Browsing Category: "Setting Personal Goals"
When you go through the process of setting personal goals, make sure that you are the one to define what needs to be achieved to meet those goals successfully. Society, culture, family and friends may all have their own definition of success and those definitions can vary greatly. What matters is what you believe, not what others believe. So before you go with what society thinks, first stop to determine what is important to you.
The goals we set for ourselves generally stem from those things that bring us joy and a sense of fulfillment. They are shaped by passion, curiosity and the foundational principles on which we have been raised. Therefore, what we define as success is unique to each of us.
The experiences we have will always play a role in our definition of success. We are the sum of both our good and our bad experiences. If we see and admire someone who selflessly gives of their self to others, those traits become part of what we then call success. If on the other hand, we see someone who is outwardly successful by society’s standards, but has paid the price of that success with notoriety or loneliness, our own definition of success may include avoiding that which makes the other successful.
Setting personal goals is personal. How profound. Really though, your personal goals are about you and who you would like to become. If you find that the choices you are making and the direction you are following are not taking you where you want to go, whose goals are you following?
From our earliest memories we begin to develop personal goals. Granted, the personal goals of a child or even a teenager may not be based in reality, but they are there. Just ask any child what they want to be when they grow up. Personal goals change and evolve over time as we learn new things, have new experiences and meet new people.
Often we find that we are suddenly following a path that is distinctly different than what we had envisioned. This path may have been one suggested to you by a friend or relative, or may even have evolved from a path opened when someone inspired you. And for a while, the goals these paths lead to may appear to where we want to end up. One way to ensure this is the case is to ask yourself some questions.
