You can get a piece of paper and write them all down, then keep the paper where it can be easily found. You can post at the door, your headboard, the wall, or even at the door of the fridge. That would make the written financial goals easily read, thus, they would serve as constant reminder of the financial aspects you aim to achieve in the short or long run. Consider what you really like to achieve in your life. Be specific and realistic. You would not want to rule the whole world someday for sure. That could be an impossible life goal, but you can dream of something bigger for yourself. Know yourself, your likes and what really would make you happy. Follow your instincts when setting goals. The essence of planning and goal setting is to improve or elevate your performance. There s no way that the elements in your plan will not help you improve for the better. The fifth letter in smart goal setting stands for TANGIBLE. Tangibles are things that can be subjected to our five senses, your five senses. Try to set performance goals that are achievable and feasible. Many people fall on the mistake of setting outcome goals that they have really no control over. Performance goals are goals, which can be achieved by sheer determination and action. Outcome goals are usually situations or state of being that sometimes are out of control. Here are some useful tips that would surely help you teach your teens to effectively set their goals: Explain to the teen why goals, be it for the short term or the long term, are very crucial and important. Sometimes, teens would not understand why they would have to set goals when there is no guaranty that these goals would ever be achieved. Remember the businesses right across your office and the one at your back? They have folded just a few years ago, with their officials facing imprisonment for fraud. A hundred theories have been presented trying to explain why such situations happened, but, hey, if you base everything on rhetoric, then you really wouldn't get anywhere.