Goals are very important to most people. For me they are important because of two things. Firstly, they lead me in the right direction and secondly they boost my ambition to grow my life and be a better person. Of course there are many other benefits to goal-setting, like knowing that you’re in the right path to your dreams and few things beats the feeling of achieving your goals.
Someone said once; Goals are just dreams with a date. I do believe that’s correct. Goals and dreams are alike in many ways. They are both very personal, differ widely from person to person and usually shows something that a person’s desires.
In Buddhism setting your goals are very important. You challenge yourself in order to grow your life in every aspect. Before every year ends I sit down with my goals and see what I have accomplished and also set new goals for the upcoming year.
But how do set your goals?
There are many ways to set a goal and I want to share what I’ve learned about goals. What qualities does a good goal have?
- They are measurable. You have to be able to measure your goal. For example, if you set a goal to save some amount of money you can easily see if you are on the right path or not.
- They are realistic. Set your goal that is realistic to you. They are reachable but not so easy to achieve that it isn’t any challenge for you.
- They have dates. For me, setting a goal without a date is only a dream. Set a date on your dream and voila, you have a goal
You also have to believe in your goals. If you can believe it and conceive it you can achieve it!
Rather interesting. Has few times re-read for this purpose to remember. Thanks for interesting article. Waiting for trackback
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