Goals - Learning the Two Totally Different Types in Order to Dramatically Increase Your Success
The two different goal types are: input and output.
Input goals record the work you need to do.
Examples would be:...
practice three times a week...
study every night...
rake the leaves...
do 20 sit-ups every morning.
On the other hand, output goals record the results you wish to attain.
Examples would be:...
get my black belt in Karate...
pass my exam...
have the most beautiful front lawn in the neighborhood...
weigh under 160 pounds.
Let's say you want to run a marathon.
The output way of writing the goal would be: "I will complete a marathon by September 30".
When you write that same goal from the input point of view it might be recorded like this: "I will jog a hundred miles in training in August".
Let's do a business example.
Let's say that you want to increase your business income and you've decided to do that through getting successful squeezes on your squeeze page after people read your articles online.
An output goal might be:...
"increase my database by 500 new prospects this month".
Input goals (to support exactly the same result) might be:...
"write 20 new articles to mount on an article-hosting website" or...
"learn how to write article titles better so more people will find my articles" or...
"learn how to write Resource Boxes better so that more people who read my articles will click on the link".
Both are completely valid.
You can choose either input or output, whatever works for you.
For some people, input goals work better because they can see the work they have to do to get the result.
For other people, output goals work best because they can visualize the end result and that inspires them.
Input goals record the work you need to do.
Examples would be:...
practice three times a week...
study every night...
rake the leaves...
do 20 sit-ups every morning.
On the other hand, output goals record the results you wish to attain.
Examples would be:...
get my black belt in Karate...
pass my exam...
have the most beautiful front lawn in the neighborhood...
weigh under 160 pounds.
Let's say you want to run a marathon.
The output way of writing the goal would be: "I will complete a marathon by September 30".
When you write that same goal from the input point of view it might be recorded like this: "I will jog a hundred miles in training in August".
Let's do a business example.
Let's say that you want to increase your business income and you've decided to do that through getting successful squeezes on your squeeze page after people read your articles online.
An output goal might be:...
"increase my database by 500 new prospects this month".
Input goals (to support exactly the same result) might be:...
"write 20 new articles to mount on an article-hosting website" or...
"learn how to write article titles better so more people will find my articles" or...
"learn how to write Resource Boxes better so that more people who read my articles will click on the link".
Both are completely valid.
You can choose either input or output, whatever works for you.
For some people, input goals work better because they can see the work they have to do to get the result.
For other people, output goals work best because they can visualize the end result and that inspires them.
