Keep moving forward…Keep your eyes on the prize

We all have a dream, at least I assume you have a dream, and we all want to attain that dream, but in this world it is so easy to get side tracked. Small things that are bumps in your lives will take your focus away from keep moving forward distract you from keeping your eyes on the prize at the end of the journey.

If you know what you want in life, I have a philosophy to take daily strides towards that goal. Every day you should at least do something, however small, to get one step closer to achieving your dream. But in order to know what steps leads to your dream you need to know exactly what your dream is, you need to know it in detail, you need to feel how it is to live that dream, the smells, the sounds, the light, the whole KAABANG….

Many people do not even write down their life goals, they keep it inside their mind, not exposing to the outside world, allowing themselves to fail without anyone knowing. Most of them are setting themselves up for failure. Personally I write down my goals, my life goals, my goals for a business venture, and my goals for today. I know what steps are required to move towards my goals. But remember goals can change as the circumstances changes and you need to adapt to them.

If you are young your goal might be to get a certain education, ride a certain car, and these may at the time seem like your life goals, but as you grow, as you reach your goals you will add to them. Even if you have your goal of a house by the beach, as you get closer you might even add to the goal or change it, maybe being too close to the beach is not really what you want. Feel free to change your goals, but don’t cheat yourself. Like changing a goal from being financially independent to just making sure you make it month to month. You might need to increase the time horizon, but don’t short sell yourself with the goals you are choosing and aiming for.

When you know what you want then I divide the end goal into milestones I need to reach along the way. These milestones I divide into step by step goals and I work myself towards where I am today. Then I know more or less what I need to achieve every month in order to get closer to my end goal.

And it becomes easier to take small steps towards your goals on a daily basis, knowing that following those steps you will get closer to the goal tomorrow compared where you where yesterday. But action and taking continuous action is the key to moving closer to your goals.