—G. Brian Benson, actor, speaker, and award-winning author of Habits for Success: Inspired Ideas to Help You Soar
“Finally, the roadmap we need for goal setting! Debra Eckerling is the master of goal setting, and in this book she shows us how each of us can successfully achieve goals with a clear plan. Being a perfectionist at heart, goal setting is the foundation for everything I do, and that’s the reason why I loved this book. By using her signature The D*E*B Method, Debra teaches us how to Determine, Explore, and Brainstorm to accomplish our plan. Whether we’re setting personal or professional goals, Debra has us covered!
“The book has a lovely flow, it’s very easy to follow the step-by-step process, and I loved the analogy between goal setting and a road trip. After all, life is a journey, and we travel every day through each moment and experience, don’t we?
“Get ready to be pleasantly surprised by your accomplishments with Your Goal Guide!”
—Sabrina Cadini, Holistic Life Coach
“Goal-setting! Task-management! Actionable to-do lists! Debra Eckerling gave me just what I needed. I can’t wait to share her wisdom with my screenwriting clients and writing students.”
—Pilar Alessandra, screenwriting instructor at On the Page and author of The Coffee Break Screenwriter
“If you ever dared to dream big, and then got stuck making it happen, Debra Eckerling’s Your Goal Guide is your solution! The author takes you on a road trip to success using an easy-to-follow goal-setting process, roll-out plan and maintenance phase approach to keep things moving forward. Stop procrastinating, and take charge of your life dream today by reading and applying the tips in this must-have book!”
—Liz H Kelly, Goody PR founder and author of 8-Second PR
“Wow! I loved Your Goal Guide by Debra Eckerling. I’ve always been into goal setting, but I think I’ve been missing a few key steps all this time! I agree…figuring out what it is you actually want is critical. It needs to start with some deep inner reflection and essentially, come from the soul.
“The D*E*B Method that she lays out is genius. I think ‘Determining My Mission’ has been fairly easy for me. But I have been challenged in the ‘Exploring My Options’ and ‘Brainstorming My Path’ parts. Thanks Debra, you have changed the way I think about my goals! Highly recommended.”
—Jon Wuebben, CEO of Content Launch and author of Future Marketing: Winning in the Prosumer Age
“Your Goal Guide: A Roadmap for Setting, Planning and Achieving Your Goals could not have come at a better time. I am acutely aware that another shift in my life is looming on the horizon (that shift called retirement) and, unlike my work life, I have not yet any goals about what that is supposed to look like! (I mean—retirement is about not working, right?) Wrong! Goals are important to set at every stage of our lives! And what I love about Deb’s book is that she helps us figure out what our true goals really are—not sales quotas we must meet or some kind of ambiguous ‘I want to do **** someday.’ But real, achievable and maybe BHA Goals!
“Her clarion call is to ‘…figure out how to set and reach your goals, while the rest of the world—and the rest of your life—is business as usual,’ in such a way that you see a clear path to your new future and the steps you must make. I’m very much looking forward to moving forward in my journey with The D*E*B Method—from determining what I really want to do when I grow up (and retire), to unveiling the different options available before moving from my current position (or if I even want/need to), to creating a clear and achievable path, to finally achieving the new goals I set. Thanks, Deb, for writing the perfect book at the perfect time!”
—Viveka von Rosen, Chief Visibility Officer and cofounder at Vengreso
A ROADMAP FOR SETTING, PLANNING
AND ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS
DEBRA ECKERLING
Copyright © 2020 by Debra Eckerling
Published by Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc.
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Cover illustration: Jayoung Hong
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Your Goal Guide: A Roadmap for Setting, Planning and Achieving Your Goals
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication number: 2019948629
ISBN: (print) 978-1-64250-150-6, (ebook) 978-1-64250-151-3
BISAC category code: SEL035000—SELF-HELP / Self-Management / Time Management
Printed in the United States of America
For my mom, Arlene Leder.
You have always encouraged me to do what I love and follow my heart. Thank you for all of your love, inspiration, and support.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Navigating This Book
Part 1: Setting Up Your Road Trip
Section 1: Determine Where You Want to Go: Your Mission
Chapter 1: Visualize Your GoalTopia