How Easy Do You Find It To Set And Achieve Personal Best Goals?

Here are some proven strategies to encourage you — they work!

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Do you set your personal best goals? How often do you give up on them? Does the experience feel like you are walking along a rocky path shrouded in mist sometimes — so much unknown?

Did you set goals when you were a teenager? Did you ever have someone who helped you with goal setting? If you did set goals, how effective was the process you followed? Did you achieve your goals or did you quit? Did you always feel you were reaching your potential?

I have been a goal setter for most of my life. My goals motivated and inspired me to stay focused and to stand up to negative peer pressure on occasions.

Life lessons

While I might not have achieved all my goals, I learnt much about myself through the process — and continue to do so — and still enjoy that amazing feeling when I manage to achieve a specific goal, be it academic, sport, relational, or pursuing a hobby, or some other activity.

What have I learnt from the experience?

Well, the truth is that I am still learning! Although now retired, I still set annual goals, and break these down into monthly goals, because I want to lead a…