Anything Goes - ONE GREAT GOAL

March 13, 2014 - Lucy's 14th Birthday - Remember our German friend?

Hey LuBoo. It's anything goes Thursday and I don't have much, but I got this. I've been thinking more about goal oriented thinking versus reaction oriented thinking. Here's a look back at my post on this topic a few weeks ago.

Remember this quote from Thomas Carlyle:

"The person without goals makes no progress on even the smoothest road. The person with clear goals makes rapid progress on even the roughest road."

Brian Tracy introduces the following questions that one might ask when setting goals. He suggests that you reflect on these questions in a journal or on paper. Maybe you can find some time to sit in a quiet place and reflect on these during the rest of the semester ahead. Perhaps you have noticed a quiet place on campus where you could schedule 10-15 minutes a few days each week to sit and reflect?

1. What do you really, really, really want? Evidently, it is the third 'really' that helps you zero in on where you want to be at some point in the future.

2. What do you really value? For one week, ask yourself this question: What is my most important value in life? Tracy says don't be satisfied with your first answer, which will always be something simple, obvious and admirable to other people. But keep asking the question and you may be surprised at the answer you eventually come up with.

3. What are your three most important goals in life right now? Write down your answers in 30 seconds or less. Your answers will be as accurate as if you had 30 minutes or 3 hours. What are they Lu?

4. If you found out that you only had six months to live, how would you spend your time? What would you do? Who would you spend your time with? What would you want to complete? What kind of legacy would you want to leave?

5. What sorts of activities give you the greatest feeling of importance, of personal value and self-esteem? What activities or accomplishments have been most responsible for your greatest happiness in life to date? What do you do especially well? What would you like to do all day long, even if you did not get paid for it?

6. What one great goal would you dare to set for yourself if you knew you could not fail? This is the question where the photo above came to mind. How do you make your world big and find that one great goal that sets your mind, your heart, your body and your soul on a path that feels right and good?

Fly Lucy Fly! Georgia too!