![]() Know that what gets measured, gets improved. You ensure that you are pushing yourself to get the best results, rather than resting on your laurels and waiting for things to happen. That’s because when you set goals, you have a vision to work toward. Michael Phelps (competitive swimmer and most decorated Olympian of all time), Kobe Bryant (NBA star), Mark Zuckerberg (co-founder of Facebook), Richard Branson (business magnate), and Elon Musk (CEO of SpaceX and Telsa Motors) all set goals. Top performers, world-class athletes, and successful people all set goals. Instead of letting others tell you what to do, you proactively take charge and think about what you want for yourself. When you stop to set goals and think about what you want, you break out of auto-pilot and start living a life of your conscious creation. It can be fashion labels getting you to buy their clothes because you supposedly look cooler in them. It can be the fast food industry telling you to eat fast food because you’re “lovin’ it.” It can be the consumer goods industry telling you that you need this shampoo with 79% frizz-reduction formula because it’ll make your life better. ![]() In reality, you’re just fulfilling others’ goals, not yours. Students graduate and they’re not sure what to do with their life adults work for years and are shocked when they reach their 30s/40s and don’t know what to do next.Īs Bill Copeland says, when you don’t set goals, you can spend your whole life running up and down and not achieve anything. That’s because they don’t have a direction of where they want to go, what they want to achieve. Even though they work hard, they don’t feel like they are getting what they want. Many people today are sleepwalking through life. Here are 7 reasons why it’s important to set goals. It’s when you switch from living passively to being an active creator of your life. It marks your first point towards success. Goal setting is the first step of successful goal achievement. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.” - Zig Ziglarĭo you set goals for yourself? What are your goals for the next 1 year? How about 3 years? 5 years? 10 years? What are your aspirations in life? “The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” - Bill Copeland
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