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The Importance Of Setting GoalsNow that you have your vision clearly in mind we will talk about what it is going to take to bring your vision to reality. This is done by setting and achieving goals. When you set goals they help you keep focused on the areas of your life that are most important to you and keep you from swaying off track and loosing focus on your vision.
Goals can be likened to a set of stairs which reach to your ultimate vision that you have set in place for your life. They are the vehicle that will take you from where you are right now to where you want to be.
How many goals and how big should they be? Remember in the previous article I said your vision should be big, really big. When it comes to goals it is important to set some really big ones too. But how will you reach these big goals? This is where sub goals come in. Another way to look at these sub goals or smaller goals is to see them as objectives. They are like stepping stones or stairs, you use them to get your bigger goals accomplished and reached. A sub goal may include learning something new, gaining a skill, or finding a certain resource that you know will bring you closer to a large goal you have set for yourself. In this area of sub goals or objectives it is important to be flexible, if you realise that a certain objective that you set for yourself isn’t moving you toward your goal as you thought it would, then change or replace this with something that will work. There is always more than one way to get something done. Find a way that works, adjust your objectives or sub goals and never give up on your primary goals.
What are some of the benefits that will come from goal oriented thinking? One really big one is that having goals will keep you in charge of your life course, instead of what other people desire for you to do or to be.
Another benefit is that possibilities and opportunities start showing up for you, no this isn’t magic in fact we are all surrounded with possibilities and opportunities but unless our minds are focused on what we want and where we are going we usually don’t see them.
When you set goals you will also be making better use of your time. We talk about managing time, saving time ect, but in reality we all have exactly 24 hrs in each day and we can’t save it or manage it, time ticks by at the same speed for every person. What we really do is manage our choices and decisions and actions. When you set and work on your goals you become much more productive, you are less likely to procrastinate because you know what you want to achieve and how you are going to get it done.
As you accomplish one goal you will find that your self confidence grows and your desire to take on your next goal increases. Each successfully attained goal will fuel in you motivation to keep going and achieving more and bigger goals, and draw you closer to your vision.
Dena Rosvold
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