It's Not A Goal If You Can Do It

A goal that you could complete in an afternoon, or even by the end of the week, isn't a goal. It's an errand. It's an item on your To Do list.

A goal will require you to do one or both of the following:

- Expand your current capabilities

- Marshal and manage external resources, i.e. get other people to help you and contribute to the realization of your vision.

A goal should have built in challenges over and above scheduling time to deal with it.

Sometimes we set a goal that's too aggressive, one that might not be possible to achieve. But that's not really a problem. 

A massive, seemingly improbable goal can motivate you to think differently about your own capabilities. It can inspire you to gain information and undertake training, activities that will make you stronger in the long run. 

A huge, daunting goal will encourage you to look at problems in a new way, to devise new techniques and strategies, and to search for people and resources with the power to offer assistance.

An improbable goal isn't necessarily impractical. You can divide an aggressive goal into smaller goals or revise the scope of the goal to make it more manageable. 

Ultimately, your goals should inspire you to take action and to discover possibilities and opportunities that you hadn't thought of previously. If your goals are too cautious or too limited, they won't encourage you to go as far as you can.

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