I’ve been looking for good quotes on tracking goals throughout the day today and it’s almost impossible to find a good resource online that has any! I worked hard to find some though because tracking goals is probably the most critical part of making goals stick. And once you figure that out, you’re going to be able to accomplish anything you can dream of.
Thinking about this made me want to create a good resource to help you get some motivation to keep going when you’re in the middle of trying to find a tracking system and it gets tough!
My Top 5 Favorite Tracking Goals Quotes
- “When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported back, the rate of improvement accelerates.”
– Pearson’s Law
- “Maybe there’s something you’d like to change in your life – to get more of something good or less of something bad. Try this: figure out a very concrete way to measure and track it. By counting the things that count – and pushing yourself to find a way to count the things that seem as if they can’t be counted – you make sure they’re part of your life.”
– Gretchen Rubin
- “We often overestimate how often we do things, but tracking eliminates this weakness. When we track we just have the facts, not our subjective reflections.”
- “Most ‘impossible’ goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite-size chunks, writing them down, believing them, and then going full speed ahead as if they were routine.”
– Don Lancaster
- “Write your goals down in detail and read your list of goals every day. Some goals may entail a list of shorter goals. Losing a lot of weight, for example, should include mini-goals, such as 10-pound milestones. This will keep your subconscious mind focused on what you want step by step.”
– Jack Canfield
Quotes to Motivate You To Track Your Goals
- “For a successful life, or successful business, measure what you want to improve.”
– Jerry Bruckner
- “If we don’t measure the right things, and don’t set the right goals, how will we know if we are doing the right thing?”
- “I have a motto on my bedroom wall: ‘Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.’ Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that’s worthwhile.”
– Chris Burke
- “Once you start tracking your goals, you’re able to see the small, day by day progress that you might not otherwise notice.”
- “I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants.”
– Zig Ziglar
- “Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”
– Stephen A. Brennan
- “It’s so easy to fall down a rabbit hole of distractions and side conversations, but the very act of tracking your time makes it less likely for you to fall.”
– Sanya Weathers
- “Once you know your goals you should measure your progress to achieve them. Seeing your favorable progress will serve as positive reinforcement to continue your hard work and seeing negative progress will alert you to something you should change to get you back on track.”
– Jerry Bruckner
Quotes to Help You Know How to Track Your Goals
- “When setting and tracking goals, we get the most accurate picture of our progress when we’re measuring the correct goals with the appropriate units.”
- “Acute focus, open sharing, exacting measurement, a license to shoot for the moon—these are the hallmarks of modern goal science.”
– John Doerr
- “Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.”
– Les Brown
- “Focus on your progress, not your goals.”
– Anna Barnes
- “There is no one right way to measure your progress. Any way you decide to do it will work. The important point is that you do some type of measurement.”
– Jerry Bruckner
- “Find a place where you can easily access your goals, plan ahead, and track your progress.”
Wrapping Up
Tracking your goals is one of the most critical components to help you stick to your goals. It’s not easy to figure out the right way that works, and it gets confusing with all the apps, tools, and ideas out there. I hope that these quotes on tracking goals will help you stay motivated when you need to persevere and find a tracking system that works!
