I have always wondered why successful people stressed on the importance of setting personal goals in life. It is one thing to have a dream and a whole another thing to have goals.
Goals are time bound and realistic. We all need to set goals in life else we are left with no choice but to compare our life, our achievements to others' which is unfair. No two people have been through the same set of circumstances in life.
One must therefore set personal goals so that we move from one achievement to the next and further. At nineteen one must not compare you to Saina Nehwal, they must see you as a person who set Individual goals, worked towards them and grew in the process.
Goals give our lives a sense of direction. We often wonder: is this where I wish to be in life? Goals remind us where we were headed in the first place and how far we’ve made it.
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