7 years from now it's going to be 2031 almost 2032 and if you're coming from the future Hello nice to have you here but for now though when this video is being made it's 2024 and you're either in the middle of your long-term goals at the end of your journey or you're just starting it how exciting but whatever stage you're at today keep watching okay because we're going to show you just how to set your goals for the next s years so that when you stumble upon this again you'll be amazed by how much you've
ticked off but by now you're probably wondering why 7 years well let's get into it because the first part of preparing for the next chapter is number one choose a time with significance you can choose your own timeline five 8 10 years whatever but it has to be something of significance it's got to be a number that sticks in your head for some reason we like seven it's a number that comes up in history culture religion and art time and time again it also gives you enough time to grow develop while you're still working towards
your goals but not so much that you feel like a completely different person by the time you've reached them and of course you'll have short medium and long-term goals but this one these seven years those are going to bring the big changes number two choose the compass that will guide you every Journey needs a map and since you're the only one who knows where you're going you have to create this map yourself or find one that you can personalize we've scoured the academic research to find the best map tools that you can personalize and it's
kind of crazy because we only found two tools that matched what we were looking for so the criteria was one the map should include all of the different areas of your life your relationships mental and physical health career and finance and two it should be adjustable so you can fill in where you are now with all of these things and where you'd like to be in seven years the first tool is a really popular coaching strategy for determining what you want to focus on it's called called The Wheel of Life it's pretty basic but that's
what makes it so effective now the second one okay guys I know we're biased but hear us out the alux app is truly the best personalized tool for your goals out there you start off with a survey that asks you questions about the different areas of your life and your answers to the survey are put into an algorithm that calculates which areas you're really good at which ones you need to work on and which ones you really need to focus on and then it creates a personalized 3month learning path for you filled in with different
lessons courses and action steps you can take you can also fill in your goals and it will follow your progress and there's so much more is it really that biased when the product is so genuinely epic we've got a little gift for you at the end of this video if you want to try it out yourself so stay tuned for that all right moving on to number three throw yourself into a motivating philosophy have you ever had that moment of realization when you hear a quote or read a message that makes all the cogs in
your your brain just click together like holy I'm not alone and this makes total sense these moments are huge motivators and you'll click and Spark every time you see or hear your motivating philosophy so you have to make it your mission to find one or many of them that gets you the most stick that philosophy on your bathroom mirror your kitchen fridge or your computer wherever you're going to see it daily and be reminded of what you're doing all of this for some of our favorites are Tony Robbins said where focus goes energy flows American
author John shed said a ship in Harbor is safe but that is not why ships are built orn he who has a y can live to Bear almost anyhow or will Durant who translated Aristotle's words we are what we repeatedly do Excellence then is not an act but a habit one impactful quote can remind you to Focus take chances have purpose and keep doing what you need to do find the quote or passage that resonates with you and it'll be like a teleportation device that takes you to your world of goals in a nanc number
four decide where you'll write everything maybe everywhere is best who knows where you're going to be 7 years from now new home New City new country things might get lost along the way so you need to be writing your goal Manifesto and summaries in multiple places write it in Google Docs and print it write the summaries on Post-it notes or big cardboard paper and stick it up where you can see it every day use the sticky notes on your computer or use a calendar reminder or any one of these productivity tools that you love or
our app of course let's not forget that there is a journaling feature built right in this one might seem like a pointless step to consider but trust us okay it's a big one number five now you create your goal Manifesto so these are Big goals 7-year time frames that tackle the five main pillars of your life just writing down one big goal for each pillar isn't good enough not by a long shot if you really want to get that end goal you're going to have to spend a few hours creating your goal Manifesto It's actually
more like a manual but Manifesto sounds more powerful and interesting so we're going to go with that write it all down in your own words words that are influenced by your emotions opinions excitement and even fear they have an incredibly strong pull on your motivation so your first step in those goal books is to write down a little bit about yourself why you're doing this and then talk about where you are right now with each of these five pillars in your life add some humor some kindness and empathy to yourself and a whole lot of
encouragement number six add your timeline of events to your Manifesto did you know that Studies have shown that people who add action steps and a timeline to their goals are significantly more likely to reach them compared to those who just write them down so look okay you have to get that timeline on lock in your document each of your five life pillars Finance this is also where you're going to put your career goals intellect emotional health physical health and your relationships they'll all have their own big seven-year goal and then you'll break down that one
goal into yearly goals then quarterly goals each time you break it down you have to include what you're going to do to reach those goals so let's say your seven-year Finance goal is to accumulate $100,000 in Investments so break it down Year bye you make your year one goal to save $5,000 and to learn about stock market investing then you break that down by quarter so q1 you set up an emergency fund and learn about budgeting tools so month one you take our app course money 101 and start saving about $400 a month in year
two you increase your savings to $110,000 and begin investing in lowrisk stocks or index funds by year six your Investments have grown to $75,000 now in some ways this is an easy idealized version but if you tried to plan for every single obstacle or thing that could go wrong you'd spend the entire year just trying to create this coal Manifesto so keep it simple number seven figure figure out how you'll space out your Milestone celebrations because you have to add some fun into your goal planning something to look forward to and what better way to
