Now that we have made it to 2021, what are we going to do differently to make it worth the struggles we faced, and the ones are going to face on a global, national, local and finally personal level?
“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” Abraham Maslow
What is a goal?- a form of self-regulation adopted by humans to achieve specific aims/objectives/ results.
- An idea that helps you stay focused on the outcome,
- An idea that facilitate responses that are compatible with one’s objectives.
- A mental idea, or cognitive representations, based in the mind.
- a mental image of a future possibility that influences present attitudes and behaviour.
Primarily, there are two types of goals:
- approach-focused – move you towards a positive result
- avoidance-focused – moves you away from a negative result
E.g. take a financial goal, an away goal may be – to spend less than I earn – avoid debt; whereas towards one may be to improve my cashflow, budgeting skills and save some £££. The idea here is that one person is avoiding pain and the other is moving towards pleasure. We are trained/conditioned to avoid pain which is the more powerful motivator than pleasure. A good goal then should motivate you to work towards pleasure while avoiding pain at the same time.
The mindset makes the difference.
What is the purpose of a goal?A proper set goal should provide you with the incentive/motivation to grow. By growth I mean that the goal should motivate you to acquire new skills, make new contacts and increase your capacity as an individual and discover more of who you are and are capable of.
NB: your goal should NEVER be to beat any other person other than to grow beyond your current limitation.
The ultimate purpose of a goal is GROWTH towards the unlimited nature within you – towards God in whose image we are created. I love what the World Heavyweight Boxer from UK, Anthony Joshua [AJ] says when he is trapped by the media reporters when asked if he thinks he will beat an opponent… his response is “I am not in competition with anyone else other than myself” [watch the video at the bottom]
To BE better than I was/am, so I can DO more than I am doing/did; consequently, I will GET/Have more than before so I can GIVE more than ever before.
The purpose of a goal is to help us develop more awareness with the Infinite power within us. The DEVINE has given us laws of expression or creation and by applying the laws, we automatically improve our results. To get the awareness we need demands that we replace our old ways of thinking, feeling and doing otherwise known as conditioning (genetic + environmental).
Conditioning or our habitual nature is fixed in the sub-conscious/ unconscious mind over time. These fixed multitude of ideas are responsible for our how we think, feel and act and consequently the unwanted/negative results we get in every area of our lives.
source: https://bitly.com/35bpmTYYou and I are made out of supernatural stuff… we are more than conquerors by faith!!
“You will be what you “will” to be;
Let failure find its false content
In that poor word, “environment”,
But spirit scorns it, and is free.
It masters time, it conquers space;
It cowers that boastful trickster, Chance,
And bids the tyrant Circumstance
To uncrown, and fill a servant’s place.
The human will, that force unseen,
The offspring of a deathless Soul,
Can hew a way to any goal,
Though walls of granite intervene.
Be not impatient in delay
But wait as one who understands;
When spirit rises and commands
Then God is ready to obey.”
― James Allen
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