Goals Are a Major Differentiator
Having calculated that action is required and reconciled ourselves to the zone where action is possible, we now need to direct that action. Any step is only a step forward if it is a step in the right direction. And that requires a plan. Without plans with discernable objectives we are directionless, and directionless people are either stuck in the same place or condemned to going round in circles.
“Without goals you simply drift and flow on the currents of life,” wrote sales motivator Brian Tracy in his best-selling book Goals! (2003). “With goals, you fly like an arrow straight and true to your target.”
Tracy describes life without goals as being similar to driving in thick fog. No matter how powerful the car, ...
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