step to your goals

So I'm sure everyone knows the definition behind a goal; but do they know the easy steps to ensure that they will someday reach their goal?
In high school, I was given a list of steps that have helped me throughout my schooling.
Here's a briefing of the steps, maybe it will be of use to you also:

1. Write each goal destination at the top of a new piece of paper.
2. For each goal write down what is it that you need and don’t have now that will allow you achieve that goal. This could be some kind of education, career change, finance, a new skill, etc.
3. Under each item, write down the things that you will need to do in order to complete each of the steps required to complete the goal. These items will become a check-list. They are a tangible way of checking how you are progressing towards reaching your goal destinations. A record of your success!
4. Using the time frames you created in part 2 of the goal destination identification process, on each goal destination sheet write down the year in which you will complete the goal by. For any goal which has no fixed completion date, think about when you would like to have accomplished it by and use that as your destination date.
5. Working within the time frames for each goal destination, make a note of realistic dates by which you will complete each of the small steps.
6. Now take an overview of all your goal destinations and make a schedule of what you need to do this week, this month, this year – in order to progress along the road towards your goal destinations.
7. Write these action points on a schedule so that you have definite dates on which to do things. At the end of the year, review what you have done this year, mark things off the check-lists for each goal destination and write up the schedule with the action points you need for the next year.

(You can look on Lifeshack.com for steps more in depth.)