Why you need to know where you’re going if you want to get there
One of the first things my clients and I work on together is getting crystal clear on what they want. This is surprisingly difficult for many of us because we don’t have much practice in it, despite there being no lack of seminars, books, trainings, and workshops on goal setting and making sure they are S.M.A.R.T.
Yet, clarifying your direction is SUPER important, and here’s why:
Suppose you need glasses to see well, but you decide you’re not going to wear them. They’re too ugly or too much of a hassle or some reason you have for not wearing them.
So, you get in the car and start driving down the road. You kinda know where you’re going, but the problem is, you can’t really make out the street signs.
Do you suppose you have just increased the likelihood of getting lost?
People do this all the time.
They think they don’t need absolute clarity. They think they don’t have time to sit down and map it out or that it’s going to be a hassle or something. So, they vaguely set out without the proper “proverbial eye glasses prescription” and then lament where they end up.
Moral of the story?
Put your glasses on. Clarify your direction. Know where you’re going.
What? You already know that?
Dr. Robert Anthony has an answer for you (and me, too!): “Your life will not change because you know what to do. It will change when you do what you know.”
