How to Set Goals and Actually Achieve Them: A Practical Step by Step Guide Based on My Proven System for Setting and Accomplishing Ambitious Goals Each Year

by Catherine Kahabuka

Every year, millions of professionals set New Year’s resolutions and ambitious goals—yet research shows that only about 8% actually achieve them. Behind that number are abandoned dreams, delayed progress, and untapped potential that could have transformed lives, careers, finances, and health. This can feel very discouraging, especially when you know you’re capable of more.

This short guide exposes the hidden barriers that quietly sabotage goal achievement. Using real-life scenarios and a simple, structured process, it teaches you how to set better goals—and follow through until you see meaningful results in your life and career.

Inside this short guide, you will past goals failed—and how to avoid the same traps.How to set meaningful long-term goals that are clear, specific, and motivating.How to break long-term goals into annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily actions that make follow-through easier.How to build consistency using simple routines that fit into your daily life.How to track your progress with practical templates and regular review checkpoints.If you are ready to finally close the gap between where you are and where you want to be, this is the book to start with.

112 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 12, 2026