Every entrepreneur has goals. In fact having goals and keeping them is the number one tip successful entrepreneur’s offer to their budding competition. If you find yourself spinning your wheels not knowing what to do next you might need to get your act together and get goal oriented. Of course, your goals are useless if you fall under two categories, 1. You are a negative thinker, and 2. If after you accomplish your goal you never set another one for yourself. To help you out in this department I am listing 5 tips to stay goal oriented in your business.

1. Stick to the rule of 3’s

Don’t impose more than 3 goals onto yourself over the course of 12 months. If you lay out 5,6, or 10 goals you want to complete in a short amount of time you will get overwhelmed and likely burnt out. You don’t want that. Sit down and write out 3 very important goals for yourself that are attainable but not easy. This will give you motivation to complete them without feeling like you have taken on too much.

2. Keep track of where you’ve been and where you are going

It is vital to stick with your goal schedule and making it your priority. Analyze where you currently are and where you would like to be on your journey to completing your goal in the next 3 months. Write it down and in 3 months compare what you’ve accomplished with what you thought you could accomplish. Doing so will allow you to have an outside perspective on your goals and whether or not you are prioritizing them correctly in your life.

3. Make yourself accountable to someone else

Tell your spouse, best friend, or co-worker about your goal and schedule monthly accountability sessions. This can be over the phone, online, or in person. Bring evidence of what you have done to work towards your goal to prove it to your accountability partner. This is a great way to keep your goals serious in your mind and to motive yourself to stay focused.

4. Be Positive

That’s right positive thinking is a vital component of being goal orientated and actually accomplishing what you’ve set out to do. Believe in yourself and don’t look at setbacks as impossible to overcome. Instead, know that you have the power to accomplish anything you can even if it doesn’t work out the first time around. Positive thinking will keep your mental and physical body open to new possibilities and opportunities.

5. Read success stories of those who stayed goal orientated

. YouTube is a smorgasbord of success stories of the rich and famous. Hearing all the things they had to overcome to get to where they are is a powerful motivating force to keep your focus on your goals and to never give up.



