Why have goals?

There is a ton of material on how to set goals, but not often do we stop and consider WHY have goals in the first place.


One of my favourite saying is "Life's a trip." The 'trip' part can refer the hippy-esk saying of something being trippy, as in weird, crazy, and unexpected, yet cool and fun OR 'trip' can refer to a journey of sorts. For the purpose of this blog we will put the psychedelic drugs aside and focus in on the latter reference.

What would it be like to be driving your car and have no clue as where you are going? No navigator, no map, nothing. Might be fun at first, driving around with no point or purpose other than to take it all in, but eventually you would get bored and want to feel like all this driving has a bigger purpose to it. Goals give us that purpose.

Goals also give us direction! As once you know where you want to go, it is simple about plotting out a plan to get there. Sure things may pop up along the way, but you know the destination and you can handle those bumps in the road.

Goals act as a point of reference to see if the decisions we are making in our lives are sending us in the direction that we have chosen. In essence, they help us get what we want in life.

Life is as simple as knowing what you want and then.... going after it!
What do you want out of life? What do you want to achieve in the next year? What do you want to feel today?

One way or another, life will happen. In the end, the difference will be between if it was the life you CHOSE or simply the life you lived.

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Your friend and Coach,
Bryce