What You Missed During 'The Goal Standard Challenge' Prep Week To get you all set for achieving your goals for 2017, we provided tools, resources, Facebook Lives and more during the preparation week.

By Andrea Huspeni

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Congrats! You completed the first week of The Goal Standard Challenge, our five-week program to help you achieve your goals for 2017.

Have you set your goal for The Goal Standard Challenge? If not, you still have time. You can sign up to our email newsletter on the content hub and join our Facebook Group page to get updates, real-time support and be surrounded by a strong community.

Here are some resources to get you started:

Facebook Live Event, Wednesday, January 25 1 pm ET

On Wednesday, high-performance coach Todd Herman did a Facebook Live to help us set an achievable goals for our business (or personal growth).

If you didn't have a chance to see it, check it out at this link.

There was also an three-phase achievement plan worksheet to focus your goal. It can be found in our Facebook Group, a community for people like you looking to achieve a goal, or downloaded here.

Facebook Live Event, Thursday, January 26 1 pm ET

Productivity expert Chris Winfield shared with us a powerful productivity "secret" to help us defeat procrastination and make progress on our goal each day, along with developing a growth mindset. Check out the video here.

Download his "Don't Break the Chain" calendar and "Growth or Fixed Mindset" quiz can also be found on our Facebook Group or at this link.

Facebook Live Mini-Challenge, Thursday January 26

The staff at BIZ Experiences put up a mini-challenge focused on setting S.M.A.R.T. goals on our Facebook Group to help you get on the right track.

Here is the post with everyone chiming in and supporting each other.

Facebook Live, Event, Friday, January 27 1 pm ET

Having run several multi-million dollar companies and being a certified meditation teacher, Natalie MacNeil showed us how to clear our mental and physical clutter to get started on the right foot, along with the importance of having a weekly reflection time for our goal-achieving challenge.

Check out her video and her Weekly Reflection worksheet.

Plus, here are some articles about setting goals that can help you out.

Andrea Huspeni

Founder of This Dog's Life

Andrea Huspeni is the former special projects director at BIZ Experiences.com and the founder of This Dog's Life.

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