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How
To Set Your Goals
As any good student knows, if you don't plan
for success, you are infact planning for failure. The core of good
planning lies in knowing how to stake out your goals. These goals will
then function as milestones, helping you reach
your destination much quicker.
If you do not systematically arrange your goals you will find yourself
lost in the wilderness of our own thoughts. The clearer your mission
is, the easier it becomes to complete it.
Goal
setting is in fact a process. You start out by asking yourself why
you're doing what you’re doing right, are you proud of what
you have achieved this far and do you think there is a noble pursuit
into following this path or is it strictly related to material gains?
(such as money?). In short; we have to learn the why,
the how and the when of
doing things.
Here's
where the importance of setting goals appear, whether these goals are
on a smaller scale such as losing a certain amount of weight each month
or on a larger scale such as what to do with the rest of your life.
That’s why I urge to plan right now, end
procrastination today!
Think, ponder, reflect!
Sit down and just reflect over your life, where are you going? We are
all going to die in a few years from now, what makes you want live and
continue striving?
It's now time to set up the actual steps you need to take in order to
reach your end. Get yourself a pen and a notebook and start dividing
your plan into years, month and finally into days. You might want to
look at this article on how to compose atask list.
Start asking.... and answering
An
excellent way of starting the whole process is by simply asking
yourself some questions. Here's a few suggestions on the type of
questions you could ask. Obviously, you can should
add/subtract questions to form a picture that better fits your needs:
- Do I have any knowledge
of this?
- What type of
information is needed?
- Where can this piece
of information be obtained?
- Is there any type of
skill that I need to master?
- Are there any
resources I could use?
- Is this really the
only way to do it, are there any better options?
Take small steps - Think big thoughts
Now when you've finished all the planning, it's time to actually
execute the plan. It's important that you don't go over your head, be
sure to make your goals small in the beginning. Walk in baby steps
while keeping your eyes focused on the larger picture. There's a famous
chinese proverb that says;
"A
journey
of a thousand miles begins with one small
step”
Just do it!
The more you keep on putting all your plans on the shelf, the greater
the regrets afterwards. How many times have we not wished we would of
finished a certain task a long time ago? Don't ever procrastinate, the
faster you can get things done, the better. Always keep this in mind.
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