Goal setting is a very vital practice. Do not underestimate the significance and impact of goal setting. When you have a goal, it gets you focus on important things, take action and helps you save time and energy by preventing unnecessary actions.
A wise man once said 'If you fail to plan, you plan to fail'.
To ensure that you set goals properly, you must be able to differentiate between end goals and mean goals. End goals are the actual final goal that you want to achieve. Mean goals are goals that are used to attain the end goal. It is a medium used to achieve the end goal. During goal setting, make sure that you set end goals and not mean goals.
Let's take the common I-want-to-get-rich goal as an example. This is not an end goal but a means goal. This is because what you want is not money, but the things that money can bring you. Things like security, freedom, happiness, experience etc. You don't actually want more numbers in your bank account. You want what you think money is able to give you.
Sadly many people fail to see that and got caught out by it. They try hard to amass more wealth but eventually still end up unsatisfied. This is because they did not get what they ultimately wanted. All this because they put their focus on the wrong goal.
Here's a familiar story: A young man works in a large corporation, aiming to be the CEO so that he can have the money to live a life of security, freedom and happiness. Works hard for 20 years, finally becomes the CEO. But in doing so, for 20 years he spent most of the time working (no freedom, no time for loved ones), the stress is killing him (unhappy), and it affected his relationship with family members and friends.
So in the end he achieved his goal, but sadly he found out that it did not give him what he wanted.
To set a goal, sacrifice for it and finally achieve it, only to find out too late that it didn't give you what you initially wanted. That is a very bitter pill to swallow.
So whenever you set goals, take your time to do it. Do it thoroughly, think it through. You do not want to get it wrong and see all your future efforts go to waste. Make sure you do not mistake mean goals for end goals. - 14915
A wise man once said 'If you fail to plan, you plan to fail'.
To ensure that you set goals properly, you must be able to differentiate between end goals and mean goals. End goals are the actual final goal that you want to achieve. Mean goals are goals that are used to attain the end goal. It is a medium used to achieve the end goal. During goal setting, make sure that you set end goals and not mean goals.
Let's take the common I-want-to-get-rich goal as an example. This is not an end goal but a means goal. This is because what you want is not money, but the things that money can bring you. Things like security, freedom, happiness, experience etc. You don't actually want more numbers in your bank account. You want what you think money is able to give you.
Sadly many people fail to see that and got caught out by it. They try hard to amass more wealth but eventually still end up unsatisfied. This is because they did not get what they ultimately wanted. All this because they put their focus on the wrong goal.
Here's a familiar story: A young man works in a large corporation, aiming to be the CEO so that he can have the money to live a life of security, freedom and happiness. Works hard for 20 years, finally becomes the CEO. But in doing so, for 20 years he spent most of the time working (no freedom, no time for loved ones), the stress is killing him (unhappy), and it affected his relationship with family members and friends.
So in the end he achieved his goal, but sadly he found out that it did not give him what he wanted.
To set a goal, sacrifice for it and finally achieve it, only to find out too late that it didn't give you what you initially wanted. That is a very bitter pill to swallow.
So whenever you set goals, take your time to do it. Do it thoroughly, think it through. You do not want to get it wrong and see all your future efforts go to waste. Make sure you do not mistake mean goals for end goals. - 14915
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