Promises, Promises

I have always wondered about goal setting. In my time I have met some very successful people, I remember one person telling me every year they sat down thought about the things they wanted to achieve and what they wanted to happen in both their personal and professional life. There is certainly the argument in favour of setting and writing down personal goals and achievements.

I read recently that a goal such as wanting to climb to the top of a mountain just to get to the top, misses out on the entire journey. The light shining through the forest, the smell of the mountain river and so on. The goal however which focuses on the journey, the here and now, the details on the way up belongs more to the individual. There is a phrase which springs to mind be here now, be someplace else later.

There are always things we want to achieve and I guess sometimes they can get caught up in the journey and may or may not happen. Or we bulldoze through and get what we want. Today I learned something, I have been approaching goal setting in wrong way. Instead of writing specific goals which always get caught up in the here and now. I need to write little promises. A promise is a commitment, something very personal and belongs more to me. Also hard to break!!