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PERSONAL
GOAL
SETTING
A Nightingale-Conant Special Report
Introduction
Welcome to this Goal Setting Mastery Guide, which has been exclusively devised to help you
achieve the success you desire.
In this guide you’ll find everything you need to define your goals in five key areas of your
life – health, relationships, business, finance, and spirit. Then, using a seven-step process on
the worksheets you’ll find at the end of this report, you’ll be guided to the achievement of
your goals with laser-beam focus.
Why is goal setting so important?
In the often-quoted study undertaken by Harvard University in 1979, graduates were asked
if they had written goals with action plans for their achievement.
• 3 percent had clearly defined written goals.
• 13 percent had unwritten goals.
• 84 percent had no goals in any shape or form.
The 1989 follow-up study of those same Harvard students revealed that over a 10-year period
the 3 percent who had written personal goals were 10 times more successful than the