GOALSSETTING: is simply an organized personal
planning process. It is a reliable method for identifying what you want to
achieve-whether in the long or short-term, and whether in your personal life,
your profession or career. Note: when you don’t set goals anything goes in your
life. It is of such great important that even our Lord Jesus Christ recognized
it. No one can achieve a sustainable progress in his/her life, calling or
career without paying a good attention to this important topic (Goal Setting). LUKE 14:28-30, ACT 21:11-13, ICOR
9:26-29
The process
of setting goals however gives you the laser-sharp focus you need, to achieve
real and lasting success, not just in your personal life but also in the lives
of the people over whom the Holy Ghost has made you an overseer (act 20:28).
So, to start
setting goals, perhaps the first step should be to simply some time to decide
what direction you want your life, family, or profession to take.
Once you
start this process (and stick to it) it won’t take long for you to see the
results, which include being able to break down even the most complex life goals into stepping stones that
you can tackle everyday, until you reach the bigger picture, or have achieved
your lifetime goals. When we are talking about setting realistic and result
oriented goals in our respective life and areas of specialization (profession)
we need the help of the Lord through His Holy spirit.
Looking at
the life of Paul the apostle, he had his goals and priorities well set. In
Romans 10:1 his desire (goals) was that his brethren would be saved. In I Cor.
9:26-27, his goals was also to win the prize. That was his goals in ministry.
No wonder he labored much more than the other Apostles. In another situation,
his goal was to preach in Jerusalem in spite of the things that were waiting
for him there (act 21:11-13)
BENEFITS OF
GOAL SETTING
1. Goal setting keeps you focused on your chosen direction and
can act as a reference point any time you feel you have strayed from your
determined path.
2. It helps you more accurately to identify the distraction
that is serving as road blocks on your path to realization of goals.
3. It helps you to identify and prioritize your desires in
life. You will learn how to get to the important things first, leaving the less
important ones
4. It helps you to discipline your appetite you will have to
sacrifice some things, so you can achieve your desires
5. You gain more confidence in yourself as you achieved one
goal after the other, thereby encouraging you to set even more important and
bigger goals for yourself or career
ENEMIES OF ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS
1.
LACK OF TIME
For 33 percents of people it is shortage of time. They claim
that 24 hours are not enough for everything they have planned. Time is the essence,
they say. And they try their best with 24 hours and manage their time
carefully, but in any case they constantly feel the lack of time. Time is an
illness causing fatigue.
2.
LACK OF MOSTIVATION
For 11 percents it is lack of motivation. These people feel
they don’t achieve their goal, because they don’t know exactly what they are
aiming at. As a result, they don’t know how to persuade their mind to achieve
that goal. More after these people are satisfied with small achievement
3.
LACK OF PERSISTENCE
For other 33 percents of people, it is lack of persistence.
These people just go with the stream, because they lack decisiveness and
perseverance. They can’t get over the difficulties; they easily give up and
refuse from their dreams
Note: Your limit must not be your limitation
4.
UNCERTAINTY
For 22 percents the major enemy is their uncertainty. They
don’t know what their goals are. These people just don’t know what they want to
get from life. Even to them their life is a big question-mark for them
5.
FEAR
For some people it is fear, because they afraid to fail and
get frustrated. They get angry with themselves when they don’t fulfill their
goals
6.
LAZINESS
For other people it is laziness. These people are just idle
type and don’t want to make any effort to achieve their goals.
7.
LACK OF OPPORTUNITY
For some people it is a lack of opportunity. Some people are
deprived of the opportunity to exhibit their talents and gift. Success is people
dependent factor often most of aspiring people are driven away from their
dreams on account of opportunity factors
CONCLUSION:
A man without goal is like goals if you don’t set goal for yourself, you have
no where to go in life set a goal today and see your dream been fulfilled
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