I Set Goals, and Didn’t Get Them

If personal development were a medical specialty, goal setting would be a standard of care.

• If you want to make more money, set a goal.
• If you want to get married by the end of the year, set a goal
• If you’re going to lose weight, set a goal.

It makes sense to set goals. The mind needs a target, after all.

But here’s the thing.

Many people set goals every day, week, month, and year and don’t get them.

Many people don’t even get close to their goals. And if you do something often enough and it doesn’t work, guess what? You are going to stop doing it.

Goal setting is a good exercise, but it’s like chicken noodle soup for colds as a standard of personal development and success pursuit. It doesn’t hurt, but it won’t get rid of the cold.

In that example, We know viruses cause colds. If you know how a virus works, it uses your cells to grow and multiply. The antiviral medication attacks the messenger RNA to kill the virus.

Far more advanced than chicken soup.

Goal attainment requires changed behavior. Most people don’t achieve their goals because they don’t change their thinking. So even though they set a new destination, their dominant…