Goal setting isn’t just about making a New Year’s Resolution that gets forgotten, or looking glumly back at the person you thought you would become. It’s about defining your desires. Creating a concrete vision of your passions and aspirations. Building and harnessing your ability to dream and achieve. It’s about creating a map to the person you want to become and the life you want to lead.

The first step to setting quality goals and building our map through infinite possibility into the future we want for ourselves as writers is to truly appreciate the place we are at right now. Measure the difference between where we are now and where we want to be. See the vast canyon between who you are today and the person you hope to become.

In a goal setting workshop we begin with a focus on right now. We look ahead in measurable increments, a month, six months, a year, three years, five years, ten years, twenty years into the future. Where do you want to be in twenty years? What do you want your to accomplish in with your writing? What can you begin to do today that will bring that aspiration into your life? How can you begin to manifest the future you desire right now?

Tony Robbins believes, “Thoughts are Things”. This is ultimately the Law of Attraction in it’s most basic form. I believe that setting goals empowers us. We can cast our dreams into the stars but we need to reflect on the laws of physics to reach them. We must become aware of what it will take to get where we want to go and begin taking action toward those goals. Break down every goal into individual, achievable parts. Develop a collection actionable tasks that, when acted upon, move you toward greatness every single day.

We’re going to do this together in a series of posts, A Goal Setting Workshop For Writers. We’ll begin by spending time on our wish-lists. Set aside time right now, later today, sometime tomorrow, or over the weekend to work with dedicated focus on the short exercises in this workshop. Take the phone off the hook and hang the “do not disturb” sign on the door. Demand time for yourself as you would if you were writing or include your family in your goal setting workshop. You can work together with others to achieve not only the goals you have for yourself but those of your loved ones. Give yourself this time to create your future, to shape the person you choose to be.

• Create Your Wish-list: Personal Development Goals
• Create Your Wish-list: Things Goals
• Create Your Wish-list: Economic Goals
• Your Goal Time-line: Start Now!
• Commit To Your Top Threes!
• Develop A Plan: Take Action NOW!

I’ve learnt a great deal from Tony’s “Get The Edge” collection and each month I revisit his Goal Setting Workshop which I’ll bring to you here. I honestly believe that the motivational speaking and audio presentations of Tony Robbins can change your life. They are an investment in your future.