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The Benefits of Making Long-Term Goals

There is more to a goal than setting it for yourself. This weekend, check out some tips on how to turn it into a plan and put it into action.

Some people have a clearly defined idea of where they would like to work as well as how they want to live and spend their time in the future. Others have hopes and dreams that are much more vague. Either way, these long-term goals have a high failure rate (up to 92%). Why? It’s one thing to set a goal, but another to nurture it and follow it through.

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This Saturday we recommend checking out this article on long-term goal making from Fast Company. Starting with seven strategies to get started and seventeen examples of goals you could set, this is a handy blueprint for reassessing what matters to you—both professionally and personally—and breaking it down so you can get closer to what you want, one day at a time.

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Mark Jewell

Mark Jewell

Mark Jewell is the President and co-founder of Selling Energy. He is a subject matter expert, coach, speaker and best-selling author focused on overcoming barriers to implementing projects. Mark teaches other professionals and organizations how to turbocharge their sales success.

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