Goal

"To achieve happiness, we should make certain that we are never without an important goal."

"The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going"

"To Achieve success, you need to develop goals."

Right thinking creates a solid foundation for success. But it is only the first part of the strategies for success. Once you have formed that foundation, you are ready to begin building on it. In order to achieve success, you need to develop goals.

Goals : The Building blocks of Success.

Up to now, we have talked quite a bit about success, but we have not identified what it means to be successful. Ask few people to define success, and you will probably get ten different answers. To one person it involves earning a certain amount of money. To another, success means being an excellent parent. Yet another person will say that he is successful if he reaches his potential in his profession. Take a look at this satirical description of successful person.

The practical person is the one who knows how to get what he wants.
The philosopher is one who know what people ought to want.
The successful person who knows how to get what he ought to want.

Success is the progressive realization of worthwhile, predetermined goal. This definition can work for anyone, no matter what his focus is in life. It allows you to tailor success to your personal values and vision. At the same time, you can see how incrdibly important goals are. Without defined goals, success is unattainable, because success is actually the attainment of those goals.

Goals do even more than just identify the desired end results. They help all along the way. Goals are measurable milestone along the road to success, their values is Tremendous.

• Goals Motivates us.
• Goals Give us Purpose.
• Goals add value to work.
• Goals keep our priorities straight.
• Goals channel and maximize our potential.
• Goal give us power to live in the present.
• Goals help us communicate.
• Goals promote enthusiasm in a Organization.
• Goals forces us to Plan ahead.
• Goals shift our Emphasis from activity to output.

How to Start Goal Setting ?
To be effective, goal setting can not be one time activity. No one sets goals, accomplishes them, and then retires. Goals Need to identified, planned, acted upon, and then evaluated on an ongoing basis. Circumstances will require you to be flexible  in some area. As you change, so will your goals. Remember, what happnes inside of you as you travel in pursuit of your goals is ultimately more important than just achieving a present goal.

Goal setting must become a way of life. But every one has to start somewhere on the road to becoming a goal orented person. Most people are not born that way. There are basic six steps you can take in roder to start setting goals.

Also Read  : Six step to start setting Goals.

Vision

"Poor Eyes limit your sight, poor vision limits your deeds."

"A blind man's world is bounded by the limit of his touch; an ignorant man's world by the limit of his knowledge, a great mans's world by the limits of his vision."


A vision statement is sometimes called a picture of your company in the future but it’s so much more than that. Your vision statement is your inspiration, the framework for all your strategic planning.

A vision statement may apply to an entire company or to a single division of that company. Whether for all or part of an organization, the vision statement answers the question, "Where do we want to go?"

What you are doing when creating a vision statement is articulating your dreams and hopes for your business. It reminds you of what you are trying to build.

While a vision statement doesn't tell you how you're going to get there, it does set the direction for your business planning. (For more on the role of your vision statement in business planning, see Quick-Start Business Planning.) That's why it's important when crafting a vision statement to let your imagination go and dare to dream – and why it’s important that a vision statement captures your passion.

Unlike the mission statement, a vision statement is for you and the other members of your company, not for your customers or clients.

When writing a vision statement, your mission statement and your core competencies can be a valuable starting point for articulating your values. Be sure when you're creating one not to fall into the trap of only thinking ahead a year or two. Once you have one, your vision statement will have a huge influence on decision making and the way you allocate resources.

The Value of Vision : The greater the vision, the greater the potential it gives.
Vision Makes work fun.
Vision Adds Value to our work.
Vision predicts your future.

Obstruction to Vision:
1. Our past can limit our vision.
2. Current pressure can limit our vision.
3. Problem can limit our vision.
4. Lack of perspective can limit our vision.
5. Our present position can limit our vision.

What helps for improvisation.

1. Realizing your vision.
2. Define your vision.
3. Examine your life at the moment.
4. Exchange all the little options for the one big vision.
5. Tailor your personal growth to your vision.
6. Continually express your belief in your vision.
7. Expect opposition to your vision.
8. Exclude negative thinkers at close friends.
9. Explore every possible avenue to fulfill your vision.
10. Exceed normal expectation.
11. Help others who have a similar vision.

Remember : Without other people there can be no success. Vision provides the creative spark that makes great achievement possible. Without vision, there is nothing to shoot for, no target, no greater task to give your purpose and hope.