I went through a period in my life where I did not believe in goals.
I felt that they left people wishing for something, but never acting.
I understand better now that this is not a failing of goals.
It is a failing of the individual.
If we spend too much time living in the future.
Dwelling on the goal.
Wishing and waiting for that “better life”
Then we don’t put enough focus and energy into actions necessary to reach the goal.
Build a clear vision of the goal.
Contrive a plan to get there.
Structure your life around core principles that guide your daily decisions.
Then live in the now.
Apply your energy today.
Be in the moment.
The future does not exist.
Until you build it in this moment.
Do you have a goal?
Life is going to happen.
The difference between winners and losers is who has the discipline to stay the course.
Your past has developed your principles.
Those principles drive your actions in the now.
Those actions now allow you to react and navigate the real world.
Navigation is what we do in the present moment to find a path to the goal.
Everything revolves around what you do right here, right now.
Make a mistake?
Course correct.
Don’t look back and dwell – or you will go further off track.
A series of those little mistake are all filtered out by time.
As long as you make corrections when they are identified.
We have to look up and check in on the goal from time to time.
But we can’t obsess over it.
If we only watch the horizon chasing the goal
we will get hung up on the near obstacles.
Believe in the goal, and know that it will change as you get closer.
Learn from the past and then leave it behind.
Discipline in the present.
What is your goal?