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Good Goal Setting Helps To Clearly Illustrate Your Road Map To The Buried Treasure!

By Ishmail Downes
Aug 12, 2009
People often underestimated the importance of goal setting, don't be one of them. Wouldn't it be great if you were handed a map that CLEARLY illustrates where you can find buried treasure? Well, start goal setting and you'll have the equivalent. When you set CLEAR, SPECIFIC goals, you become excited by knowing EXACTLY how to get to the treasure!...

So, now all you have to do is follow the road map.

What's that? "goal setting is difficult", you say...

Yeah I know, it can be, but as soon as you make it a habit, you'll become better and better at it, on top of that, you'll no long see goal setting as such a chore. It's just one of life's designs, have you noticed everything worthwhile achieving, ISN'T easy! I actually like when things are hard because it makes me feel that I'm on the right track, and I'm certainly weary of anything that's TOO easy.

The fact is, MOST people DON'T bother setting goals, and so it makes perfect sense that most people are NOT where they want to be in life. So, take my foolish advice...

It's often good practice to use the majority as a CONTRARY indicator of what to do in a given situation. For example, the majority don't take time to set goals, so you would do the opposite!

In short, if you want to have the best possible chance of making a success of your life, you really should set goals, but...

Are you clear on what it actually is you want to be successful at?

LET'S PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE

Obviously, I would recommend everybody to carry out goal setting, but I must stress the importance of setting the right type of goals, in the right order. Put another way, it's important to prioritise your goals. Does that make sense? NO...

I better explain then...

It makes absolutely NO sense goal setting to achieve buying a car stereo, when you don't even have a car yet! I say this in reference to getting first things first, and this is never more so true, when it comes to planning out your DREAM life! I always urge people, before they set out to follow any type of self improvement strategies, to ensure that their foundational values are rock-solid because this effects everything you do!...

So basically, make sure YOU have STRONG foundations FIRST, before you start making any plans to rule the world. Trust me, you'll thank yourself, and me hopefully, for it!

Moving Forward...

Any good plan, should have the following...

Obviously, it should have a goal, and where possible, this goal should be broken down into smaller goals. The goals should be clear and precise. For example, I want to own five 6 bedroom detached houses by January 1st 2020. Achieving your goals should be doable, but not necessarily easy, and should have some logic and structure to it!

If you take anything away from this article, let it be this...

The MOST important goal you can ever set in life, is to live a passionate, meaningful, abundant, life!... Any goal that is not working towards achieving this, can't be THAT important!
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