Practical goals build confidence and put you more in control of your life. When you set yourself a goal, even if you’ve never thought about it before, you unleash powerful mental forces. You accomplish more, often much more. Even if all you did was write down a goal and file the piece of paper away in a drawer, your life would be different in some way. Why do clear, realistic goals make such a difference? You first came across goal setting in Section 5. Now you’re going to take it further. “I believe you came into the world to accomplish something, and not something small or insignificant.That’s not worthy of you. You came here to make a major contribution to life on this planet. Paul Solomon” “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot ”
Shoot For The Moon!
When President Kennedy challenged America to put a man on the Moon within a decade and return him safely to Earth, learned eyebrows were raised because the technology needed did not exist at the time. However, the decision to set a firm goal spurred the scientific community into action. Inspired by their President’s vision, scientists who had considered it impossible changed their mentality from, ‘It can’t be done’ to ‘How can we make this happen?’
Similarly, when you set yourself a goal it is not necessary to have all the know-how and resources at your disposal. All that is required is enthusiasm and persistence, then the essential ingredients somehow show up to make it possible. And just as the new technologies developed for the Moon shot affected other areas of our lives, working towards a worthwhile goal has many unforeseen benefits, not least an enormous growth in confidence.