If you have been reading this mini-series on personal achievement (Part 1-5) then you know that it's been a variety of discussions about setting goals and objectives and getting things done. I hope these articles have helped you. To wrap up this topic I copied a page from one of our Smart Book titled: "The keys To Success" which appears below: "This information has put a "bow and arrow" in your hands, it has armed you with the weapon of knowledge. Now, picture in your mind that your holding your "bow and arrow" and you want to hit the "bulls eye" of the target which is about 100 feet away from you. You probably never shot an arrow before or, are really inexperienced at shooting an arrow. What do you do? You put the arrow in the bow, draw back on the string, using your vision, you target the arrow at the bulls eye and fire. Now, you will probably miss the bull's eye for sure and, maybe the whole target! But, the important point is that you had a "vision" and you "targeted your arrow" and fired the arrow at the target. If you missed the target completely, what would you do? You would reload your bow, aim at the target, and adjust for errors and fire. Now, you may not have hit the bull's eye, and you may have missed the target again. But, you got closer to the target because you adjusted your aim. What do you do now? You reload and shoot again! Each time you load and shoot at the bulls eye you will get closer and closer to the bull's eye with practice. Eventually, you will start hitting the target and, with enough practice, you will put the arrow right in the bull's eye, every time. Practice makes perfect Your goals are the same as the "bulls eye" in the example above and your efforts are the "bow and arrow". You set a goal in your vision, take aim and shoot for it. If you come short of the goal; reload, adjust for errors, aim and fire! Each time you set a goal and come short of accomplishing the goal (or hitting the target) reload, adjust for errors, aim and fire! Do this again and again until you "hit the bulls eye". You will find that setting goals and accomplishing those goals takes practice. No matter what you do or, how many times you fail to get your goal, you are far better off than the person who has no target. If your goal is to be a millionaire, it may take you 5 years, 10 years or, 20 years to get there. You may fall short of your goal and be only worth a 1/2 million dollars. In any case, a goal (target) that you miss is always better than no target at all! If you succeed, people will say you got "lucky" and they will resent you. Why? Because 95% of the people you know don't have any real goals. They just follow the followers, working their job, making ends meet and they settle for whatever life will "give" them. If you are made of the "right stuff" you will not settle for what life "gives" you. No, you will settle in the security of the knowledge that you are shooting for "the best" out of life. The minute that you start setting "goal-targets" people will resent you. Why? Because your vision confronts them with the fact that they don't have one and that makes them jealous and resentful. Now, if you are ready for success, you will thrive on this because, you will serve as an example of what happens when you stop "following the follower" and start being a "leader". " I couldn't think of a more fitting end to this discussion on setting goals and personal achievement. Thanks for reading and stay tuned! There is more information coming because, money matters! If you want some FREE high quality worksheets to help you through this discussion on goals and objectives, send us an email request at talktosmartbooks@smart67.com and we'll send them to your email address-these worksheets are in PDF file format. An Ezine Article exclusive this week! Copyright 2005 James W. Hart, IV All Rights reserved |
