Sep

7 Criterias to Setting Good Goals

Setting goals are important to starting, maintaining and ending the journeys of our lives in the right manner. Goals are like our destinations where we would like to be at certain times of our lives. Have you ever set on any journeys with any specific destination(s)? Chances are that we either find ourselves lost or going in circles arriving at nowhere.

So what makes a good goal? When setting our goals, there are 7 Criterias that we need to follow to ensure that our goal is a good goal.

The 7 Criterias are as follows, not in order of importance:

A good goal must be:

a) Believable;

b) Challenging;

c) Have a Specific Deadline;

d) Measureable;

e) Specific;

f) Visible;

g) Written.

It is not difficult to think of an example that does not follow the above mentioned criterias. For example, the goal “Living a righteous life” may be a honorable and meaningful goal for many. But if you look at it carefully with me, you will realize that while it is believable and challenging in today’s world, it is hardly measurable. What is righteous and how much righteousness is really righteous? Placing a specific deadline will turn out to be more challenging than the goal itself.

So what makes a Goal a Good Goal?

Let us look at the above criterias on a two days’ basis.

Must all goals be believable?

Yes, you must believe in your goals in order to make it happen or materialized or you will not be motivated by whatever goals that you have set. Faith, the size of a mustard seed can move mountains. Without faith, nothing that has happened will happen. The Wright Brothers believe that man can fly. It was their faith in man being able to fly to propelled and drove them to work religiously to make their goals materialize on 17 December 1903. Their faith made it possible for your and I to go from one end of the world to another in a period of hours instead of years. It was their faith that impacted not only their lives but also the lives of the entire human race. What seemed impossible became possible with their faith. One word of caution though. We should not have the “wrong” type of believe. We should not have the “wrong” faith” that say, we can become famous or even rich and we try to run foul of the law. Crimes do not pay. What will pay is the honest belief, smart working habits coupled with diligence will bring us to where we aspire to be.

So take out a piece of paper, write out a goal that is believable. Focus on it, imaging it to take place and we will meet again in two days’ time to continue on the next criterias to setting a Good Goal.

Juice!