Set Your Goal SO Big That You Have to Grow to Achieve It - 089

When you set a goal, you are setting a direction for yourself.  And setting a direction can change the course of your life; it depends on the goal that you set.

In my 50s, I wrote a goal on my flipchart one day that I wanted to have a positive impact on the lives of at least a million people in my lifetime.  I had no idea what that goal really meant nor how it would unfold when I wrote it that day.

Then, many years ago, I found an anonymous quote online – “Set a goal so big that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the person who can.”  Okay…  I had set a goal so big that I couldn’t even imagine how I could achieve it, however, the quote said that I needed to grow into the person who could.  At the time, I had no idea what that meant – grow into who and how?

Looking back, I can see that the combination of the goal I wrote and the quote I found were the stimulus for me to grow into who I have become and am BEING, which is allowing me to fulfill my goal.  As Steve Jobs said, “we can only connect the dots looking backwards, not forward.”

 

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  A Favorite Quote of Mine:

• “Set a goal so big that it scares you” - Dr B

Big goals require much more of you than small goals. To reach big goals, you must be intentional and plan your approach; there are steps to take and this will take time.  Small goals can be immediate gratification.  However, you can plan out a big goal so that there are consistent, small achievements to celebrate.  You can’t wing it with a big goal.  This means I am 100% responsible, 100% of the time for the outcomes in my life with my big goals.  It’s up to me to decide what I will do.

 

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