Writing a goal statement is the first step to reaching your highest potential. Here is why and how it should be done
To illustrate the great importance of writing a goal statement, I want to share a few lines from a great book entitled the psychology of winning by Dr. Denis Waitley.
winners in life-those one in 100 people-are set apart from the rest of humanity by one of their most important develop traits-positive self direction.
They have a game plan for life. Every winner I have ever met knows where he or she is going day by day… Every day.
Winners are goal and role oriented. They set and get what they want-consistently.
They are self directed on the road to fulfillment. Fulfillment or success has been defined as the progressive realization of goals that are worthy of the individual.
The “human” system is goal seeking by design and, using a very basic analogy, maybe compared to a homing torpedo system or an automatic pilot.
Set your target and his self activated system, constantly monitoring feedback signals from the target area and adjusting the course settings in its own navigational guidance computer, makes every correction necessary to stay on target and scored a hit.
Programmed incompletely, non-specifically or aimed at a target too far out of range, the “homing torpedo” will wander around erratically around until its propulsion system fails or it self destructs.
And so it is with each individual human system in life. Set a goal and this self motivated system, constantly monitoring self talk and environmental feedback about the goal and adjusting the self-image and settings in its subconscious robot achievement mechanism, makes every decision necessary to reach that goal.
Winners are people with the definite purpose in life. Losers are people who wander aimlessly through life or self destruct.
I wanted to share these lines because they illustrate in detail why it is critical to have a goal statement, and plan for life.
If you know where it is that you want to go, you will be able to find the path and stay on it.
If you do not know where it is that you want to go, you will end up going nowhere.
The biggest thing that you can do for your future is deciding exactly what you want to have, to do, and to be.
This will give meaning and direction to your life, and that is essential to success and happiness.