The Importance of Goal Setting in Achieving Dreams

According to Colin Dunbar, author of "Invest in Yourself", dreams should be transformed into goals and ultimately become reality, which leads to the improvement of life. This process is called goal setting.

According to Prof. Dr. Sawitri Supardi Sadarjoen - Professor of Psychology Faculty of Padjadjaran University, on one occasion, "Goal setting is the most sophisticated tool to achieve dreams." In explaining, through goal setting concretization effort reaches dreams that exist in a person. In the process of goal setting is the individual will feel a stronger sense of the purpose of his life.

"Thus he will be able to plan the way or practical ways to achieve the dream of his life," said Sawitri. Here are the steps in the goal setting process:

Introspection

According to Sawitri, before setting a goal, we need to know the ability, the means to achieve our goals, our fighting spirit, our motivation, our discipline and our commitment, as well as the support of the environment we are in.

Determining motivational goals

Because motivation is key in the process of achieving goals, make sure that the goals you make are important to you, and they are worth when they are achieved. Therefore, goals should relate to the priorities you have in your life.

SMART Analysis

To be able to achieve and have a positive effect, make sure your goals meet specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time bound requirements. (see above for more).

Write down your goals

Write down the purpose of making your dreams more real, and you have no reason to forget them. In fact, according to Sandy McGregor, in the Piece of Mind, by writing down goals, we have made a commitment to ourselves. Make sure also that the words you write are really motivating. Avoid the word "will" or "later". For example, "I have my own company in five years," not "I want to have my own company in five years". Paste the goals you have written in places you can see at any time.

Make an action plan

Write down the step by step that you have to go through to achieve the goal. First of all, make a big picture of what you want to do in life. Then divide that big goal into smaller targets, which you must achieve, so that ultimately a great goal in your life can be achieved. When you have made it through each of these targets, you will realize that you are getting closer to the final goal you have set.

Keep the goals you have made

Once you have that goal, get it started immediately. And remember, goal setting is an ongoing process, not the end of the journey.

As if dreams have come true

In addition to goal setting, Erbe Sentanu, founder of the Katahati Institute said that the requirement that our dreams can be achieved is to feel as though the dream is no longer a dream, but it has become a reality. The trick is to live life, with the feeling as if the dream that we have already happened. "To be rich for example, we must be able to create thoughts that make us feel rich. The phrase 'I want to be rich' should be changed to 'I feel rich', "says Mas Nunu author of the book, Zona Ikhlas.

In other words, we seem to have really seen, heard, and felt fully that our dreams have come true. What comes up is a sense of calm and happiness. This process is what according to Mas Nunu as grateful.

In his book, Quantum Ikhlas, Mas Nunu says, "Living in gratitude is a shortcut to the inner happiness that brings many wonderful miracles in life. So, if you want to succeed, be thankful even harder, so more God will give you what we want. "