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Don’t Confuse the Goal with the Byproduct
To achieve what you really want, remind yourself what your real goal is
When it comes to goal setting, you know how to do it. You are most likely aware that to achieve a dream it has to be broken down into attainable, bite-sized chunks of goals that are challenging enough but still possible to reach. You must have heard about different methods and techniques, you know that a goal needs to be S.M.A.R.T, specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-based.
In theory, setting a goal to achieve a dream is not that complicated, and if you are disciplined and persistent enough, you will surely get to it.
But there are times, when everything changes around you — the circumstances, the world, the opportunities, the present and the future.
At times, your plans flop, and you can’t do anything about it. Sometimes you have to admit that you were chasing the wrong illusion. Sometimes your dreams become so distant that pursuing them seems stupid and useless. And sometimes you get caught in the spiderweb of external circumstances — good or bad — that makes you forget why you started it in the first place.
Sometimes no matter how hard you try and how disciplined you might be, the going gets tough and the vision in front of you gets so…
