Goals have to be realistic, challenging and worthy!

A goal properly set is halfway reached. -Zig Ziglar

While I was walking around my neighbourhood, I’ve started thinking about goals, yeah! what about goals?

From a sports point of view, a goal is getting the ball and scoring, hitting the ball and winning the point. Simple, right?

I think goals have to be realistic, challenging and worthy.

With these three elements, a goal should get you from theory to something feasible.

Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality. -Ralph Marston

1- Realistic: Do we have the resources, capability, time or money? Do we have the ability to do it? Can we get/find what we need to achieve it?

2- Challenge: If it doesn’t challenge us, is not a goal, it’s just a task. Is this challenge motivating enough to encourage us to walk the extra mile? Is this different from what we do?

3- Worthy: Purpose. Rewarding? What I’ll gain? What I’ll get in return?

Ok, but, does these three elements have to go in this particular rank or order? Can we put worthy or challenge as first?

This is a bit more complex than it seems. Wait a minute, now I’ve started philosophizing again! 🤔

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. -Confucius

Goals are attained by people, and this is what adds the complexity to the equation. “People is moved by challenge, and challenge motivates when you have a purpose to go somewhere you know you can arrive”.

1- Challenge

2- Worthy

3- Realistic

As a final point, a goal must be challenging, got to have a purpose and an advantageous result. Without these three elements, I think the equation will fail.

Francisco Cobos

🐢 “Poc a Poc” (Little by Little)