“The person who has no goals is doomed to work for those who do have goals”~ Unknown

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Doing some serious thinking about your goals and then writing them down, with a deadline is one of the most important things you will ever do for yourself if you want to achieve anything in life.  Many individuals have dreams - but have never turned those dreams into goals and will often find themselves wavering and trying hard to tread water with many fears in their minds at the smallest hint of struggle or setback.

On the other hand, those that practice goal setting and then having a deadline for themselves to achieve the goal generally do much better when a bit of disappointment arises, or things don’t go exactly as planned.  They realize that the plan might need some adjustment - but the goal is still a goal - not merely something that just might happen if everything works out.  The goal setter wants to achieve their goal - realizes things will get in the way at times but is prepared to deal with those unforeseen events or when things go wrong, as they often do.

If you don’t want something badly enough, it’s not really a goal. If you want something badly enough, then all else is simply things you need to learn - perhaps about yourself, perhaps new knowledge is needed to achieve the goal, or perhaps you need to find some external help in achieving the goal.

Indeed, being able to fight through adversity and carry on is something that, when you do it, you have an even greater respect for yourself.  How many of us respect those that say they are going to do a thing, but at a bit of adversity, change their minds?  Perhaps one of the greatest things we can do for ourselves and for our own self-respect is to learn to set goals and carry through to their achievement.

However - can you have too many goals?  I think you can.  It can be very frustrating to have several different goals - which perhaps even require different and opposing activities from the goal setter.  This is why a “values” based goal setting system is the most efficient and in the long run, emotionally, physically and spiritually (the inner “you”), is the preferred method of goal setting and achievement.

Those who do not have a “values” based system will often end up feeling guilty at the end of the day about what they did not do, and even about what they did do.  When you have a values based system, and then every so often ask yourself if your activities right now.. right at this present moment - are in line with your highest values, then you are more likely to be able to look back at your work, look upon your “to-do” list, and know what it is you must be doing in order to achieve your  goals.

The tasks that are the most important - that you will carry through with until they are done - are the ones that will propel you onto achieving the goals that you value the most, and that you’ve set because of your own personal values.

You will also then be able to review on a regular basis those tasks you set out for yourself but did not accomplish, and ask yourself, “Was it that important to me to spend time on this?  Did I actually spend my time working on the tasks that are the most likely to help me achieve my most important goals?”

And when reviewing your goals, it’s a good habit to ask yourself, “If I knew then, what I now know, would I have spent the time I did on what I did spend my time on or would I have chosen something different?”  The answer will tell you what you truly value in life - and how you should spend your time until the next point you decide to review things.

I suggest a weekly review of an hour or so set apart to simply look at your activities over the past week, and ask yourself the question that if you knew what you know now, would you have chosen to spend the time in the way that you did?

Of course, it’s always a good habit to be constantly asking ourselves, “Is the best use of my time for my value based goals I’ve set for myself?”

What are your thoughts?  Leave them in the comment section.

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