Every sport there are built in goals. Everyone wants to win, be the top of the league, become a champion. To get there is another thing – an athlete has to break everything down into steps to reach the goal. Practise is involved, strategy, watching game tapes, sizing up the opponent, knowing about pacing so in the last stretch there’s still gas in the tank….. everything in planned and to have a plan you have to have set goals.

Alright so with music what you want to do. But what do you really want to do?

What do you want to get out of music?

So many artists start off on the wrong foot wanting to get into music for the wrong reasons without really thinking about what they really want to achieve, and when things don’t go the way they want it to – they often look for someone else to blame.

This is your career, your business – it is up to you to make it. You need to take the time to plan it out.

Best thing you can do for your career is stop everything. Breathe and think about what you want to achieve.

Then write each of your goals down on paper, next to them a date. Set deadlines for your goals. This is the start of your blueprint to success. Without it you are leaving things open to chance which usually doesn’t go in your favour.

Be as precise as you can but broad goals are ok too. As long as you are consciously thinking about it you will be better off than before.

I usually use the month of January as a time to look forward to the year and try to set goals for the year, then break them down for each month setting deadlines.

I then prioritize them – high, medium, low. Nail the high priorities first!

Set dates!

Get in the practice of referring to your goals, sticking to it and accomplishing your goals.

Next January you look back and see what goals have been met, which ones haven’t and why – create new goals and sometimes you will start seeing patterns. Yearly goals, monthly goals, daily goals that you use over and over again – meaning once you have a system and are plugged in and working it, things get easier.

The hardest part is starting and being consistent.

HOMEWORK:

Yes, time for you to do something – write out your goals for the next 6-12 months, write deadline dates and prepare yourself to do the work.