GOAL-SETTING AND GO-GETTING; THE NEXUS (PART SIX)

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7. Goals boosts confidence and generates an attitude of respect. One good thing about goal setting is that it makes you exude confidence which in turn draws respect from others to you. You will find noticeable changes in the posture of goal setters most times; shoulders high, walking straight, heads held up high and a general confident posture.

Definitely, those with goals have a can do attitude or the yes, we can attitude. It shows in the broad smile, the firm handshake, the vivaciousness which makes you a force of attraction  inspiring others to reach greater heights. Think of Nigerian nationalists like M.K.O Abiola and Obafemi Awolowo, men who had tenacity under pressure  qualities that generated respect to lead their people. That is goal-setting in motion. Chief Obafemi Awolowo who while campaigning in South West made his voters know that even though his government will try to provide basic necessities, his major goal was education; this put him far ahead as a thinker in his generation.






8. Goals develop your muscle of persistence:
In this day and age of instant messaging, instant meals and so on and so forth, we want to have everything and have it now. However, that is not how goals are achieved. Going back to the example of the eagle, you will discover that an eagle might have to hover around its prey  roosting for hours over a rabbit hole or snake hole, waiting for hours on end until the snake rears its head and like lightning, the eagle strikes with devastating speed and power. The eagle, with its deadly beak, razor sharp talons and its extra keen eyesight is a great lesson on the need for persistence.


  • Goals hone your staying power. It is extremely important for you to stick to important tasks. Success is a combination of ability and stickability. Ability is useless without stickability. Goals will help you to develop the needed stickability for your tasks.


9. Goals deliver you from your past; the intoxication from your past successes and depression from your past failures. With goals, you are fixated on the now and now alone. You are not really swayed by the publicity of your past successes that you forget the now, neither will you be bogged down by the failures of the past or uncertainty of the future.

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