Making Goals into Habits

Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk."

- J.C. Penny

I like this quote, it not only shows that in order to become a great person, you must have goals, but also people with goals are the ones who become people who make history. And that is what I want for me, to become a person who makes history, well that requires making goals, and those goals must become our habits. Well here are my goals for 2011 that I want to turn into my habits . . . mostly, a lot of them are also just goals that will happen to change my life for the better, helping me to become what I want in the process. Just enjoy what I have written down!

Fitness Goals

• Finish the complete P90X exercise program one more time.
• Start a new workout program after P90X. (Possibly intensity)
• The idea behind all this is to just to continue as I have been at having a great fitness habit for my life.

Nutrition Goals

• Read at least two books on basics on nutrition.
• Learn to cook at least one new meal a week.
• Develop a favorite recipes book.
• Limit eating out to special occasions (yes ladies, that includes dates).
• Plan out my meals throughout the day to avoid eating out.

Financial Goals

• Reach designated amount in my savings account and keep it there (I'm not telling you how little money I have!).
• Contribute set amount to my retirement fund each month.

Social Goals

• Remember names much better than I currently do.
• Write them down.
• Say person's name three times in a short conversation that I have with the person.
• Remember at least one thing about the person that is unique to them that I can bring up next time I see them (hobbies, current personal events, etc).
• Rather than jump around a room like I usually do, stick to longer conversations with people.
• Certain dating goals - Those are a little more personal for me :)

Career Goals (This year I am getting much closer to setting life-altering career decisions, so they must be some pretty good goals for this year).

• Do everything possible to get a summer internship of my choice.
• Study for the GMAT to get in the 700+ range.
• Saturday is study day!
• Plus 2 hours per day until I take the test.
• Discover what would be great positions for me in my career
• List hard and weak skills to develop and focus on one at a time until I am fairly good at it, then move on to the next skill on the list.

Spanish Goals

• Practice with friends daily
• Perfect Spanish pronunciation.
• Learn one word a day.

Church/Spiritual Goals

• Weekly temple attendance.
• Memorize all scripture mastery scriptures.
• Reread entire Standard Works.
• Gratitude journal.

Studying Goals

• Review notes soon after lectures.
• Weekly note reviews to keep information fresh.
• Take notes as I read my books to better remember what I am reading.
• Memorize the terms as I learn the chapter, not a day before the test.

And there are a lot of my goals that I want to make into habits, of course I plan to continue to become awesome as I go along!