24th September 2007

11 Areas Of Your Life Where Goal Settings Is Valuable

posted in Self Improvement, Goal Setting, Relationship, Dream, Practical Tips, Career Plan |

Hey Folks,

In the recent weeks, we have been talking about career planning and sharing a free goal-setting tool in the last couple of days. I would like to share with you 11 areas of your life that you can set goals and see how it gives a new meaning to your life and improves it immediately. The 11 areas are:

Personal Life
People with goals and dreams in life tend to be happier as they know what to look forward to, what are they currently busy with and how it contributes to their goals and in general have a direction. It is the goals they set that gave the meaning of life to their personal life.

Studies
Having a goal and plan your studies around it not only allow you to attain the results you want but also prevent you from overloading yourself from studies. Over study is almost as bad as not studying and can cause nervous breakdowns in the extreme case.

Career
Employees with a strong set of career goals tend to perform at extra ordinary levels at work. It’s not that they are super beings; it’s just that they know that whatever they do, they do it for a purpose. Whatever hardship and tough times are there to training them and give them the experience to handle even bigger responsibilities. Hence, they also complain less and return a higher value to the company then they were paid for.

That is the real reason why they can make phenomenal progress at work given the same training, same number of working hours and same set of work to do.

Relationship
When you enter a relationship without a goal, it will end when the first problem surfaces. That’s what happened to my first relationship. I had a goal for my second one and now we are a family and we planning ahead for retirement.

Have a long term goal when you enter a relationship helps you to look beyond imperfections and find the balance necessary for long term relationship and a real chance to settle down.

Family
Every family is made up of at least 6 people. You and your spouse, your parents and your in-laws. If you thought relationship during courtship years were tough and dynamic, wait till you try family. It gets more dynamic after you factor in different customs, extended family members and finally kids!

My long-term goal for my family was for everyone to be happy with each other and to love one another. So far, so good.

Dream Home
Having clear goals when you look for your dream home will allow you to focus on what is important to you in your dream home and make you less likely to be distracted by a “nice to have” feature which is, well, nice to have but is not important to you. If you do not have a clear goal in mind, you will likely be muttering this a lot later, “Why didn’t I think of that?” or “Why did I buy this?”

It will happen even more often when you shop for the renovation for your brand new home.

Dream Car
Similar to Dream Home, except the whole car might be wrong!

Holiday
When planning for a holiday trip, know what you are holidaying for? For a relaxation, go for a cruise not a package tour. For shopping spree, don’t go Tibet! You get the drift, right?

Business
A million and one websites have talked about this. So I’ll go straight to the point. A business without a goal or dream is just replacement work. 10 year down the road, your business will still be the same size as before. If you can’t dream up a dream, don’t start a business.

Seminars & Trainings
Going for Seminars and Training without know what you want to get out of it is a pure waste of money. Without a goal to focus you in the seminar, you will never retain anything beneficial from it 3 months down the road.

Investments
Trying to do investment without a clear goal or objective will lead to greed which will ultimately lead to loses. Have a goal will force you to plan and adopt a profitable strategy that will earn you the returns to meet your goals and objectives.

If you think there are any other areas which I left out, please fill free to mention them :)

Cheers
James

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  1. 1 On September 24th, 2007, Raymond said:

    Wow! It seems like you have goals in every area of your live. I don’t have any goal in my relationship yet.

    Perhaps I should set one and maybe I can achieve it in the UYMG :P

  2. 2 On September 24th, 2007, James - Visualized.Feel.Abundance said:

    Hey Raymond,

    Not everywhere. I’m still missing exercise :P

    Yes you might, so set a goal for it :D

    Cheers
    James

  3. 3 On September 25th, 2007, Urayoan Paz said:

    Yes. I truly believe that happiness can be taught and that it’s something that you can get with Gratitude. Generating Gratitude Energy should be a habitual exercise. It’s a bit difficult at first, But once you get in the flow, many other benefits will follow. Not just contentment, but abundance as well.

    May your days be filled with Gratitude Energy ;-D

    -U

  4. 4 On September 25th, 2007, Tia Graham said:

    Living on purpose has amazing results in productivity. I am often asked if I am “hyper”. The answer… ah, maybe :-). But it’s more than that: I envision, use purpose, and deliberately go after what I am seeking. I am stunned daily by the results in this most revolutionizing year!

    Great blog! Found you via blogrush.

  5. 5 On September 25th, 2007, lisaq said:

    fabulous post! i love the goal setting advice for relationships! i never thought to do that before! i will now…given the chance anyway! ;)

  6. 6 On September 25th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hey Urayoan,

    Yes I agree that Gratitude is a key to happiness and abundance :)

    But there are some who needs direction in life and goal setting does that. It creates meaning for life and happiness of achieving them :)

    Cheers
    James

  7. 7 On September 25th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hey Tia,

    Looks like you have a goal in life! Well done and keep going. I love your energy :)

    And looks like Blogrush IS working :P

    Cheers
    James

  8. 8 On September 25th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hey Lisa,

    Chances are self created :)

    You have the power to create all the chances you want. Sit down, set a goal and get going. Chances will follow :)

    Cheers
    James

  9. 9 On September 25th, 2007, Subconscious Mind said:

    great list, you should set goals in every area of your life i completely agree

  10. 10 On September 25th, 2007, Relationship » 11 Areas Of Your Life Where Goal Settings Is Valuable said:

    […] ferfire wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhen you enter a relationship without a goal, it will end when the first problem surfaces. That’s what happened to my first relationship. I had a goal for my second one and now we are a family and we planning ahead for retirement. … […]

  11. 11 On September 25th, 2007, JamesKaren said:

    Hey Subconscious Mind,

    Watch out for my next post. I just set a goal for something simple today and the reward was amazing! :)

    Cheers
    James

  12. 12 On December 28th, 2007, Senior Home Care said:

    You’re absolutely right! Goal setting will absolutely improve your overall life. If you do it effectively you’ll have reached most if not all of your goals by the time you retire!

  13. 13 On January 21st, 2008, best cd rates said:

    I wish my business would stay the same size after 10 years, but I don’t foresee that happening. Thanks for the great read on all these aspects though.

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