This summer, I've decided to help my boys do goal boards. If they work for us grown-ups, why not for kids too?

Reality is that most of us are visual learners. So the end result of a goal board, which is a visual representation of how we want our life to be, works well. What most people don't realize is that goal boards stimulate the other two learning styles as well: kinesthetic and auditory. How?

By sitting down with piles of magazines, scissors, and glue, the kinesthetic, or feeling, learner gets to touch the magazines, cut the pictures, apply the adhesive, and position things on the board.

By doing the exercise with others, the auditory, or hearing, learner gets to listen to fellow goal board makers share what they're selecting and speak his own stories about what appeals to him. Add some music in the background and add another level of connection for the auditory person!

Of course, us visual learners will need to be prodded to keep moving, as we soak up every image, and want to look at every image veryone else is picking, too.

For all, remember that words in headlines can be as powerful as images when building a goal board.

So whether it's your team, your family, a group of colleagues, or even your friends, schedule a time for two hours when everyone brings a stack of their favorite magazines, supply them with posterboard, scissors, and glue or other adhesive, put on some music and sit out a few good snacks, and enjoy the process.

Once you're done, post your goal board somewhere you'll be looking at it daily. It's amazing to reflect back a year later at everything you've done as a result.

I am about to create my third goal board - this time with my kids instead of co-workers, and I'm excited to see what new things emerge!