You and Your Goals
You and Your Goals
Have you thought much about goals? Perhaps your current goal is to graduate with a Master’s Degree and then go after that promotion at work. Maybe it is to drop 10 pounds before bikini season is over and do it the healthy way. Or, maybe your goal is more loosely defined, but nevertheless important… like committing to live a more environmentally conscious lifestyle.
Our goals say a lot about us, expressing who we are and what we stand for. Empowering goals take us into life where we want to be. They bring us purpose, passion and a sense of accomplishment.
Often, we confuse empowering goals with expectations. A goal is a mission that you set for yourself, and needs to be based on your personal values and beliefs. Sometimes, the expectations others have for us about how we should live, who we should be and what we should look like become enmeshed with what we intend for ourselves.
When we try to live up to everyone else’s expectations, we lose sight of ourselves. We get disconnected. Are the current goals that you have for yourself based on who YOU are, and what YOU want? If not, you may want to reexamine what it is that you feel is most important in your life, and then compare that to how you are actually living.
Sometimes, we set the bar for our goals too high. This is because our own self-expectations are simply unattainable. We all have those “shoulds” and “have-to’s” that we struggle to meet each day. Maybe you think you ought to look a certain way… be a certain size… have a certain lifestyle. Basic goal setting teaches us that an empowering goal is one that is attainable… within reach. Remember that and you will start to see a difference in your life.
To Your Success,
Herb Hunter, 734-285-6792, hunter645@aol.com
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