I could recommend a hundred books on setting goals but if you’re not reaching your goals then what’s the point? Anyone can set goals! What’s important is reaching the goals you set.

If I could share one important thing about goals it would be, make it meaningful. We can set goals all day long, create an action plan, and even want it. But at the end of the day, if that goal really doesn’t have a deep meaning for us it’s not going to happen.

When you think about your goals ask yourself the following questions.

1. What does reaching this goal mean for me?

2. How will my life and those close to me be different?

3. Why is this goal important to me?

4. Does this goal excite me and give me the fire, passion and energy to make it happen no matter what?

5. Am I okay with not reaching this goal?

The key is getting beyond setting goals and actually reaching them. Sometimes we get caught up in having a list of goals, but having a list of goals that really doesn’t have any meaning for us, can actually cause feelings of overwhelm and discouragement because we’re not reaching our goals. There’s a reason you’re not reaching your goals. Could be you have too many goals and not focused on the most important ones, could be the goal really isn’t meaningful to you. Focus on fewer goals, make them meaningful and make it happen no matter what!

Mike Brenhaug