[NEW YEAR 2021]: The Importance of Passion in Goal Setting

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By Sally Wu

Everyday you must set aside the time and dedicate yourself to meeting your goals.

By doing so, you would realize the difference it can make in your life. Passion in goal setting comes with setting your goals with no limiting beliefs and without a sense of victimhood or any doubt.

Competent leaders are the best at finding their passion and being committed to accomplishing their goals.

In other words, successful leaders understand the importance of passion in goals setting. As such, they are driven by passion and work towards achieving their goals. Same goes for small teams and enterprises.

Here Are 8 Ways to Turn Passion into Success

Organizations seeking to enhance their leadership or sales performance would need to pay close attention to how they set their goals.

By setting their goals based upon passion, not monetary gain, there is a much higher chance that they will achieve their goals and in turn make profits.

1. Define the Challenge

One of the biggest mistakes that people make when it comes to goals setting is not identifying the challenges that will face them in the journey to achieving their goals.

There are three characteristics that define challenges that you should identify when setting your goals. They are challenges based on personal growth, obstacles that impact your results, and obstacles that are associated with resources.

Each of the three challenges has its own set of characteristics that needs to be factored in when defining the challenges that you will face when setting your goals.

2. Who Will Hear You?

People will be the source of your motivation if your goals are set for others instead of self. If your goals are to improve your startup’s sales performance, will the person who receives your product or service really want to hear about your passion for their business?

To achieve your goals, you will need to network, share your goals with your employees, and share your passion with them.

You need to speak your mind and engage your co-workers by doing something fun that promotes your sales goals.

3. What Will Produce the Results?

Although it is essential that you set your goals based on passion, it is equally important that you understand the difference between objective and subjective goal setting. An objective goal is something that is measurable. In the same way, a subjective goal is something that is deeply rooted in your passions and personal growth.

Take, for example, a job seeker whose goal is to gain employment and earn more income. While you are setting your goal, you need to determine whether or not you need to use the typical objective system or whether you should use the subjective system.

In general, the objective system is based on the requirements of the job market. Therefore, if the job market has a requirement of six months of experience and you have six months of experience, it means that you can meet that objective.

This would eliminate the need for you to focus on your skills and experience because you would meet the requirement. However, the subjective system would require you to understand your unique value to the company. In this case, if you are an expert in social media, you may be required to have an internship. In addition, the question of whether or not you can work for the organization because of the passionate nature of your passion could be an issue.

4. Establish your Passion

Being passionate about something is one of the keys to achieving goals. You will need to establish your passion for your goal setting process. You do not want to get to the point of setting your goals just to meet the objective needs of the business.

Furthermore, you want to be passionate about achieving your goals. The most effective leaders have passion for their passion. When you are passionate about achieving your goals, you will be driven to reach them no matter how difficult they are.

5. Do Not Ask Yourself the Same Questions Twice

One of the keys to achieving goals is to have a plan when it comes to setting your goals. When you have a plan, you will avoid making the same mistakes that you made when setting your goals last time. The best plan is a plan that is action oriented. It is important to follow through on the plan that you have established.

According to Jeff Bezos, “If you don’t have a plan, you’ll end up chasing your tail.”

6. Measure Your Results

The most effective method that you can use to measure your goals is to use the word “scorecard.” If you want to improve your sales performance, use a scoring system such as a sales rating or a customer score.

As a simple example, if your goal is to increase your sales, then make a list of 10 categories that you will measure. For example, if you are an online sales specialist, your 10 categories of sales include: A. link interest score B. social media score C. website score D. product price F. product promotion score G. gross sales score H. revenue promotion score I. stay on track to conversion H. customer satisfaction score and overall satisfaction score.

Once you have decided on the 10 categories that you will be measuring and based on your score, you will know whether or not you are on track to achieving your goal. Therefore, if your score is high, then you can increase the steps that you will be taking to achieve your goal.

7. Utilize the Right Tools

Another key that you need to consider when setting goals is whether or not you will be using the right tools to measure your results. As a final example, if you want to increase the number of customers that you are converting, you will need to use the right conversion tools to measure your goal.

If you choose to use Google Analytics or a similar conversion tool, then it will tell you whether or not you are meeting your goal. However, if you chose to use a manual conversion tool, then you will need to manually check if you are meeting your goals.

8. Consider the Impact on People

It is important to consider the impact of setting your goals on the people that you know. For example, if you want to increase your profits, it is possible that some people that you know will lose their jobs. Therefore, it is important to consider this situation before you set your goals because if your goal causes the loss of employment, then you may be better off not setting the goals in the first place.

9. Establish an Action Plan

The final step that you need to consider is to set an action plan that will guide you through the goals that you have set. When you set your goals, you will need to create an action plan that will guide you through your goals.

In addition to this, you will need to set action plans to achieve your goals. For example, if you want to increase your profits, you will need to set goals and then determine how you are going to achieve these goals. Therefore, you will need to set an action plan for each of your goals.