God has provided everyone with the power to achieve superlative success in life. But to realize that success you need to have a particular goal. All successful people set goals to stay motivated and work according to a long-term vision. Goals streamline their required knowledge, and they help them in organizing time and resources. 

You may start the process of setting goals for yourself by looking at your lifetime dreams. Goal setting is a great skill to develop that designs your future. It gives you the chance to experience the power of your imagination. So, tap your imagination for goal setting and use it to design your beautiful future. 

Goal Setting is Important

Setting a particular goal is important as it makes you do what is needed to succeed in life. The activity provides you with a sharp focus, shapes your dreams, and gives you the ability to take meticulous actions to achieve what you want in life. Your goals cause you to stretch and grow and become better in whatever you are doing. So, make goals that inspire you, that are credible, and on which you can act in a particular time frame.

How to Set Goals

1. Know Where You Are Right now

Evaluate and reflect to reasonably decide what you want in the future and how you will get there. But before that first know where you are right now. So, set aside some time for reflection, evaluation, and the required action.

2. Know What You Want in Life

Have you ever really sat down with closed eyes and thought about your purpose of life and contemplated about your dreams? These dreams are not what people around you say you should have or what society wants you to see. These are the dreams born out of your own mind and heart. Your goals must be unique that must arise from who you were created to be by God.

3. Create a ‘Dream Book’ of Goals 

Take a journal and literally put your dreams, your vision, your goals on paper. Write your own Dream book and visualize every dream manifest itself in true life. Such is the power of this physical activity. You have no excuse for avoiding it. As you write, use the word ‘must’. “I ‘must’ reduce my expenses by 15 percent this year to give new heights to my business. Such goal statements have power and they will motivate you.

4. Get Ready for Sacrifices

When you know what your goals are, you are accountable for that. You must push yourself to accomplish your goals and for that, you must inculcate sacrificial values in yourself. If achieving a distinction in the examination is your goal, you must sacrifice the simple pleasures of life and devote your time in studying. If your goal is to expand your business and meet specific targets in the year 2021, then you might have to sacrifice some family time and devote your time to work. Always remember, without sacrifice and self-discipline nothing can be achieved in life.

So, set goals that motivate you and challenge you. Set clear and well- defined goals that are determinate. Set achievable goals that are time-bound and set goals in writing. But don’t stop here. Start acting accordingly and you will be surprised to see your own achievements in a short period of time.