Meaningful Goals and Objectives
If you are not making the progress you expect personally, then most likely, your goals have not been clearly defined and properly visualized. Clearly defined goals are the keys to fulfillment and achievement. They are essential for success. The English author, Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, wrote: “The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life clearly discerns his object and towards that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.”
The benefits of setting goals are neither mystical or hazy. There are real and significant values to be gained from practicing goal-setting:
- Goal-setting improves your self image improving you today for a better tomorrow.
- Goal-setting makes you aware of your strengths which can help you to overcome obstacles.
- Goal-setting makes you aware of your weaknesses. Through awareness, you can set new goals to improve in those areas.
- Goal-setting gives you a sense of past victories which provides stimulus for present and future success.
- Written goals help you visualize, actionize and then actualize.
- Goal-setting gives you a track on which to run.
- Goal-setting forces you to set priorities and direction. It forces you to crystallize your thinking.
- Goal-setting separates reality from wishful thinking.
- Goal-setting forces you to define and establish in concrete form your system of values and to take responsibility.
- Goals provide criteria to sharpen decision-making. If the criteria have (has) not been defined, decisions get made in terms of immediate pressures.
Generally, experts have agreed that failure in life results from a lack of clearly defined purpose. Success in life does not result from chance, rather, a succession of successful days. The starting point for anybody is personal program of goals.
Self-Actualization
Shakespeare said, “To thine own self be true and it must follow as the night the day thou canst be false to any man.” There is that still, small voice in each of us that makes it clear we are on the track to self-actualization or derailed.
As a child we come to the world all lit up and then we unplug ourselves from the Source, from God, ultimately resulting in the light going out.
To see and experience our own light, our inner strength, direction, and wisdom, we need to plug ourselves back into our Source. We need to learn to be still and get away from the noise, static and extraneous thoughts of our external world. All we have to do is go inside and have a willingness to listen as He is waiting to help and assist us. But we must listen with our hearts.
Ultimately He is the conductor who keeps us on track as we travel the journey of personal success, who says “you had a productive day, week, month and year.” He does not deceive or misguide when we learn to listen.
By beginning with the end in mind, and listening to your heart, self-actualization, i.e., being all that you can be, becomes a lifestyle. The journey then becomes endless and delightful.
This article was written by Gary Field, CPA at Numerico, PC. Click here to view Numerico’s website.
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