Goals are essential for life. They are great to make us stay focused, to be successful and achieve something in life. But many times goals can paralyze us to grow as a person. It's very necessary to prioritize personal development over what we want to achieve in life.
Why?
The simple answer can be, as per I understand that, personal development can make you a better person where life goals can be unsuccessful many times and may not work well (will backfire). But if your goal is to develop yourself as a person then I would say this is the best plan.
Growth and goals are interlinked actually. Goals power up our growth. It's not like we can go without having any goal or grow ourselves without any goal. So, both are necessary. But what I'm trying to say is, always remember that goals are there to power your growth. Don't make it elusive. It will distract you from your focus from life. Because goals are related to our living where growth is linked with our self-development and life.
Start taking small steps towards your goal. It can be anything and in any amount. Like losing weight or be a better employee. And graph your development and evaluate yourself. You will get an idea of how goals are helping you to grow. And, if it's not helping then you can have your next plan to work on your growth.
Like, your goal can be to become the number one entrepreneur in your locality. But if you only focus on your goal then you may never feel the desire to be the best around the world or never achieve that also.
So, it's time to understand this and work as per. I hope this gonna help you a little bit!