This isn’t a golf-related post so much. But it might have occurred to you that I’ve undertaken a pretty big task here. My goals are clearly defined, but what am I doing to reach them?

Do a little self-reflecting with me here. Do you have goals of your own? If not, why? Is there nothing in life you want to achieve? Ok, so let’s say you do. And let’s say that maybe you aim high with your goals and dreams, so it’s going to take work (maybe a lot) to achieve them. Well, what are you doing to achieve them?

These questions aren’t necessarily easy to answer. But once you set goals, you have no hope of reaching them without a clear understanding of what they are, and a clear plan of how you’re going to reach them.

The goal-setting part is a little easier. Figure out something you want to achieve. Don’t just make it nebulous. Like, “I want to lose weight.” That leaves too many questions. How much weight? In what time frame? Make your goals as specific as you can.

Next comes the harder part: figuring out what we need to do to achieve our goals. Unfortunately, this is obviously specific to the individual goal, so I can’t give you a magic pill answer. What I can tell you is, learn as much as you can about whatever you’re trying to achieve. Read books, search the internet, talk to people who have done what you’re trying to do. Often times, we even have to blaze our own trails.

That only leaves us with the execution of the plan. You might think that this is the hardest part. But if you have well-defined goals and a well-defined, realistic plan, execution is easy. That doesn’t mean that there won’t be hard work and set backs. But you’ll be marching toward your goals full steam ahead. Don’t be afraid to periodically review your goals and plan and refine as necessary.

I recently had a conversation with someone about goals that resulted in both of us agreeing that each day, if we consciously take at least one action toward reaching our goals, then we’re doing ok. I would like to further refine that to say that if each day is a net positive, we’re doing even better. Depending on your individual goals, maybe you take a small step back in one area, but make up for it with big positive movement in another area. I call that a positive day.

That brings us to my specific goals. The encouragement I’ve gotten from family, friends, co-workers, and strangers has been very positive. At the same time, I can feel people’s unspoken (maybe even subconscious) reactions ranging from genuine support to “who does he think he is?” to “is he nuts?” I’ve kind of laid out what I’m trying to accomplish on the About Me page, but I think it needs some more clarification and I think I’ll do that in a post tomorrow.

Does that mean that I feel the need to justify my journey to anyone else? No, not really. The mere act of talking/writing about it does nothing but make my plan and my path more clear, though.

What have you done today to reach your own goals?

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