b"COMMIT TO SUCCESS Then, create a one-year plan, a six-month plan, and a one-month plan of progressively smaller goals that you need to achieve in order to arrive at your life goals. Each of the levels must be based on the previous plan and in an overall vision.Next, create a dailyto-dolist that you should do today to achieve your life goals.At an early stage, you are more modest goals might be to read books and gather information about achieving your higher-level goals. This will help you improve the quality and realism of your goal setting.Finally, review your plans and make sure they fit the way you want to live your life.3.Stay the course: once you've decided on your first set of goals, continue the process by reviewing and updating yourto-dolist daily.Periodicallyreviewlong-rangeplansandmodifythemtoreflectyour changing priorities and experience. A good way to do this is to schedule regular exams and record them in a diary for future reference.4.Intelligent goals: the following general guidelines will help you set effective and achievable goals:State each goal as a positive statement: express your goals in a positive way, for example,Do this skill wellis a much better goal thanDon't make that stupid mistake. Be precise: set specific goals, including dates, times, and amounts, so you can measure achievement. If you do, you will know exactly whenyouhavereachedthegoalandcanderivecomplete satisfaction from it.Setpriorities:whenyouhavemultiplegoals,giveeachonea priority. This helps you avoid feeling overwhelmed by too many goals and helps direct your attention to the most important ones.Write down the objectives: this crystallizes them and gives them more strength.Keep operational objectives by elements: keep reasonable goals that you are working towards one or a series of items that you know are achievable. If a goal is too big, it may seem as if you'reGermain Decelles201"