We all know about the act of having and setting a goal right. You focus on something that you want to achieve and accomplish, and then you go about trying to do just that.
I'm sure that the vast majority of you who are reading this, at some point or another in your life, have set yourself a goal. It may have only been a short-term goal, it may have been a long-term goal, but I'm sure that you're familiar with the process of goal-setting.
Setting a goal is the first step you take to accomplishing that goal because without a goal there's nothing to accomplish in the first place. From here it's just going through the actions and steps that are needed to complete that goal.
There are some valid reasons why you should set yourself goals and not just on occasions but regularly, incorporating them into your daily life.
1. Causes Change
The biggest and most profound effect that a goal can have on your life is change. If you want to change your current position then you will need to set yourself a goal, without doing so will mean your situation will never change because you will have no motivation to do so. Every day that passes by is another opportunity to begin the process of change and set yourself a goal. Every day that goes by and a goal is not set is an opportunity missed.
Now there are some people who are more passive than others and are completely happy with their life and are not really bothered about change or goal-setting - and that's completely fine. However, for a lot of people, whilst change can be scary, it will need to happen if you want to achieve your goal(s).
2. Causes ambition
Having something tangible for you to strive for will allow for the creation of ambition. A personal goal is a representation of what you want, not the goal of somebody else, but your own goal. It's this personal goal that you have and that you want to see achieved is what will help drive you forward and create the ambition needed.
Without having a goal it is almost, if not fully, impossible to have ambition. Without ambition nothing will change or happen in the way that you want. So having a goal is definitely a part of ambition.
3. Keeps you to a high standard
A goal is not only a source of drive and change, but also a challenge for you to raise your standards. This is something that will naturally occur with goal-setting.
The purpose of setting a goal is to try and achieve something that you haven't done before or aren't yet at the standard to achieve. This is where to achieve your goal you must need to go through the process of growing and raising your game to the point where that goal becomes reachable and grab-able.
4. Less likely to be distracted
It's very easy to become distracted, probably in today's age more than ever, and can be very annoying for you when you're not wanting to be distracted. Having a goal will allow you to have a clear target and point of focus so that when distractions come up, you're still able to know where you are heading and why.
It's having a worthwhile goal that enables our minds to not become as easily distracted because you want to achieve your goal.
If you would like to read more about concentration, here's a previous post of mine: Concentration techniques.
5. Helps to boost productivity
Having a personal goal that you will need to work for to achieve will have a positive correlation with that of productivity and will help to ward off procrastinating behaviour. Motivating yourself to be productive and not letting yourself waste time can be a truly difficult thing to do, but having a goal to aspire for will help you to remain determined to keep being active in your goal-aspirations.
If you would like to read more on becoming more productive, here's an earlier post of mine: 21 ways to boost productivity.
6. Boosts confidence
Now I'm not saying that having a goal will turn the shyest of people to become the most outgoing, overconfident of people - this isn't realistic, although I don't doubt that it could happen (if that was your goal). What I'm saying is by having a goal and seeing the improvements you are making as the process moves further forward it can lead to a self-satisfying experience and does help to naturally boost confidence in ones own abilities.
7. Sense of achievement
This benefit comes right at the end of the process of having a goal, and that's actually completing your goal. The sense of achievement that you will feel is great when you do this, especially if it was a particularly challenging aspiration.
It's when you've fulfilled your personal goal and seen the results, you can look back and say "you know what, that was worth the effort". Being able to look back and see the change from start to finish is definitely rewarding. It will also help motivate you to set more goals to achieve.
Conclusion
I hope that through this post you can see why having a goal is an important and powerful tool at your disposal, and is something that you should consider placing into your own life regularly if you don't already.
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