GOALS made easy!
I saw an awesome poster today that showed a guy climbing a mountain and above it was just the word “GOAL.” Below the picture is defined the word as “decide what you want to do, and then do it.”
My first reaction was that this was over simplifying the concept of goals, but the more I think about it – the more I like it!
I will still say that for a goal to be a genuine goal it must be specific and measurable, but nevertheless, I like this definition – “decide what you want to do, and then do it.”
Too many people NEVER DECIDE what they want to do in life, and they spend their entire life doing what other people tell them to do. (Granted, there are others who only think of themselves and only do what they want, but that’s another thing entirely!) But my point is that if there is something wild and crazy and exciting that you would LOVE to do – you simply need to DECIDE TO DO IT, and then, um, well, DO IT!
Take Yosemite Summit for example. I have wanted to go to Yosemite with a group of guys and hike for years – and I mean YEARS, but it wasn’t until I DECIDED to do it, and then DID IT that it happened last month. I’m not discounting God’s roll! I prayed about it for months, and got His (and my wife’s!) approval, but I didn’t let excuses and the intimidation of the details and costs keep me from doing it, and I had the time of my life.
And I’m doing it again next year!
So I find myself asking myself, “What else am I afraid to decide to do?” It is time to set another goal I think!
And I ask you the same thing! WHAT DO YOU need to decide to do, and then do? Don’t live in such a way that you will regret it later. If you need some prayer and encouragement, feel free to contact me and tell me your ambitious and “impossible” dream and I will pray with you that God will make it happen, and I believe He will, just as He made Yosemite Summit a reality when I trusted Him! (Just reference this post when you write.)
I dare you – make a GOAL today – “decide what you want to do, and then do it!”
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