The Importance of a Goal

In anyone's life, the presence of a clear goal is vital. In order for one's life to have some amount of meaning and clarity, it is the presence of a clearcut goal that is the most important. Now lets look at what exactly I mean when i say that a goal is needed for one's life to have meaning.

Now, take two ways of life in consideration.

Life without a goal

First lets look at the life of a person without a goal. His life, in simple terms, will be morbid and meaningless. Lets see why. In everything he does, there seems to be a boredom filling him. In every choice he makes, its not something he wants that presides over the decision, but a kind of thick layer of laziness that determines his reactions. There he is, just bored. Nothing, but bored. There is nothing to inspire him to do something, and nothing to keep him going when he starts something. His life is plain and uneventful, filled with mental laziness. He is in a shell. A kind of cocoon which he has built around himself.

If you see such a person, there's nothing in him, that you will benefit from either, because he himself is in a state of mental inactivity. Maybe he's working. Maybe he's performing a job that demands lots of mental attention. Yet, as he does not have a goal, everything seems bland. There is nothing for him to look forward to. Just another uneventful day, with the same damm work, boring to the core. Its irritating for him. But there's little he does about it. Why? He doesnt have a clear goal. There's nothing in him which will ever make him do anything different from what he does everyday. Maybe he wont write the same programs he may have written yesterday.But its still the same thing he's doing with the same mental state : writing programs.

Such a life of zero excitement and full boredom had tons of disadvantages. To name a few, it hardly promotes mental growth in the sense that such a way of life is opposed to any progress in the person's ability at whatever he is doing, it leaves the person with no interest in whatever he is doing, it disarms the person with the prospects of perfection at what he does(which is vital in any sphere of life), it demotivates not only the person living this life, but also others. Its a lazy, uneventful, boring, savourless life, a life without a great goal. At this point, i feel more elaboration in not needed.

A Life with a Goal

Now, think about the life of a person with a great goal in life. This guy we're talkin about, is one guy who's fired up about his goals to the extent that we shall see in the following lines. For one minute, think of such a guy who has in front of him a wonderful goal and who is willing to go to any lengths to achieve his goal. Its a kind of perfection that graces his life. A Wonderful harmony in everything he does in his effort to reach his destination of success in whatever he has set for himself as a goal.

This guy, is willing to go through anything to attain his goal. If there's a way to heaven, its through hell or so say many people who speak about success. Now this guy in front of us says the same thing too. And bloody hell, its true. Whatever the needs be, whatever the odds be, whatever people say, whatever people do : There's no stepping back for this dude. Let people say anything they want to. Let people tell him on his face, that he will achieve only outright failure, he cares a damn. Let people obstruct his way to success in whichever means they want, but this guy is not going to stop.

Now, just look at his way of life. Its something far more happy than the 1st case we discussed. This guy is innovative and enterprising and inspired. Why? Solely because he knows that the responsibility of reaching his goal lies entirely upon him and solely on him. He knows, that he makes things, or he breaks them. So he's always thinking of new ways to do things, and new ways to reach his destination. Now, assume he is a programmer. He too, is writing programs, and nothing else. But whats the difference between the first guy and the second? The second guy writes programs, but is always innovating new methodologies and thinking of new prospects. For him, its not boring and savourless, but its interesting and is a way for his growth.

Now, as for my part, i would say that if i was to choose between the two, i would definitely choose only the second way of life and not the first. The choice is entirely yours readers, but my advice would be to experiment and then decide through practical experience.


The Charecteristics of a Goal

Now, lets see the charecterisitcs of a goal. A goal as i would define, is more like a destination. The steps you take to achieve your goal, are like places in the journey to reach the destination of your goal. A goal must be so inspiring that you must be able to face the whole world in opposition and stick onto it. It must be so interesting that time flies in your pursuit for it. It must be so wonderful, that once u've reached ur goal, u shud be sure to go mad in ecstacy.

BUT, there are two small loop holes in what i just said.

1. Your goal must be BIG and Longterm. Your goal must be a way of life for u. A pursuit. A journey.

2. Your victory is a private Victory. Not a public one. Be sure about this one.

Your goal must be sumthin that must be over a slightly long period of time, for it to become ur way of life. But remember, these are not the only type of goals. The small ones are stepping stones to the big ones. The small ones will let you succeed in small steps. But its the big ones which make or break you. You will see the changes the goal has brought about in you.

So, here's the conclusion as I wud have it.

Have a Goal - A life without a great goal sucks.
And once u have a goal, do anything and everything to achieve it.