Goals Setting : a criteria for Success.

Hello Steemians!!!
I trust we had a wonderful weekend.
Today I'll talking about something important, something that has really helped me and I believe will improve our lives if we'll only do it. I'm positive we all have an idea of what a goal is, I know most of us are sport lovers. Besides, at one point of our lives or the other we've achieved a goal. So we understand what a goal is. A goal is what separates successful people from unsuccessful ones.

The aim of this lesson is to help us to become successful and prosperous in all areas of our life be it physical, spiritual, emotional, financial, etc.

3 John 1:2
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Above all things, it is God's desire that you prosper
Also,

Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

That whatsoever you do shall prosper. But it is disappointing that not every believer is prosperous. I believe it's because most people only have wishes and desires and not goals.

You'll hear things like I want to be this, I want to be that. Some are even bold to say I will be this or I will be that whereas they have no goals set for those things, mere desires.
Let me state that a desire that's not written down is just a desire, nothing more. Your goal must be written down
There's something about writing things down, it's imprinted in your memory and motivates you[. Goals have certain characteristics

1. Your goals must be bigger than you
   You don't set things you can achieve easily and call it a goal
   Getting admission for Msc abroad, that's a goal
   It must be bigger than you but must also be realistic. You can't set a goal to be a footballer at this age, that to me isn't realistic, time has gone
2. They must be long range.
   A student applying for Msc doesn't expect to get it the next week or even next month stones, it takes time.
3. Goals must be set daily.
   In all spheres of life, God wants us to be prosperous and successful. Being successful in one area while the other areas suffer isn't really success. What I'm saying is, in the physical, spiritual, financial, academical and other aspects of lives, we must set goals, every time you wake up you should have a goal you want to achieve in that day
4. Lastly, your goals must be specific. Ask some people where do you see yourself in 5 years, you'll hear things like I will be successful. 😂 That's not being successful, footballers can't score in any area of the field, there are specific areas outside which it's no longer a goal. Archers can't shoot anywhere, there is an area in which they must aim and shoot at, same with us, our goals must be specific.

How to set goals

1. Write them down. The to-do here is to write down everything you desire and want to achieve, your aspirations and wishes, write them down, all of them, this can be tedious and may take days
2. Secondly, arrange them in order of importance. Arrange them in the order of how badly you want them. Probably getting married is your immediate and most important goal right now, please don't hesitate to do so. Just arrange them.
3. Now for each goal, think of the obstacles that'll hinder you from achieving it and also write it down, or note it. You may not do this for all your goals, you can just do this for the important ones. The ones you want badly, like your new business or admission or marriage
4. For the obstacles you've noted, formulate a plan of how to beat them. Say you're applying for Msc, write down the requirements, note the documents needed, the ones you'll need to get and the letters you'll need to write or the exams you'll need to take then plan on how you'll achieve them.
5. Set time for each of your goals. Like the football example, there's always a time limit. Your life has a time limit. Your goals should have a time limit. Set reasonable time please.

The next thing to do is to START working on your goals.
Since you've written them down, look at them every now and then, visualize yourself there already. If it's Msc abroad, see yourself receiving admission letter.
If your goal is to discover something or be the president of this nation, see yourself giving your speech.

Conclusively, I'll end with this.

If you keep flies inside a jar and lock them up in the jar, they'll try for some time to get out, they'll keep jumping and trying to push off the lid, but over time they'll give up and the height of their jump will reduce. It'll reduce to the extent that if you open the jar and leave it open, the flies still think that the lid is their and in their little minds, that's if they have one, they believe they can't fly out again. So they remain in the bottle.

What I'm saying is some of us have tried some things for many times and we've come to believe there's no way there, but I'm telling you, you can be anything you wanna be.

Remember

psalms 1:3
...and whatsoever he forth shall prosper.

Whatsoever don't stop trying, that's if you really want it!!!
Thank you for reading.