Simon’s Notes

What’s the first thing that you should do when you start a new venture? Set a goal. Without a goal your endeavors will be in vain. But it’s not enough to simply have a goal, now you need to achieve it. Sometimes our goals can seem a little unachievable, and that’s a good thing, I’ve always been a firm believer in shooting for the stars, chances are that you’ll hit the ceiling. But if do hit the stars, boy is it worth it.

There is quite a bit that can be learned from the life of a gold medalist in the Olympics. When he’s just born there is no way that he is going to win the gold, but he sets a goal to hold his head up, which he knows can be achieved. After that crawling becomes his focus and that to is conquered. Maybe he wants to stand, and eventually walk. Now, of course, he sets a goal to start running. Beating all the neighbor kids in races is a must, and eventually he’s training for the school championship. He’s constantly setting a goal to beat his previous best time, and for his persistence and efforts, he goes on to win it. He gets selected for the Olympic team, and although his dream is to win the gold, his goal is to continue beating his previous best time. We all know how it ends.

The moral of the story is that you climb mount Everest one small step at a time. Have a dream but set small, achievable goals and you’ll see that those stars can be reached.

You should always have a dream, because that is what will ultimately drive you to success. Then set some goals, but divide them up into

• Long term
• Medium term
• And short term

Personally, I think your long term goals should be what you feel can be accomplished in 5 years. Your medium term goals should fall under 1 year. And I don’t think you should make short term goals that can’t be reached within the month. If you do this you won’t feel like you’re always trying to reach something that can never be reached.

If my dream is to have the best blog on the planet, I don’t make that my goal, my goal is to write good content. If I want to have 10,000 feed subscribers, I don’t make that goal, my goal is to break 50. Or maybe I want to make 20,000 dollars per month online, but that’s not my goal, my goal is to make 50 dollars per month.

Do you get my point? Small goals fulfill big dreams, so keep setting goals, and don’t stop dreaming.

Simon

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