Focus on Goal Setting ~ ~ Finally

I have been learning about goal setting.  I never knew that only 3% of people ever set goals. Why is this?  I have always dreaded setting goals and I recently learned why.  I was afraid of failure so I never pushed myself.  I, along with most everyone else (except the 3% of people who set goals) fell into the routine, go to school, get a job. Where is the dream in that?  Where is the ambition in that?  Hey, we were never pushed to go to college even, why? I ask myself these things and I'm sad and angry but I have only myself to blame.  I have so much catching up to do in this area folks and I feel like I am back in school!  It's never too late and I am happy just the same.

Zig Ziglar made a remarkable statement when he said that you will never make it as a "wandering generality".  You must be a "meaningful specific". Strange words, but actually they ring in my soul like never before.  He also said that we must be "sold" on the idea of goal setting. Just like anything, we must see how important it is to our lives to desire to incorporate it into our lives.

I wish that someone would have sold me on the importance of goals earlier in my life.  I vaguely remember being taught something about it in school, but I don't remember what grade.  Obviously it didn't stick.  I wonder what would happen if goal setting became as important to learning as the basics of reading, writing and math. Perhaps our world would be a much richer place, filled with people who had purpose and felt value.  These days we are all just a bunch of hamburger flippers!  I'm sorry, I am a little frustrated about this. Why is it only 3% of people ever set goals?  I'm a half a century old and am now only learning this? HELLO!!!!! Anyone home???

In a prior post I touched on goal setting because I know it is an important part in being successful in any worthy endeavor.  I will be touching on this subject more and more in coming posts.

Focus On The Goal To Help Focus On Discipline

Focus On The Goal To Help Focus On Discipline

Discipline is important to keep you on task, but the flip side of this is if you have no goal in focus you will have no drive to keep you going, you will work for a while but lose interest because you will have lost your "why" for doing it;  it seems a waste of time because you don't see any immediate results from your efforts.  Discipline is vital here, but if there is no desire, no need, passion, you will get bored. When you have a passion for what you are doing discipline comes easy.  You make yourself do the things on your list!  What is your short term goal for the week and/or the month? Learn to pin point that goal and keep it in focus - every day! Even if you have not yet seen your goal manifest itself that day, if you keep to the task it will come to pass.

Thus focus and goal setting again is the vital issue here.  Post notes up on your wall or mirror or someplace where you can see them while you are working.  A bulletin board works good, but put it right out in front of your desk so you can see it all the time!

In our coming post we will focus more on ways to structure your time to help better focus on your business success.  If you have any comments or suggestions this is a great place to share those as we get many page views every week.  Helping others is the goal of this blog and your insight is very much appreciated. 

Coming Posts:
Need for structure: to maintain goal
Need for rest & exercise: to maintain balance
Need for relationships to build wealth
Need For excellence to increase wealth