I. Goal Setting

It is good to know what you want, but this means nothing if you take no action to get it. The most crucial part of the entire process of taking control of your life is taking the action necessary to make it come about. Action is the activity that is critical to obtaining success. Plan all you want, take no action upon that plan and nothing will come of it. Faith without works is dead. You must make happen what you have planned for your-self. The first step to help make this happen is to set goals. What you want is your goal. The next step is to find out how to achieve that goal. Then you must plan the steps necessary that will take you from the point you’re at to the end and fruition of that goal.
Goals should be considered your best friends. And in all reality, they have been the best friends to many of those who have succeeded greatly in life. All those who win have had a goal set toward winning. All winners have goals. Racers have the finish line. Football players have the touchdown. Pilots have their destination. College students have the degree. In all successes, there is a goal involved. There is always something to aspire to. What also comes along with all of this is a defining moment that places value on the progress made and marks the level of achievement obtained.
A person who treads through life without goals will be like a basketball player who has no rim on the court. He would be running up and down the court with no aim or end in sight, and no advancement in any way. They are not even in the game. Setting up a game plan is the next step.