Be a guided missile (not a leaf in the wind)

It’s quite astounding just how few people set fully defined and meaningful goals for themselves.

Sure it can be comfortable to go with the flow, but if you don’t have something in your sites that you’re aiming at, that flow is likely to take you wherever that flow feels like taking you.

Don’t get me wrong, happy accidents are always welcome, they just aren’t something you can bank on happening.

Leaves in the wind go wherever the breeze takes them, but a guided missile is programmed to hit just one target.

Can you imagine trusting the wind to blow you into a bull’s-eye on purpose?

Clearly defined targets are so much easier to aim at than vague aspirations, so why don’t more people set themselves definite goals?

Research tells us that only about 2% of the world’s population take the time to set themselves goals.

It’s probably no coincidence that the most successful people on earth fall into that narrow band of highly focused goal setters.

There is absolutely nothing stopping you from deciding to set yourself a goal and developing the determination to consistently make progress towards achieving it.

That is of course unless you are the very thing stopping yourself!

If you like the idea of setting yourself a goal but you can’t imagine getting around to doing it, you may be subconsciously sabotaging yourself to stay safe and warm in your comfort zone.

Or you may have influential people in your life (or in your network), who actively or passively discourage you from making them feel bad about their own lack of direction or ambition.

Sometimes they just don’t want anyone succeeding bigger than them!

Stop being influenced by naysayers and negative nellies, and set yourself a goal worthy of protecting and pursuing.

And then keep on going and don’t look down!

Let me know in the comments below what kind of goal setting or goal seeking challenges you face - and what kind of goals work for you? 

Yearly?

Quarterly?

Monthly?

Weekly?

Daily?