You can’t hit a target if you don’t know what it is.
People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.
A goal that is not in writing is like cigarette smoke: It drifts away and disappears. It is vague and insubstantial. It has no force, effect, or power. But a written goal becomes something that you can see, touch, read, and modify if necessary.
The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
I'm just trying to stay grounded because I know what I want to do in the sport.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
The more clearly defined and keenly desired your goals, the more of your natural creativity will be released for goal attainment.
Until a man selects a DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE, he dissipates his energies & spreads his thoughts over so many subjects & in so many different directions that they lead not to power, but to indecision & weakness.
A policy needs a clear goal.
People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. I learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity.
If you don't know what you want to do, it's harder to do it.
When things are difficult, you have to be sure of who you are and what you want to achieve.
When you know what you want, you know where you want to go.
In order not to end up like the masses out there who are merely wandering and unsure of their goals and dreams, your objective must be clear. When your purpose is clear, your life will have meaning.
If you don't clarify your goal, you'll never identify the best approach.
A vague goal is no goal at all. The Ten Commandments wouldn't be very impressive, for instance, if they weren't specific, but simply were couched in a phraseology such as 'thou shalt not be a bad person.
All I ever wanted was to know what to do.
Not having a clear goal leads to death by a thousand compromises.
One can remain more sure-footed by taking small steps, but perhaps achieve greater speed by taking bigger steps. Of course, one also runs the risk of setting out in a completely erroneous direction. Surely the important thing isn't the length of our steps, but that the objective is clear.
I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
You forget why you're fighting - you can lose sight of why you're doing it all.
You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.
Be clear about what you want to accomplish, and whether the circumstances surrounding you are actively helping you toward the goal.
You’ve got to visualize where you’re headed and be very clear about it. Take a polaroid picture of where you’re going to be in a few years.
