Wise man says, if you do not have a target, you will always hit it right. If you don’t know where to go, you will always get there. The truth is, if you don’t have a clearly defined goal, anything you have achieved will be considered a success, even if it is a failure for your true capability. How would you know that you are going the right direction if you don’t know where you are going in the first place?
Sure you will always hit it, sure you will always get there, but was it there you supposed to hit? Was it there you were supposed to go? Was it there the money? Was it there you could have been or become? Was that the money you are looking at when you place your bet?
If you are looking back now, you will never know. If you are still in school today, then SET YOUR GOAL before it is too late. Only after you have set your GOAL, you would know where you are going. If you do not set a goal, you are a gambler who has no intention of winning. Are you just playing the cards for fun? I think it is your opponents who are having all the fun in the world.
I often have a conversation with ‘not so lucky’ adults who always reminisce back and say “when I was in school I always want to become a doctor, an engineer, a lawyer etc”. After talking a bit more with them, I could easily sense that they did not actually have such desire when they were in school. What they are really saying is “if I could start all over again, I will study to become a doctor, an engineer, a lawyer etc”. What is their goal NOW is what they think was their goal THEN.
So you students out there don’t be like them. SET YOUR OWN GOAL NOW!
WRITE DOWN YOUR GOAL AND PUT YOUR SIGNATURE ON IT.
In other words, make it black and white and certified yours truly. Oh don’t forget to put a date on it, so you can proudly trace back when was the time you start taking care of your life. After you write it down, put it somewhere where you can always see them. You can put them in YOUR wallet or purse, stick it on your mirror or write it on the front page of every book you own, on the ceiling of your bedroom or anywhere you can easily access them. Let other people see it as well. This way you can be accountable of your own goal. Make sure where ever you put it; it has to last until your goal is achieved.
I put mine in my wallet. The first time I wrote my goal was in 1988 while I was in Form Four in SMK Bingkor Keningau. I was in a science class. With my very little knowledge of English I wrote ‘With the God’s Power, will be a doctor in 1997’. Needless to mention, the grammar was out. That did not matter, it only tells me of how much I have improved since. I put mine in my wallet. I looked at it almost every day. Whenever I felt depressed, whenever I felt lazy or couldn’t take things any more, I just have to look at it. Nothing obvious happened after your look at it. Don’t expect a surge of power or a sudden disappearance of problems. In fact, not so much of your conscious mind that need to see it, but most importantly your subconscious mind. Because this part of your brain that will automatically work toward achieving your goal.
I held mine for ten years.... (to be continued)
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