PROVEN STEPS TO MAKE YOUR VISION & DREAMS COME
TRUE IN 2014
By
Chiugo Tony Nwokolo
True success and fulfillment is all
about knowing and understanding The Almighty God (your Creator, having a
Relationship with Him, accomplishing and fulfilling His purpose for your life
here on earth with the gifts and blessings He has endowed on you, and in so
doing be a channel of blessings to others and at the end make Heaven.
Step
1: Discover your God-given Vision and Dreams, Write It Down, Break It Down,
Develop a Plan, Place it were you will Read it Always and Run With it.
Step
2: Break Down Your Visions into Goals and then Prioritize.
A
goal is the ongoing pursuit of a worthy objective until accomplished, The
subject of goal setting and prioritizing would not be complete if I do not
share with you the goal setting and prioritizing principles I learnt over time
from my mentors. The principles, strategies and techniques I ve learnt on the
above subject have transformed my life so much.
10
Guidelines for Setting the Right Goals.
1.
Your most important life-time goal must be yours:
Your most important life-time goal must be yours, you
should not let anyone, whether your parent or your boss determine that for you.
You boss can influence your job goal but not your life-time goal. Even your
parent reserves not the right to determine or decide for you the goals you
shall pursue in life. There was a parent that want their son to read and
practice law, whereas their son want to read and practice medicine and after
reading law, the son never did well in law, because he is neither talented nor
passionate about it, but after he went back to read and practice medicine, he
was so passionate and enthusiastic about it, that the young man attained a
great level of success, fulfillment and excellence in his profession and in his
life. So don’t let anyone decide your life-time goal for you.
2.
Your goals must be meaningful
Your goal must be meaningful and important to you. You
must have a definite purpose for every goal you set. You must be prepared to
give something up to make it happen. If it would require spending some nights
sleepless to make it happen, please just do it and you would be glad you did at
the end. Always ask yourself critical questions like; what shall be the rewards
and benefits of this discipline I am embarking on? And focus on those benefits.
There
are two types of pains in life; the pains of discipline and the pains of regret
– Jim Rohn. The choice is yours. You would not want to look back and
lament saying had it been I invested my time, energy, money into one
opportunity or the other. Or had it been I took care of my health. Instead you
would rather be saying I am glad I invested my time or resources into that
opportunity or gift. It is therefore wise to commit yourself now to setting
goals that will guarantee your future success and freedom
3.
Your goals must be specific and measurable.
Truly, vague generalizations are contrary to success. You
have got to have well defined and specific goals. Stating that you want to make
more money is a wish and not a goal, but specifying how much money you want and
when you want it is a goal. That you want to spend more time with your family
is not a goal rather that you want to spend minimum of 3 hours every day with
your family every day is a goal. A goal without a number is nothing but a mere
slogan.
4.
Your goals must be flexible.
Your goals must not be rigid; rather it should be
flexible, so that you can easily adjust it when necessary, for it not to get
boring or suffocating. It is proven that a flexible goal allows you the freedom
to change course if a genuine opportunity comes along that is so good. However,
you don’t have to be involved with every new or juicy idea that comes your way,
just focusing on one or two ideas can make you happy and fulfilled.
5.
Your goals must be challenging and exciting.
It has be proven that when you set goals that are exciting and
challenging you will get the drive and motivation that prevents you from being bored
and frustrated when you encounter challenges.
Always focus on the benefits and the rewards you will get when you
accomplish your great and challenging goals. Dream big dreams and set big goals
that gets you excited and motivated.
6. Your goals must be in alignment with your values.
Your core values are the virtues you must uphold come rain come sun
shine. They serve as your guideline, the foundation or the pillar upon which
you set your blocks of goals. The manifestation of harmony is certain when an
individual’s or organization’s goal are aligned with the person’s or the
organization’s core values. You have got to set your boundaries, your do’s and
your don’ts in line with your core values. Some of my core values for instance
are; God’s Word and His Kingdom, Holiness, Worship, Service, Creativity,
Possibility, Faith, and the Golden rule. Truly, when you harness your core
values to positive and purposeful goals, decision-making becomes easy. It
generates the energy that will propel you to much higher levels of success.
7. Your goals must be well
balanced.
Whenever you are setting goals make sure you balance it by giving
attention and allocation of time for God’s Word and Kingdom service, your
Family, your Career/Business, Fitness Programs, Leisure and Relaxation, etc.
All work and no play, makes Jack a dull and unhealthy boy. You have got to
balance everything in equal proportion, because excess of everything is
dangerous.
8. Your goals must be realistic.
One of my mentor quotes, that there are no such things as unrealistic
goals, only unrealistic time frame. The
only factor that makes your goal unrealistic is in determining the amount of
time it would take to achieve your goal. For instance, if you are earning $500 per
month and you do not have or do another business except your job, it would be
unrealistic to set a goal to become a millionaire in a month, unless you want
to rob the bank or commit a crime. You can become a millionaire if you give the
goal time, like a year. An unrealistic
goal breeds frustration. Even the Holy Bible state that, “Hope deferred makes
the heart sick”. It’s good to think big
but you have got to give your big time goals, time big enough to accomplish
them.
9. Your goal must be contributive.
There is a popular aphorism that says, don’t not think of what your
country should do for you, rather you should think of what you should do for
your country. In view of the foregoing, you should be thinking of what value to
add, to contribute to your Family, Organization, State, Nation and to the
world, and not what should be done for you. The moment you start adding value
and contributing. You have positioned yourself for promotion and
re-compensation. It has been proven that whatever you want, you should give it
first and it would be given back unto you – Luke 6: 38; Give and it shall be
given to you, good measure pressed down, shaken together and running over shall
men give unto your bosom. For with the same measure that you mete. With it
shall be measured to you again. Success
is not measured by how much of material things you have amassed, but by how
much you are giving, how many lives are you affecting positively? So when
setting your goals, set goals on what you want to contribute to others and to
the world you live in or to the community or the state you are living in. And
in so doing you are fulfilling the purpose of success; to be a blessing to the
world. God told Abraham, I would bless you and you shall be a blessing to
others. You are blessed to be a blessing with whatever God has blessed you
with.
10. Your Goal must be supported
The last but not the least is that great goals must be supported by your
team. When you set big and extra-ordinary goals, you cannot implement it all
alone. You will need to engage some people whom you trust, to assist you in the
process of achieving your big goals. You cannot do it all alone. You need
others to support, assist, cooperate, motivate and encourage you. No man is an
island, says the English man. You are neither an Island of knowledge nor of
resources. You need a team to work with and a mastermind group to mastermind
and network with. Someone said; your network, determines your net worth. However,
you need to be very careful in choosing your team or mastermind group, to avoid
negative people that would not encourage you.
To be continued ……check out for te continuation.
Committed To Your Success!
Yours
Truly,
Chiugo
Tony Nwokolo (Mr. Strategist),
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