do that than planning how you'll celebrate once youve reached that goal you can decide if it's something you'll celebrate every quarter please don't do every month for the next seven years okay it's just too much or you could do every year give yourself a decent treat for those yearly goals it's not easy but you did it think of celebrations that are out of the box think that don't cost a ton of money that you don't do often and W feel like fun celebratory time take a solo trip somewhere go to a concert of someone you
love or create a milestone day ritual even if these things are like a normal weekend for you first of all lucky you but setting aside that experience as a celebration feels a lot more meaningful and fulfilling number eight pull yourself out of that research hole when you're kneed deep in unpacking your goals creating your timeline and figuring out what tools resources and courses are the best option for you it can become really easy to get bogged down by the semantics suddenly you've got a Google sheet of different courses you can do next their costs time
frame and reviews and that's just for q1 of year one of the next seven years and look okay if you're a type A personality who can spend hours on that without losing steam go ahead all right fill your boots but for a lot of people that detailed planning can seem exciting at first but there's a lot to do here and if you spend all that time on every goal you're going to Tire yourself out okay once you've gotten to your main points your goals your timeline and your celebration details pack it up okay don't go
stuffing your Manifesto with the smallest details they don't matter just find the damn course or pickle ball team or brokerage account sign up pay and get started number nine start your trial month when you've got a clear outline of so many different goals it feels natural to start all of them at the same time full steam ahead a whole life of change starting on Monday you'll quickly notice though that even when you've made your first steps small and achievable getting everything off the ground and one go is going to lead to a crash somewhere and
that's okay that happens with goals that's why you give yourself a trial month it's the month where you try to do all of it and since it's a trial you don't start at the beginning again if you don't meet a deadline you just pick up where you are you need your trial month to see your mental and physical bandwidth don't make any changes this month just keep going according to your plan even if you've realized that your plan was kind of flawed or maybe even a little bit crazy this trial time allows you to see
how far you can push yourself cuz you can probably do a lot more than you realize number 10 it's time to make your adjustments only after your trial month once you've tried Fallen gotten back up and fallen again that's when you're going to make the adjustments this gives you enough time to see which goals you were maybe too ambitious with when it comes to putting them into action when wanting to get fit and healthy for example most beginners people who have never been to the gym before start off with aiming to hit the gym an
average of six days a week that is insane for a beginner okay and it can be dangerous too if you miss one day well then you feel like you've missed your entire goal so you do as much as you can okay you don't throw in the towel completely but you just keep your initial goal for a month see how close you're able to get to it and then make those adjustments as necessary number 11 set up the logistics and tie yourself down to phase one okay so now that you've made your adjustments it's time to
sign the contracts the gym contract the tennis membership getting the coursework textbooks signing up for that personal branding Workshop it's probably going to be a bit of a poor month for you but you'll be so busy with all of the different goals you have you're not going to miss spending 100 bucks drinking on a Friday night in exchange for a beautiful Saturday morning hangover number 12 slot your steps into your routine so about those Friday night drinks you can't cut yourself off completely from the people in your life because you have a 7-year Vision here
you'll start feeling lonely pretty quick so fit your action steps into whatever routine you already have build on the life you have now instead of building your life around your goals because this is just a way more sustainable way to do things it's like what James Clear talks about in atomic habits the best way to build a new habit is to stack it on top of an existing one these steps are new habits so don't change everything for them make them fit into what you already have going on number 13 expand and your goal Horizons
because it's not just about the mission when you've been so diligent with your goal plans and following the steps it's easy to forget about how helpful and fun other resources can be don't be afraid of listening to podcasts and reading books that kind of relate to your goals in a roundabout way but don't directly focus on what you're doing it's a good way to get out of your head while still keeping your plan at the back of your mind have fun learning about the way different things relate to your goals like that $100,000 investment goal
you don't just have to listen to finance podcasts or read investment books for that you can come at it from different perspectives like reading a book like the psychology of money where the author shares short stories from different people on how they see money broaden your education around it alexir make the learning part fun number 14 change things up when you start getting bored because look okay you'll inevitably start getting bored with your actions and there might might even come a time when you throw all of your hard work in planning out the window and
decide to change everything that's the nature of your game as long as you don't lose track of where you are or the motivation to keep going make those changes in your plans to keep things interesting the destination is the same you're just taking a more scenic route to get there and number 15 it's been 7 years how did you do because in 7 years once you've built the habits and celebrated the years and made this huge goal a part of your daily life you've done it it was a big undertaking but not as big as
you thought right and best of all you started 7 years ago and look how far you've come now it's time for a break maybe a month maybe a week hey maybe a year if you can swing it and then you start all over again to the next seven years where will you go next and you know since you stuck with us until the very end of this video we've got a bonus for you and that bonus is to write a letter to your future self now there are websites out there that will allow you to
write a letter to yourself and fill in the date and time in the future and they'll email it to you when you start this journey the day you create your goal Manifesto talk to yourself talk about where you are right now in your life why you're doing this and what you're hoping for you'll be amazed by how much has changed how much you've changed in that time it'll feel like you're reading a letter from a younger sibling not from yourself but it's all you and you get to see how far you've come all right that's
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