How Much Time Should I Invest in Achieving My Goals?

March 9, 2009

Let’s say you have a dream. This dream could center on professional, personal, or spiritual pursuits. The key is that you wish to achieve this dream and have set goals to ensure the result occurs. However, time has gone by and you goals are not met. How long should you continue on your path. While the answer may seem clichéd, it is as follows: as long as it takes!

Some will look at this bit of advice as juvenile. After all, just hanging in for the long term does not automatically equate with success. This is a partially true assessment, but it deserves a little deconstructing. In order for your goals to eventually work, they need to be valid goals. That is, they must be realistic and attainable. Otherwise, they are not goals. They are pipe dreams.

Also, it is very important to modify and adjust goals as needed. When you are too fixed in your goal strategy, you might find yourself holding on to the wrong plan. This will do very little in terms of delivering what you need. As such, tweaking and modifying goals to make them more attainable is a much better option. Of course, tempering this with a never give up attitude will also increase the odds of achieving your goals.

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