realized is that since I’m a very visual person, visualization worked wonders for me. I am not at all kinesthetic so the act of writing things down never did connect. I’m also somewhat auditory so I use relaxation and affirmation tapes at night when I go to sleep.

There are lots of ways to use these styles in helping you achieve your goals. If you’re visual like me, visualization is great.

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