Today you woke up in the morning and thought: Why haven't I achieved my dreams? Or: I want to reach this goal.
I'll start by telling you about a recipe that a very powerful wizard of antiquity passed down to his children, and they in turn passed it to their children's children. Although I am not a descendant of this great wizard, I had the fortune of having one of them share it with me.
First, you will need to write your dream on a piece of paper and try to be as specific and clear as possible. For example, if your dream is to buy a house, you will need to specify where the house will be, how big it will be, what color the exterior will be, how many rooms it will have, whether it has a patio, what color each room will be, etc. The important thing is to define the details that will tell you whether that dream has been fulfilled.
The second step requires setting a deadline for your dream to come true. The important thing is that this deadline must be realistic — because even though it's magic, it's not a miracle. Have you set a date? Great! You have just turned your dream into a goal. Of course, the dream is still not fulfilled — you'll need to follow the rest of the recipe.
The third step requires dividing your goal into smaller steps. Have you heard the phrase "Divide and conquer"? Exactly. The important thing is that each of these steps has the following characteristics:
- A beginning and an end.
- A specific date and condition so you can know when it is accomplished.
- An order — which step will you take first and why?
- Clear dependencies — does step B depend on step A being completed?
- A specification of what you need at the beginning.
- A specification of what you will have at the end.
Do you have the steps? Fabulous! We're almost done. Now comes the last and most important of all the steps — so important that the entire recipe depends on it. As a spoiler: you now have something called a PLAN.
The fourth step is essential: back each step described above with discipline, and most importantly, with actions. Actions will determine whether your dream becomes reality or not. To do this, it is important that at the beginning and end of each step you ask yourself: What do I have? What do I need? How can I get what I need? Then readjust your strategy or steps to the reality of that moment.
Warnings:
Circumstances can change, so you will have to adapt at each step — but never lose sight of your dream.
Not everything will be perfect, and sometimes it won't go the way you wanted, but if you can, be tolerant of this. Sometimes you want color Blue #385e9d and you get #2b85cd — but remember that everything can be improved.
You can use something called SMART Objectives. Don't know what they are? Click here.
This recipe is extremely exclusive, so if you intend to share it, do so only with that special person or someone you truly know will use it.