What do goals do for you? Goals help you set priorities. They help you focus your efforts and keep you from getting off into stray topics, relationships and activities. They help you harmonize your life.
I was the king of goal setting, but did not achieve most of them. I spent quality time writing my list of goals on goal planning sheets. I set in-depth goals that would impress the experts. I did not have a problem with setting goals, my problem was achieving them.
It was not until I sat down and did a personal analysis that I discovered five reasons why I was not achieving my goals. My brief analysis led me to set goals differently. Do not get me wrong, I still do not achieve every goal I set, but changing my approach made the process less stressful and more enjoyable.
If you struggle with setting and achieving your goals, one or more of these ten reasons may be the culprit.
Ten Reasons
1. Living in a comfort zone. The desire to remain in your comfort zone is natural and because of that instinctive need, we jump on the someday bandwagon and push our goals and dreams to the side until another day. [Read more…]