Who Is Doing Your Goal Setting?
Goals are really important, so chose them wisely. Make them yours and find a way to measure success no matter how small. If you have many goals, chose the one you are totally passionate about. The formula for success is very simple. Thought becomes a feeling and a feeling becomes an action and an action produces results. Sounds simple but we usually get stuck in the action part. For total success, you must spend time thinking about your goal everyday. If you do this you can’t help but feel an emotion. See yourself there. See yourself successful but most importantly, take action even if it’s only a few minutes a day. Always work towards that goal. For example, if you want to write a book and you don’t have a lot of time, write a page everyday. Before you know it you’ve written your book.
Do goals work? Yes they do, even if they are not yours. Let me give you an example. When I was at a maritime school, the mission of the school, besides giving me a good education, was for me to become a Captain. In four years at the academy I can’t tell you how many times they prefaced everything as if I was already a Captain. In my mind and the school’s I was already a maritime Captain.
So be careful choosing your goals. Make sure the goal is not your parents’ or somebody else’s. So did I become Captain? Yes, and in record time. I used the about formula everyday for eight years and became one of the youngest Captains ever. What I found when I was promoted to Captain was happiness and sadness. I should have been ecstatic, jumping up and down. I had accomplished something that most mariners only dream about. Why wasn’t I happy? Well, after much thought I realized this was never my goal. The maritime school had subconsciously chosen this for me. I was never happy in the position as Captain although I did a very good job. Choose your goals wisely; too many people are in jobs they hate. Life is too short.
Just think what you could do if you set your own goals.
