Are you working hard but feel as though you’re adrift with no real purpose? Maybe you feel that you lurch from one thing to another without much control.
If you really want to be the best person you can be then it’s really important to think about what you want out of life. Just think – would you go on a big overseas trip without planning anything? Of course not! Well, life is perhaps the biggest journey you’ll ever make but many people don’t do any planning for it.
When I plan a big oversees trip I think about where I am going, what I want to see along the way and how I will get to my stops along the way. Planning for your life journey should be much the same. You need to think about what you want out of life and what you want to see and do along the way and how you will get there.
Why set goals?
Just as you plan an overseas trip, to have a fulfilling great journey through life you’ll need to set goals. Setting goals gives you a long-term vision, and short term goals set targets that help motivate and organise you and keep you on track. Goal setting helps you organise your time and your activities so you can be or become the best person you want to be and make the very most of your life.
Goals Give Life Direction
Your goals are your “road map” to help direct you to your destination (long term goal) with places (short term goals) you will pass along the way.
Your goals need to be clearly defined so you can measure your progress and take pleasure in meeting these goals. Completing your short term goals help you measure your progress and helps breakdown difficult tasks into manageable, achievable portions. This also helps boost your self confidence as you recognize that you can successfully achieve the goals that you’ve set.
Your life “road map” means that you are no longer rolling adrift with destiny, you are taking charge to make life what you want it to be.
Take action
It’s now time to start thinking about what you want your life to be and what do you want to achieve. Start by brainstorming and we’ll look at this in more detail in my next article when I’ll look at closely at setting personal goals.
Here’s to a brilliant life and being the best you can be!
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