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You’ve probably heard that if you’re serious about a goal that you really want to accomplish, it’s smart to write that goal down. There’s something very powerful about putting pen to paper and solidifying that goal by writing it down.

In fact, it’s so powerful to write down your goals because it unlocks all sorts of psychological and personal benefits. The difference in results from writing something down vs. just thinking about it or talking about it is over 100%!

Now that we’re coming up on the end of the year, many of you will start thinking about goals you want to achieve for 2019. If you’re serious about reaching those goals, you’ll want to write those goals down.

If you plan to give to charity in 2019, write down how much you’ll give. How much per month will you give? What’s your giving goal for the entire year? What about your time? What is your weekly, monthly, and yearly volunteer hours that you’ll give in 2019?

Whatever those goals are, be sure to write them down, and you’ll be more likely to achieve those goals.

It will also help you narrow your focus. If you already know how much you’ll give, and the hours of volunteer time throughout the year, you can say yes to the causes you care most about and say no to everything else without guilt.

That’s it for today. Thanks for listening.

Tomorrow we’re going to switch gears and talk about charitable bunching! What’s that? Stay tuned because it’s a really cool strategy for getting a tax benefit for your charitable contributions.

My name is Ashley Micciche and this is the One Minute Retirement Tip.