Working Towards Your Goals

I wanted to offer some thoughts about goals, I think that this is the perfect time to begin working towards greater accomplishments, especially if your goals include bringing value into the world. I will post some more thoughts about goals and achievement over the next few weeks. Please feel free to comment.

In order to be successful, you need some goals to work towards.
It has been often said that a person without goals is like a ship without a rudder, you just drift from day to day.

Some of the most successful people I have ever studied insist that it is not only necessary to have goals, but also necessary to have them written down.

That is just the first step, if you never take any action towards your goals, it's a little like sitting in your car with a map, but never starting the engine, or putting the car in gear. You never get out of your driveway.

It is not necessary to know every step you are going to take to get to your goal before you get started, it is much more important to get moving, and build momentum. It is easier to change direction than it is to start moving in the first place. Start from where you are right now, and do whatever seems like it will move you in the direction of your goal. Remember the old cliche about a journey of a thousand miles starting with a single step. You will get much further by taking a small step every day, rather than trying to map out every step perfectly before you start.

Perfectionism is most often an obstacle on the way to achievement, and generally an excuse not to take action. While having a plan is helpful, there is no way to cover every possibility, so be flexible in your planning, and use the plan to be sure you are moving in the direction you wish to go.

It is important to be consistent, and take action every day. At first, it will seem extremely difficult, but every day gets a little easier. As you take more steps towards your goal, the level of satisfaction you feel will grow, making it easier to continue. Repeated efforts will also become habitual, so you will not require as much discipline to continue making progress.