My Bulletproof Framework on How To Set Goals That Are Worth Achieving
If you are concerned about the size of your goals, you are missing the point.
“Dream big and don’t give up until it becomes a reality.” Sounds cool. Doesn’t it? Here’s another one. “Snap out of your fantasy and get a job. You are old enough to support your family.”
The first is the kind of quote you spin around Facebook or use to caption your selfies on Insta. The second one, on the other hand, comes from overbearing parents who are too modest to say: “Give up on your dream, you selfish freak, and help us PAY THE RENT already!”
While the first one motivates you to work towards your higher calling, the second one demands you pay attention to something more immediate. So the big question is, which one is right?
Here’s what I learned by following each of these, one at a time.
Being a lifelong dreamer, my goals were all lofty, wishful, and often full of contradiction. However, by the time I graduated, I fixated my focus on one goal. I wanted to be a world-famous painter.
But when I set out to chase my big dream, there were a few problems.
- Problem 1: I had no idea how to go about it. It seemed next to impossible.
