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Goal setting is the key for this. Breaking down major tasks into more
manageable goals is important, yes. What is equally important for your
personal and business momentum, however, is to ensure there is always
another, bigger goal out there on the horizon. Keeping a list of your goals
is a great help, since looking back on what you aspired to two years ago
helps you focus on what you have achieved since then and on what remains
to be done. Setting goals without recognising your achievements en route
can turn the way to wealth into a treadmill.

Don’t fall into the rut of thinking that new goals simply means more of the
old goals. Try to think laterally about what you might achieve differently.
Don’t be bashful about thinking big and putting your wildest dreams onto
your list. If you are stuck for ideas about how wild your dreams should be,
then try brainstorming with co-workers and friends about just how high you
could all go. It doesn’t matter that the wild dream is too big a goal to go
for right now, just that it’s in the picture and you’re keeping that dream
alive.

You can work out steps to break down the dream into more easily digested
chunks as you go.

HERE’S AN IDEA FOR YOU…
Mentoring is an excellent way of maintaining momentum because it
freshens up your ideas with someone else’s fresh start, makes you think
about new problems in new ways, and increases your networking reach.
Think about signing up as a mentor yourself.