by E.M.Robinson

Created on: June 11, 2008

You can reach the goals of your life by zeroing in on what is most important to you and by taking steps each day to move closer to the goals you set for yourself. We get to a certain point in life when we feel the need to sort through the clutter of our lives and to pick out what is really important.

Instead of scattering our efforts to the four winds, we want to see the fruits of our labor. Setting goals and determining a path up to our goals isn't easy, but it is the foundation of being happy and productive

Here are some tips to help you determine the most important areas to apply your efforts and to take positive steps toward achieving what is most important to you:

1. Work at identifying your priorities. Writing them down is part of the commitment.

2. Evaluate how you make decisions. Perhaps it is your decision making process that needs an overhaul at this current stage of your life. Re-approaching with an attitude toward making better decisions can transform your life.

3. Differentiate between the areas of your life that you have control of and the areas you have little or no control of. Factor that reality into how you go about responding to your mistakes.

4. Consider how you communicate with the significant people in your life. Is there something you can do differently in your communication style to enable you to reach your goals with these important people in the picture? That is an area that can work wonders for you.

5. Take action on your life so that you can like yourself. Do good deeds, help others, keep your commitments, and show the people who care about that they are important to you. Staying up to date with these areas of your life will enable you to like yourself. You will want to keep that feeling going.

6. Read books by respected authorities on the topics that are your areas of need: personal finance, relationships, job hunting, raising children, etc.
Take time for yourself so that you can reflect on these concepts and benefit from your reading and time for though.

7. Praise yourself for good decisions. If you are learning from your mistakes, you will be taking pleasure or pride in that ability.

8. Explore resources of one-on-one help from trained professionals.

9. Work on accepting praise and compliments gracefully. This comfortable handling of success can spill over into how you can handle criticism and conflict.

10. Don't dwell on mistakes. Take specific note of what you could have done differently and then move on.

11. Think ahead to the kinds of decisions

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