Goal Setting - Exciting or Daunting?

07/12/2011 12:31

Goal setting... It seems to be the subject on everyone's lips these days and for good reason. I've heard it said that a goal is a dream with a deadline! That for me is inspiring because often in life our dreams feel like just thatApple 9L0-062 exam - figments of our imagination that can never be achieved. The knowledge that a deadline can be put on dreams changes the game completely and inspires us to step up because the prospect of achieving our wildest aspirations actually becomes a reality. I myself am a huge fan of goal setting and the hard work which is required thereafter in order to move closer to making those dreams a reality.
So... goal setting - that's easy right? Surely everyone knows what car they'd like to drive, the suburb in which they want to live, how much they want to earn etc. Wrong! This isn't the case for everyone. Before we talk about the four step process to achieve your goals and how often they should be repeated before they become a habit, let's talk about actually putting daydreams on paper in a structured and measurable manner or goal setting.
Most people would agree that it can be overwhelming to get all areas of your life in check. From financial to physical, emotional and spiritual...that's a lot of goals to have to set - and it is often at this very first hurdle that most people fall and never get up. They give up on even putting anything on paper and committing it to their Apple 9L0-062 examsubconscious mind because the thought of 'organizing' their lives is just so daunting. This feeling is mostly caused by the fact that once you realize how out of order one aspect of your life is (which is not a bad thing because none of us are perfect) it tends to draw your attention to everything else and that suddenly becomes magnified a million times over! You suddenly become alarmingly aware of just how much you need to 'fix' in your life! Aaarrggghhh!
I have some good news... You suddenly becoming aware of all that needs rectifying in your life does not
Benjamin Franklin once said "You may delay, but time will not". What does this mean to you? Well, to me it means there's no better time than right now to start moving closer to your dreams. No one knows how much time they have left and since it waits for no man, I believe in this very moment being the perfect moment to do all you've ever thought of doing. Yes, goal setting takes time and requires thought but if you don't plan your life no one else will do it for you. Give yourself as long as you need to in order to become the person whom achieving your goals will make you. After all, if you give up on yourself RH133what do you spend the rest of your life doing?Building someone else's dream? That alternative is not even worth considering in my opinion!

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