Know Your Why; Plan Your How…….
We are being inundated by social media, newspaper editorials and comics, radio and tv commercials, coaches, managers, friends, neighbors, and family imploring us to set our New Year’s goals. There is not passion in goals. They will leave you unsatisfied if too low, disillusioned if too high, and/or are rendered meaningless and summarily dismissed if too much of your environment changes. Let’s not spend any time on something we’re going dismiss; so, just say NO to goals. What, no goals?….that’s right; NO goals.
Rather than goals; know your why and plan your how. We’ve been taught and browbeat to establish ‘SMART’ goals. However, nothing in a ‘SMART’ goal is from your soul, no commitment, no understanding of WHY that’s your pursuit, your dream. Look deep inside and clearly determine why you want to commit to accomplish anything. Without a clear WHY, you can’t really focus, will miss your mark and fail.
Keep asking yourself why until your motivations and aspirations are clear. Once you articulate WHY, plan your HOW. Your plan should acknowledge your strengths, weaknesses, fears, and confidences. Bolster your strengths and focus on your weaknesses. Include regular opportunities to benchmark your progress. Strive for constant improvement, ok, maybe that’s your goal; but not your end. With a WHY and a PLAN there is no end. There is a cycle Plan-Do-Check, repeat. You can adjust your plan to account for changing circumstance, as long as it squarely addresses your dream.
Don’t limit yourself by setting goals. Dig deep; know your why and plan your how and get better and better and better…..
#NeverFeartheDream
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