Goal formulation: SET A TIME-FRAME

Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. – God

 When are going to achieve your goal? You have to set a time-frame. A goal without a time frame is a wish – a complete joke.

So far in your goal achievement program you may have had a relatively good ride. You have captured a burden, sought God for direction, kept your goal to yourself (I hope you have), gotten ready for opportunities and defined the purpose to which you act. This is where it gets narrowed down.

Humans are creatures of defined timing. By this I mean that we do not act until there is a time-frame attached to our actions. Then the King, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me (Nehemiah), “How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?” … so I set a time”.  This happened when Nehemiah was preparing for his goal. He knew that he needed to have a time-frame for it to be accomplished. There is nothing like, “I will accomplish my goal at its set time.” That is simply stalling.

When you have a time-frame  it puts pressure on you to produce. If you take yourself seriously – and I hope you do – you would not want to fail. This means you will take your time-frame seriously and ensure that you accomplish your goals’ milestones (we will talk about this in the next article) in the time allotted.

A time-frame also creates focus. Focus in turn creates blindness. This means you will not see other things that may require a share of your attention and hence your time. Focused living is the crux of successful living and a time-frame affords you that opportunity.

Finally (in this article), a time-frame clears the way for you to break down your goal into smaller accomplishable milestones. This is very important to goal achievement.