No Goals, No Scores..!

A MAN was traveling & stopped at an intersection.. He asked an elderly man, "Where does this road take me..? " The elderly person asked, "Where do you want to go..?"

The man replied, "I don't know.." The elderly person said, "Then take any road.. What difference does it make..?"

How true.. When we don't know where we are going, any road will take us there..

Suppose you have all the football eleven players, enthusiastically ready to play the game, all charged up, & then someone took the goal post away.. What would happen to the game..? There is nothing left.. How do you keep score..? How do you know you have arrived..?

Enthusiasm without direction is like wildfire & leads to frustration.. Goals actually give a sense of direction.. Would you sit in a train or a plane without knowing where it was going..? The obvious answer is no..

Then why do people go through life without having any goals..?

And, If you ask most people what is their one major objective in life, they would probably give you a vague answer, such as, "I want to be successful, be happy, make a good living," & that is it.. They are all wishes & none of them are clear goals..

Remember - Goals must be SMART -

⛷️ S--specific -
For example, "I want to lose weight.." This is wishful thinking.. It becomes a goal when I pin myself down to "I will lose 10 pounds in 90 days.."

⛷️ M--must be measurable -
If we cannot measure it, we cannot accomplish it.. Measurement is a way of monitoring our progress..

⛷️ A--must be achievable -  Achievable means that it should be out of reach enough to be challenging but it should not be out of sight, otherwise it becomes disheartening..

⛷️ R--realistic -
A person who wants to lose 50 pounds in 30 days is being unrealistic..

⛷️ T--time-bound -
There should be a starting date and a finishing date..

Remember - the problem of not having a goal is that you might not score.......

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