"The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan on doing along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them."
- Denis Watley
Author, The Psychology of Winning
The trick in goal setting is to set steps ti actually achieve and make yourself accountable to those.
Karl, I find the best way to achieve a goal is to write it down. Every day, read that goal and see what you have to do to obtain it. And trust me it works, even if we have to break the goal apart into smaller goals to acheive the true goal.