{"id":1885,"date":"2011-08-05T11:11:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T17:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2011-09-03T13:08:21","modified_gmt":"2011-09-03T19:08:21","slug":"goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=1885","title":{"rendered":"Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the awards I won early in my career for my painting "Mike"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Goals- simple title, and seems like such a simple concept, but there’s so much more there that most people don’t realize.\u00a0 We take them for granted, even I do sometimes despite myself.\u00a0 I was at a reception the other day for a fellow artist and started talking about how I made my goals and strategized in order to become a full-time artist.\u00a0 One person in the conversation said that I should look into giving courses on goal attainment because it’s a “big” business.\u00a0 That latter part may be true, but I will stick with my art.\u00a0 However, I thought it would be a great post to help out those in the arts, whether they are new or old to it.\u00a0 So here goes:<\/p>\n

– First, make a list of the goals you’d like to achieve.\u00a0 Brainstorm and write down any and all goals.\u00a0 This can apply to all areas of your life, but let’s stick with your art career.\u00a0 Write whatever you want to achieve, desire, dream, etc.<\/p>\n

– Cull from that list the things that are more attainable given your career at this given time.\u00a0 This will be your list of goals for the year.\u00a0 I like to have two lists, so that one is more “now” and the other is for “later.”\u00a0 Reason being, it may not be feasible to get your work in the Louvre within a year.<\/p>\n

– Put your goal list somewhere visible- maybe on your studio wall?\u00a0 You might even want to make copies of it and put them elsewhere- on the fridge, in your car, your wallet, etc.\u00a0 Sounds silly, but it will keep these ideas in your mind and help you stay on target.<\/p>\n

– Now come up with your strategy.\u00a0 On a different piece of paper or your computer, etc., come up with a strategy(ies) to attaining your goals.\u00a0 What are the steps you need to take in order to accomplish goal 1, goal 2, etc.?\u00a0 Be specific.<\/p>\n

– Be flexible.\u00a0 You may come upon the end of the year and find that not all of your goals were reached or maybe they weren’t what you expected.\u00a0 Maybe you took all the steps needed and the goal didn’t pan out.\u00a0 It happens.\u00a0 So what can you do about it?\u00a0 Look at what has worked for you and what hasn’t.\u00a0 Get rid of the goals that aren’t the best use of your time and energy and focus on what does work.\u00a0 Make changes or alter your strategies in order to meet goals the second time around.\u00a0 And continue to meet goals that do work well for you.\u00a0 For example, if showing in a particular city has resulted in good sales, you should plan to show there again next year, or maybe more often.<\/p>\n

– Prioritize your goals.\u00a0 You may need to accomplish one goal before you can realistically meet another.\u00a0 Or you may find an urgency in accomplishing a particular goal before others.<\/p>\n

– Revisit your goals often.\u00a0 Aside from marking off goals as you reach them, you should be reviewing your goals list every few months to stay on track.\u00a0 Bigger decisions such as what worked or didn’t work for your career should be left to the end of the year for a better analysis.<\/p>\n

– After analyzing your goals at the end of the year, make your new list for the new year with your accomplishments in mind.\u00a0 Continue to do the things that work.\u00a0 Include goals that were not reached and devise a new strategy to meet them.\u00a0 Remove goals that turned out to not be such a good idea.\u00a0 And, of course, add new goals that you should tackle.<\/p>\n

Seems like such a simple concept and many of you may find this silly or unnecessary, but holding yourself accountable is the only way to accomplish something.\u00a0 You’d be amazed how 15 years can go by without making any real progression in your career, if you do the same thing day in and day out.<\/p>\n

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Goals- simple title, and seems like such a simple concept, but there’s so much more there that most people don’t realize.\u00a0 We take them for granted, even I do sometimes despite myself.\u00a0 I was at a reception the other day for a fellow artist and started talking about how I made my goals and strategized … Continue reading Goals<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1100,1087,1088,57,34,5,55,194,1089,97,464],"class_list":["post-1885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-help","tag-business-plan","tag-goal-attainment","tag-reaching-goals","tag-successful-artist","tag-amy-guidry","tag-art","tag-artist","tag-career","tag-plan","tag-portrait","tag-strategy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1885"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2150,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885\/revisions\/2150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}