What do you want? New car? New job? A raise in salary? Whatever it is, merely wishing for these wants to become a reality is not enough.
We need to set GOALS.
Goals are the end to which effort is directed. Without goals, our efforts at creating the life we’ve always dreamed of are nothing but a chasing after the wind. To set you on the path to effective goal setting, here are 3 things to know about goals.
Goals give clarity and vision. Setting goals lets you know what you need to do to achieve a certain thing. Let’s say you wanted to travel to Ghana, effective goal setting would give you clarity to understand the steps involve and how to direct your energy and effort to gather resources to achieve your goal.
Goals are a great thinking tool. Goals force you to think. As you think about the things you’d like to achieve in the new year in your finances, relationships and career, your thoughts coalesce and crystallize thus enabling you to come up with smart goals and action steps to take you to the next level.
Goals must be personal. Your goal must be personal. It should be about what YOU want for YOUR life not what someone else wants for you. Goals are not crowd-sourced nor subject to opinion polls and referendum. Unless your goals are personal and unique to you, your life will remain the same.
Have a great week.
About the author: Roman Ajiboye is a freelance writer who loves books, social media and the web. His articles have appeared on thescoopng.com and BlossomNnodim.com. He writes opinion pieces via medium.com/@HammedAjiboye, personal essays on his blog, strictlyroman.wordpress.com and tweets via @HammedAjiboye
