Many speakers and authors encourage you to
set goals but most have never explained why this is such a powerful discipline
beyond saying something like “Something magical happens when you write down
yours goals on paper”. In my opinion,
setting clearly defined goals for all the areas of your life works for three
reasons. First, it restores a sense of focus in your world, a world that has
become complicated by too many options. In this age we live in, there are
simply far too many things to do at any given time. There are too many
distractions that compete for our attention. Goals clarify our desires and, in
doing so, help us to focus on only those activities that will lead us to what
we want.
Setting clearly defined goals provides you
with a frame work for smarter choices. If you know precisely where you are
going, it becomes far easier to select those activities that will get you
there. Writing down your goals clarifies your intentions (and the first step to
realizing your vision is defining it). As novelist Saul Bellow once observed,
“A clear plan relieves you of the torment of choice.” Or as author Glenn Bland
wrote, “Goals and plans take the worry out of living.” If you set goals, the
actions you take will be based on your life’s mission rather than on your
day-to-day moods.
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