How To Set Right-Sized Goals
If your goals don’t scare you, you aren’t thinking big enough.
Michael Hyatt
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
H. Jackson Brown
The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.
Jim Rohn
Like many of you, I have been doing a lot of thinking about my goals for 2016 and my dreams for the future. I’m thinking about where I want to be this time next year. I’m thinking about various aspects of my life where I want to focus – family, finances, faith, fitness, career, etc. And I’m taking time to write things down. Sometimes I wonder if my goals and dreams are the right size.
Are your dreams big enough?
Are you setting goals that will stretch you to become a better person and accomplish more in 2016?
I think many of us fall into the trap of being too safe. We are too timid with the plans we make for ourselves. We must learn to be courageous dreamers.
I’m all about setting SMART goals (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-sensitive), but I think we too often underestimate what is attainable and realistic.
As you ponder your goals and dreams for the future, I challenge you to look at these two verses:
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
Finally, don’t underestimate the importance of prayer in laying out your plans. Without God, our plans will ultimately fail.
The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9
How do you know your goals and dreams are the right size?
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