Setting Goals to Achieve Your Life's Ambitions

Many people agree that goal setting is a key element in acquiring what they desired.

Many reason, that when you do not set goals, you do not know what you want to achieve, therefore you lack direction in your life. However, when looking at this from a practical standpoint, things are far different.

A survey was taken of college students who were nearing graduations. Of the students polled, only 75% agreed that goal setting was vital to achieving success. However, of this 75% only 25% had actually taken the time to outline his or her own goals. Sadly, several of these students measured success based on chance markers, such as pay raises, having a date for the weekend, and being able to purchase a new car. While each of these goals to the individual setting, them are perfectly fine, the question has to be asked, do these goals actually propel the individual forward? Goals should propel you forward in life, so that when a goal has be achieved, you are in a better position than you were prior to reaching your set goal, rather than simply staying in control of things. This is where life coaching can be life changing, by teaching you how to set goals as a tool to improve your position in life.

For example, lets look at the goals the students mentioned. The first was a pay raise, since none of the student set a goal of how much of a pay raise, we can say that if these students only received .25 extra cents per paid period they have in fact reached their goal. However, did reaching this goal actually move them forward in life? The next popular goal was to have a date for the weekend. Again, we can ask the same question of how this has moved the student forward. Lastly, was the new car, when you fact in the price of gas and the required maintenance for the new car, again we have to ask how has this moved the student forward? With the help of an effective life coach, you can identify and set life changing goals, as well as develop a means of reaching them.

A good life coach will tell you that setting measurable goals is excellent, for once you've achieved the goal, there's no question about your success. However, a good life coach will stress setting realistic goals. If you set the goal of becoming the CEO of a corporation you don't work for, this can be compared to winning a marathon race, when you've never competed. If you set the goal of a career change that will move you further up the corporate ladder, this may be considered a good place to start. Setting goals is one of the several ways a life coach can assist you in changing your life for the better.
 

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