Divide your goals into process goals, which are the actions themselves that lead to your performance.
Step2
Focus on small attainable goals that add up to the larger goal.
Step3
Chart your progress.
Tips & Warnings
Process goals are typically goals that you have control over: adequate training, adequate preparation and adequate hydration.
Result goals are typically goals that include variables that you do not have control over: running a certain time is affected by weather conditions that you cannot control or winning an event can be a function of your competitors' performance.