Saturday 24 May 2014

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GOAL SETTING


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"Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievements." - Brian Tracy (in the book: Eat that frog)

One common similarity among we humans is the desire to have a good life filled with success and achievements. We all want to record success stories in our education, careers, businesses, finances, relationships, and families. Such a desire is good, but as we all know, achieving that success is where the challenge really lies. A lot of things happening to us, or around us, could make us not to look deep inside and identify who we are and what we really want to achieve. Yes, we all usually think about becoming successful, but each person is unique, and so are the things that work for us. That is the reason why each person needs to identify what (s)he wants and outline how to go about it, and one sure way to go about that is by setting goals.

Goal setting is simply a process of thinking about what you want to achieve, and working towards making it a reality.

Goal setting is important because: