Goals

We all set goals throughout our lives but seldom achieve them. We make New Years resolutions that fade quickly away. We dream of high levels of athletic or personal achievement but never get there. I have read many times that the only way to achieve the goals you set out for yourself is to write them down. Post them all over the place, on your bathroom mirror, in your car, on your clock radio make sure they are at the forefront of everything you do.

There are a couple other key elements that we need to keep in mind in order to make sure our goals are realized. We need to make sure they are specific and measurable. Otherwise how do we know whether we have gotten to where we are heading.

Our goals also need to be realistic. It is unrealistic at the age of 32 to decided you are going to be a profesional athlete in sport such as hockey.

Our goals also need to be attainable in the time frame we set out. For larger long term goals we need to set smaller intermediate goals along the way to help guide our journey.

Goals can be a part of all aspects of our lives. They can be athletic goals our financial goals we can even have goals for our relationships. They are a road map to a successfull and happy life.

For me 2007 is going to be the year of the written goal how about you do the same.