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The determining of goals ought to be the beginning of any endeavour however few people use times wisely enough to methodically document the steps  needed   to achieve these goals. Therefore many folks fail to reach these goals which may start  as an idealistic well intentioned dream .

Small goals should be aimed for and completed. In fact start with small goals because success here will encourage you in greater endeavors to come. Small and regular success stimulates progress in life and the game of life is the first place to set your goals upon. The big picture should always be the eventual goal and begins from the point you are currently at in life.

Maybe you are in your fifties and thinking towards a well deserved retirement lifestyle. Perhaps you are in the  early twenties and looking forward to marriage, family your first home and possibly some children! There is one way to make sure that these goals stay prominent in the grand scheme, put them  down on paper, This is extremely important as it will be a constant reminder of what has to be done !. In effect these may be your life goals and very important. Then within this bigger picture each step may require its own set of goals.

Be prepared to adjust  these goals occasionally as circumstances may change, requiring a slight deviation, this is not to say changing ones mind is the goal here , more a slight adjustment to reach a goal in a more efficient way.   

Setting goals can be exciting and enormously rewarding once they are achieved. Some things in life at first may appear to have overwhelming odds stacked against it however, if you break them down into smaller steps it is amazing how quickly you can progress to your ultimate goal(s). Like the old joke that asks, how do you eat an elephant? Answer, one mouthful at a time! 

Some of the more important goals you will set can be summarized as achieving a healthy, happy lifestyle and this can include building wealth, having happy personal relationships and planning towards retirement. Health, wealth and happiness are indeed ideals to constantly strive for and achieve by goal setting.

Two main areas for many people are financial goals and personal happiness goals and in many ways these interlink. Although having money will not necessarily make you happy and being happy and content may not lead to having enough money to live on when you retire.  One thing that should be remembered is health. Good health will ensure that you enjoy your goals once reached.

Goals make it clear to you what it is that you desire long term. Ideas change over time and goals can be upgraded and extended but generally the original themes remain constant. We all want enough money and we all want to be happy and we should also strive to be healthy.

Without goals one can drift like a ship in the ocean without a rudder with the risk of allowing ourselves to be led down life’s blind alleys where it can be difficult to regain your original momentum. You can vegetate in a low grade job only to wake up and find you are in the latter years of age and embedded in an unfavorable existence until you retire, while younger colleagues may be progressing to better positions.

Drifting in life is being unjustifiably content with second best and having no drive or motivation to improve. It is a form of paralysis that drains ambitions from you. Goals are the footholds that allow you to rise from mediocrity and attain the lofty heights of your earlier ambition. Setting and achieving goals are imperative to success in business, life and family.

Dream and set your goals. The setting and achieving of these goals are “making dreams come true” Now is a good time to start. Why leave until tomorrow what today can achieve.