When jogging on the streets of Buenos Aires this morning, I saw a street juggler, who entertained the car drivers for small change. It was about 90 degrees Farenheit ( 30 Celsius) and he was barefoot walking on hot street and sidewalks. It felt really hot.
I don’t know anything about this guy. In one way I admire him for trying to earn some money. On the other side I wish he could use his time in a better way. I don’t know, maybe he has family, maybe he does go to school to get better life. I will never know.
Since it is a Thanksgiving weekend in the United States, while I was looking at the street juggler, I had these thoughts of deep gratitude and I felt genuinely thankful for the good life and opportunities we have in good, ol’ US (despite all the problems).
I don’t understand why the world is the way it is. I probably will never understand the why behind the workings of this world we live in. But this video only confirms my observation and what this blog is all about: Having goals is our only chance to have some control in this thing called life.
I want to end my post with the last line from Desiderata written by Max Ehrmann in 1927: “With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy”.
Derek
PS: I don’t carry money with me while jogging…
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Once you set your goals, you will begin your journey to achieve them. Do you remember when you were a child you read countless books about a hero traveling through foreign lands full of villains, dragons, swamps etc.
Or you played or still play computer games (like World of Warcraft), where you move through unfamiliar virtual land, full of enemies, to fulfill your mission.
In one aspect Goal setting/Goal achieving process is very similar to those childhood stories or computer games. Because any time you have a mission, there will always be obstacles on your way. That’s just a nature of goal setting/goal achieving process. Obstacles are an integral part of the process.
So stop hating the obstacles. They WILL happen. Don’t expect them, but be ready for them. They are necessary part of the process.
The challenge is to know how to deal with obstacles and be ready for them when they come.
One way to deal with an obstacle is to quickly transform them into a lesson and feedback.
What you do is take an obstacle that’s on your way and ask yourself: What’s a lesson here? What can I learn here? What can I do differently?
What you do here is basically transforming your “enemy” into your friend. You use an obstacle to succeed. That’s how you become unstoppable.
And you get to your goal no matter what;)
What is your way to deal with obstacles? How do you deal with obstacles? Please provide your comments below, so we can learn from one another.
One of the most important aspects of goal setting/goal achieving process is attaching a time frame to your goal. You can increase the speed of your Journey by setting a deadline to your goal. Once an exciting goal is created by YOU, you have to create a deadline or a timeframe that is attached to that goal.
What does a deadline do?
Deadline creates Sense of Urgency (SOU).
Sense of Urgency is absolute necessity. Without Sense of Urgency, goal setting/goal achieving process becomes a joke.
Not only your mind is not utilized in the most effective and the most intelligent way, but when you don’t assign a deadline to your goal, you set yourself for failure right from the start.
Setting a deadline to a goal is like breathing life into a dead carcass. A goal without a deadline is a dead carcass.
Dead-line. A word deadline consists of two words: dead and line. Your goal is dead until a line is inserted and your goal starts breathing. Now you can think of your goal as being dead as long as a lifeline is cut off your goal. Any goal can be made alive by attaching a lifeline. Your goal will become alive once it gets a deadline. Your goal will start breathing.
The same happens to your mind. Your mind does not work properly until a line is inserted into your goal. Your mind becomes alive at the moment a deadline is assigned to your goal.
Someone once said: Goals are dreams with deadlines. It is a true statement. There is no life without water. There is no goal without deadline.
Attach deadlines to your goals and watch what happens.
Greetings,
Goalsblogger;)
