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3 Reasons to Start Setting Goals

Setting goals will bring you to places you want to.

4 min readMar 7, 2025

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I’ve spent a lot of time writing about this topic.

The necessity of setting goals, having a goal in your life, and your purpose.

It’s very important to have one.

In one of my newsletters, I talked about this and told around 5,000 people that only when you have a set of goals and a destination, you can reach the point in life that you want to be.

In this article, I’ll explain why that is.

The Link Between Purpose and Goals

What is purpose?

That’s some philosophical question, to be honest. To make it even more difficult and vague, here’s a quote from Robert Byrne.

“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.”

You’d want something that has meaning to you.

Something that you can fill your life with, and that fulfills your daily needs — purpose is different for everybody.

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to finding purpose.

But there’s a link between finding your purpose and setting goals. You’ll have…

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Bryan Dijkhuizen
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Written by Bryan Dijkhuizen

Writing about the life of a neurodivergent creative in a neurotypical world. — https://bryandijkh.substack.com/

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