In our previous article “How to create goals that transform your life” we looked at the importance of writing down the goals that you chose to help guide your life. Getting these things down on paper is perhaps one of the most important steps you can take in any goal setting process but it can be tough to decide exactly what is important to you.

There are a couple of useful ideas that you can put to work when it comes to formulating your goals. The first one was developed by the “father” of life planning, George Kinder, and asks you to be very specific, and to think in incremental “milestone” stages.

The Kinder method focuses on just three powerful questions which help to shape your thinking about just what it is you want and need from your life.