Progressive Goal Setting Techniques

Goal Setting is a necessary component of buildingthe roadblocks that you inevitably will encounter along
wealth in whatever direction we are pointed. If youthe way. No path is completely free of gravel and
don't first have a well defined goal in life, you shouldn'trocks. You'll need to make intelligent decisions along the
hope to be very successful at anything you do. Thisway, no question about that. In the end, you will do just
concept can be in reference to whatever path youfine.
choose to be part of. May it be school, work or in"A person without a goal is like a ship without a
family life, the requirement is similar. No direction willrudder"- Dennis Waitley
cause us to be off course and with no landing in sight."In the long run, men hit only what they aim at.
Plan ahead wisely and understand the consequencesTherefore, they had better aim at something high" -
of taking each day as it comes. You can and shouldHenry David Thoreau
help to determine where you will be five years from"You are never too old to set another goal or to
now or even ten or twenty years forward. Like in thedream a new dream" - C. S. Lewis
game of chess, the moves you make now will help to"A goal without a plan is just a wish" - Larry Elder
determine who the winner will be later. Don't get to farTurn your dreams into a goal setting reality and not
off track or you won't have much to show at the endjust wishful thinking. Make your long term plans now
of the speedway.and stick to them until there is a positive outcome. It is
After you have locked in your goals, set the plan injust a matter of patience, using an intelligent strategy
place, then it will require a strong determined spirit todeveloped by your own special talents and coupled
produce a favorable end result. You can accomplishwith your desire for achievement of those goals.
this by not quitting prematurely and smoothing out all