WEEKLY STIMULANTS: DOUBT YOUR BELIEVES 5


GOAL SETTING

“The trouble with not having a goal is that

you can spend your life running up and down

the field and never score.”

~ Bill Copeland

What will be, will be is a language of the indolent, what will happen will only happen if you make it happen. No one ever climbs a Tree with their hands in their pockets and life is an uphill task. If you must get anywhere in life, you have to embark on the journey.

Success is swimming against the tide; it involves pushing the frontiers, breaking new grounds. It’s an inner knowing that doing what you are used to doing and expecting a different outcome is madness, its bettering your best on a daily basis. Doing that involves a little notch we call Goal Setting.

Forget the mumble jumble you may have heard about Goal Setting, its simply projecting your life forward in an organized way. Whether you plan for the future or not, you will get there, why not get there prepared? Planned? Remember success is when opportunity meets preparation.

If you have ever gone to bed with a determination to watch your cloths the next morning and you accomplished that, you have actually set a goal and fulfilled it. All we are saying is doing that same thing in a much more organized way in longer time frame and consistent pattern. Where will you like to be in December 2018? How about 2019? Project yourself forward and instill in yourself the discipline to follow the path you have outlined for yourself is goal setting, simple.




A FEW TIPS:


We can’t talk about Goals without mentioning the fact that they must be SMART!

1)    S – Goals Must Be “SPECIFIC”: There is an old saying that if you pursue two rats at the same time, it’s likely you will miss both. Make your goals specific and motivating. Having a clear cut “Why” for what you intend to accomplish makes it motivating and much more stimulating to go after. If you don’t know where you are going a wise man said, every place will look like it.

2)    M – “MEASUREABLE”: Goals must be Measureable with precise dates. Back in 2001, I told myself and everyone that cared to listen that I will be married in October of that same year, even though I have not met the woman I will marry. The woman that became my wife showed up in April of that same year and we were Gloriously Married guess when? October.

3)    A – “ATTAINABLE”: It’s ok to think big, it’s ok to dare the impossible after all if we can believe all things are possible to him that believes. Make your goals attainable. Be practical in your approach to goal setting. Setting a goal to read Five Books a Week, when you have never read One in a Month is unattainable. However resist the urge to set goals that will not require any form of discipline to accomplish.

4)    R – “RELEVANT”: Set Goals that is relevant to your career. It helps drive focus. If you don’t love what you do, it’s very unlikely that you will have focus in its pursuit.

5)    T – “TIME-BOUND”: You must have a deadline. Back in 2001, I was specific about the date as October and it came to pass.
Project yourself twelve Months from today, who do you see emerging from the you of today? Now get to work and make it happen.

It Ok to doubt what you had been taught to believe

See You On Top


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