Goal Setting for the Journey of Life
By Gary Simpson
Suppose you wanted to take a trip somewhere. What is the first thing that
you do? You would get a map showing your destination, of course. Now you can
see clearly how to get to where you want to go.
Next comes the planning phase. You wouldn't just get in your vehicle and
drive or hop on a bus or a train or plane and hope for the best. No. You
would plan a route. Fundamental to that would be the fact that you need to
recognize your starting point. You cannot choose a direction before you know
exactly where you are. So, to arrive at a destination point we need to know
the point of origin. Only then can we fill in the gaps between.
Say, for instance, that you want to get to town F and you are starting
from town A. Your first check point is town B. After that comes towns C, D
and E. By monitoring your route along the way you can be assured of reaching
your chosen destination.
Sometimes along the journey we take a wrong turn. When this happens we
need to check our map. If we don't, we just keep going in the wrong
direction. Naturally this happens most often when we either don't consult
our map often enough or we simply don't have a map. Checking the map allows
us to "get back on track."
It is a fairly well known fact that all airplanes are "off-target" most
of the time. However, minor adjustments along the way ensure that the plane
travels along the general flight path until it arrives at its location.
Failure to make a one or two degree adjustment could cause the plane to be
hundreds of miles off course. The same happens with the steering wheel of a
car. Failure to make adjustments will see you end up in a ditch on the side
of the road.
But what about your life? That is the biggest journey of them all. Why do
so many people just blunder their way along without any plan? So many people
have no goals, no plan, no checkpoints - nothing. Yet they expect to arrive
at some fanciful destination called success.
Write yourself a plan. Mark in the checkpoints - A, B, C, D, E, F and so
on. Monitor your progress. Measure it against time. If you do this you will
be so far in front of the masses who not only have no idea where they are
going but have no idea where they are. Remember, be realistic about your
starting point and your destination point. Filling in the checkpoints just
becomes a matter of course then.
Take the "Journey of Life" and don't forget the roadmap. It's so much
easier when you know where you are going.
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About the author: Gary Simpson is the author of eight books
covering a diverse range of subjects such as self esteem, affirmations, self
defense, finance and much more. His articles appear all over the web. Gary's
email address is budo@iinet.net.au.
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