So why set goals!

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 16th December 2011

I have heard the question, why set goals, many times. Goal setting has many benefits. You may ask, what’s in it for me, well here are some great reasons to set your goals.

1. You are focused on what YOU want to achieve. By setting goals, you have clearly stated what you want, not what someone else desires.

2. Your self-confidence increases as you reach milestones along the way. As you complete each action step towards your goal, your self-confidence grows because you can see the concrete results of your efforts.

3. You are no longer confused about what action to take. Rather than starting many different projects and failing to accomplish any of them, goals direct you to take action in specific areas that will move you closer to achieving your desired result.

4. You are able to prioritise your time. Your action plan, with its associated time frames, is a commitment you make to yourself. With this commitment, you will be able to more easily prioritise your available time because you know to do otherwise is only cheating yourself. Goals help prevent you from using available time for unproductive purposes.

5. You can see hope for better things. Goals let you design your future. You may not be where you want to be today, but you are able to see what tomorrow can bring.

6. You can see possibilities you never saw before. The results of taking action, is a lot like buying a new car. Before you bought your car, you may not have noticed that particular model. All of a sudden, you start to see a lot of cars just like yours. The same applies to your goals. Once you start to take action, you are able to see possibilities and opportunities that were probably there all along, but because you were not focused, you could not see them.

7. You are able to accomplish more in a few short years than most people do in lifetime. You will find that once you accomplish your first goal, you will be motivated to set new ones. You now know how, and what to do to reach a goal. You will be able to move forward with a clearer purpose where each new accomplishment provides a greater incentive to achieve even more.

A question that I’m often asked is “Can setting a goal make you a success, and can it make you a winner or an achiever?”

Well, my experience shows that it will help to focus you on areas in both your personal and professional life that are very important and also meaningful to you. This is rather than being guided by what other people want you to be, to do, or to accomplish.

When I finally realised what goal-setting was about and the way it was helping other people, then I logically thought I better do some of that. So yes, goal setting has made a tremendous difference in my life. It has allowed me to achieve my success and to accomplish what in the past I had previously only dreamed of, or wished for.

For me, I consider being successful when I’ve reach the objectives I’ve set for myself. I try to set one large goal or objective each year end to be accomplished and finalised by December, ready for the next one to be set. This year for instance was to have a new book published and on the shelves of book stores, this has been accomplished.

My goals have kept me on track and in some cases, they gave me hope. They allowed me to see not where I was today but where I could be in the future. Yes, I’ve faced challenges and obstacles especially with the diagnosis of my Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia back in 2007 but I persevered, I found ways around these challenges. I was determined and when you’re determined, have faith and stay focused it is amazing what you can achieve.

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SUCCESS the choice is yours

by

Geoffrey Prince

ISBN:  9 781456789343

Hard Won, Anecdotal, Comprehensive, No-nonsense guidance Do you want to lead a happier and more fulfilled Life?

The book will help you get yourself on a journey that should bring success and satisfaction giving you valuable techniques to stay focused. It gives you some anecdotal experiences and great ideas in every chapter; it’s a step by step guide to your personal success. In today’s ever-changing world, success should never be left to a matter of chance; “Your Success” is down to “Your choice”.

Your “Success” will only come from inside you, from your visions and dreams; your success comes from within, that burning fire in your belly that you can turn into a raging inferno. By identifying this the future that you’re after for you and your family will be here to grasp.

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