Have you ever wondered why it seems difficult for you to achieve great things or be like others who have? Have you ever sat down to consider that you have the same head, hands and legs like other people who are successful are and wondered why you aren’t successful yet? What if I told you that the solution to your problem might be at the end of this particular post?

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Hi there and welcome to my blog post today. My name is Great Morgan and I am glad to have you on my blog. I have thought about upgrading my content for a while now and I have considered that it would make much sense if my Monday articles were based on either issues surrounding Personal/self development, Business or Motivation. I believe that it would be great to start each new work week with some mindset changing capsules. Today, we would be looking at something I would term as the foundation of all Success- Goals and Goal setting. I believe that at the end of this post, you’d have learnt something valuable and also applicable. Read carefully and enjoy.

WHAT ARE GOALS?

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A goal can be seen and considered as an idea of a desired future or result that a person or group of people envision, plan and commit to in order to achieve it. One of the major characteristics of a goal is in its ability to be set within a finite time by setting deadlines for achievement.

You must have desired something in your heart before. Maybe to get a new phone, clothes, make new friends and so on. But when you become intentional about such dreams by envisioning it first, putting it into planning and setting a deadline for it, it is more of a wishing thinking.

The idea behind goals is the fact that they are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bond (SMART). Everything that is around you today was first someone’s idea but before the idea could manifest into reality or tangible materials/products, it needed to have passed through a stage of being a dream into becoming goal- a goal that must be achieved.

WHAT IS GOAL SETTING?

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Goal setting is the development of an actionable plan created to guide, motivate or inspire a person or group of people towards the achievement of a goal. Remember that from our paragraph above, goals have to be SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound). These are the criteria needed to help guide and direct one into creating a goal plan that would help in the attainment of a certain idealistic result.

Why most people haven’t made so much progress in life is because they don’t live by the laws that control the feeling of fulfillment and progress. Take a look at this example below to understand why having goal and setting goals are necessary;

Imagine if we had a game at the upcoming FIFA world cup with 22 players on the pitch, 3 balls and no goal post? Pause for a minute and imagine it. Imagine the kind of catastrophe that would occur as a result of having 3 balls in the pitch and not having a goal post. The players would sweat after dribbling themselves and running around the field but the truth is football wouldn’t be interesting it they didn’t have the ‘goal’ post or a ‘measurable’ amount of ball. Just like every other sport, a certain form of measure is kept in order for athletes to be able to engage and utilize their energy, effort and skill into producing the kind of results that would make them champions at the end of the game.

If you have successfully pictured the not-so-amazing football scenario, you’ll find out that some people are just living life like that. They practically just roam around life doing this and that and this and that again LOL. They hardly apply focus into anything. Just like a football striker who has nowhere to score a goal, they run around life putting their efforts into many things and end up not being successful.

The first step of success lays in responsibility- the responsibility to take charge of your life. Many people are tossed around by life because they haven’t fully taken responsibility of their lives. Having goals or setting one actually shows a sign of responsibility, because it isn’t an easy task- which is why you don’t see everybody doing it.

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My aim message I would love you to go away with is the fact that all success lays within the confinement and building blocks of goals. When you don’t have ‘anything’ in mind to achieve, you can as well bet that you’ll never achieve anything, no matter how much work you do on earth. Being busy isn’t the same as being productive. Working on a hard task doesn’t mean you’re hard working because no matter how hard bricklayer might be, not all brick layers are hardworking LOL.

Thank you for reading this piece to this point. Throughout this month, hopefully every Monday, I would be writing and teaching the little I know and well researched facts about goals & goal setting and how you can begin to apply it in your life and begin to see result. Feel free to ask questions below and drop contributions too. I remain your favourite steemian @morgangreat