Aspiring entrepreneur and student, Cameron D. Wheeler shares the defeats and victories of his life in his latest book, One Decision Away (ISBN 978-1951630423). After the untimely passing of his beloved mother, Wheeler lost his way in life. He was stuck in the dark, deep down in the trenches. Wheeler’s destructive habits pushed him further down until he was in pitch-black darkness. Soon, he understood that only he could pull himself out of this darkness. And he had the power to make choices that could help him lead a more positive and fulfilling life. Wheeler used this power to turn his life around for good.
In the book, he writes about becoming an opportunist in life and the magic of goal setting. To reach any kind of goals and success in life, one must have a clear idea of what they want to achieve and set goals accordingly. With a clear picture, come clear goals. And with clear goals, comes a clear plan that you need to commit to following. When you think about goal setting, you might feel like you'll never come around to following your plan and achieving your goals successfully. One way to find the right motivation, in this case, is to analyze the benefits of goal setting. The Happy Manager shares several benefits of goal setting to encourage you to set your own:
· Clearer Focus
Properly thought out and stated, goals clearly set out your intentions and desires; the things you really want to achieve.
· Optimum Use of Resources
There are never enough resources to do everything so setting goals can help you to prioritize. Place your resources behind what you really want to do, rather than on things you are doing by default or by deflection.
· Effective Use of Time
Of course, time is a resource, but it deserves special consideration because it is so important. As Peter Drucker says: “If you want to improve how you manage time – stop doing what doesn’t need to be done!”
· Peace of Mind
Too often you can have many things on your mind. Writing down your goals can help you take all of those ideas, apply perspective and priority, then galvanize you into commitment and action.
· Clarity to Decision Making
Knowing what you are trying to do means that you can now ask: “does this activity get me closer to my goal?”
· Easier Measurement of What You Do
Setting goals, especially SMART and SHARP goals, allows you to measure how well effectively you are moving towards achieving them.
· More Freedom of Thought
Setting goals can help to release your creative energies so you can focus on how to achieve them. You’ll start to look for ways to make it happen.
· Easier Communication with Others
Setting goals enables you to clarify with other people what you are trying to do, and therefore what they need to do to contribute or support.
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