REDEFINE YOUR GOALS AND PERSONAL DREAMS IN 2025…EMILOJU

INTRODUCTION:
The world keeps changing, and those who are making such changes are the go-getters. The go-getters are the few resolute individuals who are not ready to take no for an answer but be determined to go the extra mile to ensure that their goals are achieved.

To be part of the world changers, you must be ready to redefine and optimize your dreams and personal goals to facilitate the required changes that the world is aspiring for. You must be ready to defile normalcy and challenge the status quo.

WHAT IT MEANS TO REDEFINE AND OPTIMIZE YOUR DREAMS AND GOALS

1. To review and re-evaluate existing goals and plans
2. To update or upgrade your goals for maximum results
3. To revalidate already established dreams or goals
4. To mobilize necessary resources for the attainment of your goals
5. To facilitate necessary connections and strategic alliances to help you achieve your goals
6. To discover or identify innovations and strategies to help you achieve your goals
7. To be practically engaged in tasks and activities that are incidental to the attainment of your goals.
   Etc

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DREAMS AND GOALS:

• Dreams are the outcome that goals are expected to provide
  Specific goal is a unit or a subset of a bigger dream
• Without goal-setting and attainment, dreams may never become realities
• Meaningful goals are the ingredients of dream’s attainment

WAYS TO REDEFINE AND OPTIMIZE GOALS AND PERSONAL DREAMS:

1. Reestablishing the purpose or the motive behind your dreams or goals
2. Identifying the clogs in the wheel of your goal’s attainment or progress
3. Discovering new methods or effective ways to achieve your goals
4. Adopting and adapting to unavoidable realities that affect your goals
5. Consulting experts and seeking relevant information that can help the attainment of your goals
6. Leveraging technological innovations and advancement to achieve your goals
7. Cultivating meaningful and strategic alliances to help you achieve your goals

NECESSARY SKILLS TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS AND GOALS:

1. Decision-Making Skill
2. Critical Thinking Skill
3. Problem-Solving Skill
4. Financial Management Skill
5. Relationship Management Skill
6. Time Management Skill
7. Effective Planning Skill.
8. Effective Communication/ Presentation Skills. Etc

CRITICAL FACTORS THAT HELP GOALS ATTAINMENT:
(The 7 Cs of Goal Attainment)

1. Your Conviction
2. Your Consistency
3. Your Circle of Influence
4. Your Character
5. Your Commitment
6. Your Competencies
7. Your Courage

IMPEDIMENTS TO GOAL ATTAINMENT:

1. Lack of clarity and conviction
2. Setting unrealistic goals
3. Distractions and discouragement
4. Lack of self-discipline
5. Lack of effective planning
6. Excuses and Wrong Axioms
7. Financial Constraints
   Etc

BENEFITS OF GOAL-SETTING:

1. It gives our lives a sense of direction
2. It promotes a meaningful and purposeful living
3. It helps to deal with distractions and strange attractions
4. It increases our chances of achieving success
5. It enhances higher productivity and personal resourcefulness
6. It helps us to determine our priorities
7. It facilitates purpose fulfilment.

CONCLUSION:
The main reason most people set goals and couldn’t achieve them is the lack of motivation and self-discipline to pay the required price. It’s one thing to set goals but a different ball game to achieve such goals.
The only justification for goal-setting is your readiness to pursue such goals without having regard for challenges that might constitute hindrances to the attainment of your goals, but with readiness to surmount and overcome them.

I Wish You A Wonderful Week!
Gbenga Emiloju (DMPII)