Let's take a look at four critical lessons I have learned about personal goal setting that may help your home business.

1. As a starter, we will look at how you should set goals that are meaningful to you, and how that is of crucial importance. When you are at work you may have a boss telling you what to do on a daily basis.

In essence this person is setting your goals for you for those eight hours a day. You are working at achieving meaningful goals for him.

Setting effective goals is something that becomes easier the more you do it, although it can take some time to learn the techniques properly. An example of a meaningful goal might be to quit your job and work for yourself full time at home.

2. Put your own goals on paper, and have a good look at them several times every day. Look at your written goals at frequent intervals during the day, and then review them last thing before you go to sleep. This lets your subconscious mind go to work, and help you understand what is necessary to achieve the goals that you are reading.

3. To be really effective in all aspects of your life, your personal goal setting should involve goals set in short-term, medium-term, and long-term categories. An example of a short term goal might be to make $200 a month.

An intermediate goal might be to pay your house payment with your home business checks. A great goal for the long term could be to become financially independent and no longer have to work for a living.

4. To achieve true success you should set personal goals in various areas of your life. These areas might include spiritual, business, family, physical fitness, and having fun.

It is amazing how much more successful a person is in their business life if they include a balance in some of these other areas. It is important that you take the time to write some personal goals down and read them in these areas too.

Again we cannot stress enough the importance of reading your goals. You need to have a clear understanding of what exactly your goals are. This is vital to keep you focused on them, and it will force you to maintain the workload needed to achieve your personal goals. Reading them every day will help you do that.

In summary these are four critical lessons I have learned about personal goal setting. Hopefully these will help you become more successful in setting goals of your own.