Reach Your Goals

There is something more important than believing–action. Goals are not a wish; they are a vivid dream acted on. Understand that no goal can ever be achieved by wishful thinking or desire not followed by (painful) effort. We have to s top the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it. The problem is that it is often difficult to put one’s thoughts into action. As a result, the world is so full of dreamers and there aren’t enough people who will move ahead and begin to take steps (in the right direction) to achieve their dreams/goals (in every area of their lives). Moreover, many people tend to spend most of their time talking about their goals and plans but few are taking the steps necessary (each day) to make their dreams a reality (in every area of their lives). Many of us spend half our time wishing for thi...

It is the beginning of a task that is more difficult than continuing once the momentum has been created. Once you have the momentum you will become unstoppable; consistency creates momentum and momentum is sustained through consistency. Moreover, the instant you commit yourself to something is the instant you start achieving it. And until there is commitment, there will always be a way back or a way to avoid doing what is essential to the attainment of your goals. The problem is that commitment is not something that we can manufacture – it is something that we discover deep down within us. I must admit that I was a procrastinator before I developed the habit of putting my goals down on paper and keeping a goal journal. And to be honest, if there is one habit that’s changed my life so much over the years is simply the habit of having written goals . I can’t list all the benefits here, but one thing I can tell you is that by writing each goal down on paper (in a goal journal), deve...