Say Your Goals Out Loud

January 31, 2011 by Taylor Studios in Professional & Industry Tips

One creative way to achieve goals is to say them out loud. Broadcasting your goals to a broad audience may lead to connections you never knew you had. Additionally, verbalizing your goals will help you hold yourself accountable to achieving them. If you commit to them out loud, you may just put a little more effort into making them happen in order to save face in front of others. Saying them out loud can also be fun.

I have written several lists of things I want to do sometime in my life. One “to do” was a goal to ride a Thoroughbred around a real race track. I wasn’t working hard on achieving that goal, yet I did tell some people about it. My friend, Pete, knew this goal. While chatting with one of our vendors (Mark, of Fossil Graphics) at a tradeshow he mentioned my goal. It just so happened that Mark’s wife trained horses at Belmont Race track in NYC. Pete asked if she would let me ride at the park. She said, “yes.” Wow! Just by letting some people know of my goal, all of a sudden it happened. It is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.

I encourage you to create some life lists and to let people know what is on them. Have fun and dream big.

Here are few I would like to achieve:

What are your goals?