Goal Setting Is Important

Ever thought how it would be like to have no finish line in a race? I know it sounds weird. But if this happens someday then a race would never come to an end or we would never be able to reach to our destination i.e. finish line.

'Goal' sounds like a simple four letter word but has a deeper meaning of its own. 'Goal' is the ultimate destination where an individual wants to reach.

Every individual must have been told by his/her teachers and parents to have a goal in their life i.e. to decide what they really want to become in their life or decide what they want to pursue as profession in their life. Ever thought why is it so important to have a 'goal' in our life?

Goal setting is the first step towards making 'invisible' to turn 'visible'. The above example of being in a race which do not have any finish line clearly showcase the reason to have a destination point or a goal in life.

To have a goal is important because of the following reasons:

• Destination: A journey can only be considered as completed if one is able to reach to the destination. So, without any destination a journey which would go on for an infinite time.

• Motivation: One needs motivation to accomplish a task and that motivation is provided by the 'goal'.

• Plan: To complete a journey one requires the path to walk on which can lead us to the end of it. Path of a journey can only be decided well if it is known where to reach i.e. one important factors to achieve something is 'how' and it can be fulfilled by having a 'goal'.

• Measure Progress: By only having a finish line it can be decided how far one has reached and how much more it is left to cover. To be able to measure the progress of journey is an important part in achieving it. Setting goals allows having an end point to compare and measure our progress.

• To deal with failures: A journey cannot be completed without having hurdles and failures in it. But if one is having a goal then it becomes easy to cross those hurdles and reach to the final destination i.e. goal helps us to keep going.

While setting a goal one must write it somewhere and keep five things in mind that it goal should be specific, achievable, measurable, realistic and time bound. This would help to not only decide a goal but also to achieve it.