Michael Phelps did not win 14 gold medals by accident.
He set a goal. He worked hard everyday. He achieved his goal.
Do your kids know how to set and achieve goals? I never thought very much about about goal achievement until I was nearly out of college. Until that time, I wandered from project to project with a lack of focus, lack of drive, and lack of achieving much of anything great.
When I started spending time with some folks that were super-achievers, I started picking up on their habits and one of those habits was regularly setting goals and going about achieving them. Since I started goal setting I have become a goal junkie.
It did not come easily at first because I was striving for unrealistic achievement, or I choose goals that I decided I didn’t care about after 2 days. However, the more I did it the better I got at setting goals and breaking those goals into bite size chunks that could be tackled on a daily basis.
Does your child have any goals. If they are in middle school or Jr. High, it is time to have this conversation. You might need to help them come up with a list of possible goals and let them narrow down what they want to spend their time and energy on. Help them set some short, medium, and long term goals. They may need help making the goals measurable so that they know when it is achieved. Lastly put a due date on the goals. Goals that continue perpetually don’t get achieved.
Most people are not goal oriented. The people that do become goal oriented, usually don’t think about these sorts of things until they are well into adulthood. Give your child a head start by teaching them about goals right now.
One more thing- Children will be influenced far more by what you do than by what you say. If you want your child to be goal-oriented and achieve remarkable things, you must set the example by developing your own goals and working daily to achieve them.
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