10 Steps to Getting What YOU Want:
Creating YOUR Reality

Step 1: Introduction to
Setting and Creating Goals

Goal setting encourages one to look at themselves more clearly to see where they are and what they want. This is truly helpful as it can help one see the many blessings in their life as well as what improvements would be appreciated.

The first step to change is acknowledging that there is something to change.

Then goal setting provides a toolset for you change and create the life YOU want.

I have found that putting 2 conditions on goals has really helped me:

1. The goal can not harm others. I feel that what comes around - goes around. As such, this feels like a good thing to avoid.
   
   
2. The goal helps others or the universe. Rather than saying: "I want to be rich", having a goal like: "Having time to be with family and serve in the community" or "Helping me give to friends and charity" or "Allow me to make the world more beautiful" are much better goals than simply making a goal of being rich.

I know many will disagree with me on these two points. However, usually, when one wants something (ie. riches), they really want it to achieve a specific goal (ie: learning to be a pilot or have more time with family). Making the goal to do something specific and verifiable is often a much better goal and is more likely to get you what you truly want.

In other words, money is a tool. What do you want the money to be used for? Then, base your goal on the desire. 

It is best to make goals for yourself. In addition, helping your minor children with setting goals is great.

Setting goals for another adult is highly NOT recommended. Goals set for another usually will not work and often backfire. One must make goals for himself/herself for them to work successfully. 

I goal set when I feel I need something changed in my life. This can be that I am unhappy in my job or I want to grow more quickly spiritually.

Some people find it useful to make goals before big events, such as marriage. Making goals for the marriage often makes the relationship stronger and more unified.

Others make goals daily, weekly, monthly and/or yearly. New year resolutions are simply goals for the new year. 

One can have any sort of goal. Common areas for goals include: health, financial, business, spiritual, relationship/family, and more. 

Goals that pursue your passion really work. That is because, often there is high (positive) emotion, desire, and strong images. Being able to picture a goal really does help it manifest.

Our experience has shown that having written goals, with dates, really helps the manifestation process. Adding a picture, desire and work really makes it happen. Use your imagination!

In Step 2, we delve deeper into how to decide on a goal.

Go to the next step: Deciding on What Goals to Set