Achieving goals

Towards the end of every year, most people make new year resolutions, they would stop doing this, this and this, they would start doing that, that and that, but before the end of the second month most of the resolutions wouldn't be remembered, this is an instance of what happens when we set goals.
Its good to dream big, its good to have goals, its good to think, then visualize things we want to have, what we want to be, what we want to look like. Setting goals is good but how many of the goals we set 5 years ago have we achieved. Yes, we would have achieved some things within that period but are they what we planned.
When we set goals lets make plans of how to bring the goals to reality. Then how do we plan to bring how goals to reality? Of course we would do things that would lead to the accomplishment of those goals. Using having a muscular figure as an example. Having a muscular figure is the goal. In achieving this goal some would plan to go to the gym everyday, workout for 3 hours. This plan is good but it would only work if one can stick to it, which is almost impossible, even if one tries it would be over-strenous and after the first week, the goal of having a muscular figure would be dropped. Why?
Most goals we set, in achieving them we over-plan, so we could achieve them really fast but we end up not achieving anything at all. When making plans to achieve any goal, it would be good to break down the goals into stages or spread them over time. Make the first stage too easy, be an under-achiever, make it too convenient. By doing this getting used to the process of achieving the goal would be very easy.
It is said that every journey begins with a step. A step from your room, to the door, then till you get to your car. First you start by walking, then you board your car, even in your car you don't start with the highest gear, you start from the lowest gear then progress steadily. By applying this analogy to making plans in achieving our goals or dreams, achieving them would be really easy and we wouldn't even be conscious of it when we achieve them.