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REDESIGNYOUR

FUTURE

Author:IdaKopanoKgopiso

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Yourfuturedependsonyourdream,how

youplanitandhow youactionit.Ever

wonderedhowsomepeopleprogressinlife?

It'sbecausewedon'tthinkthesame,wecan

allwantthesamethingsuchasfriends

attendingthesameclassdoingthesame

degreebuttheymightnotfinishtheirdegree

atonce

Thesefriendswilldefinitelynotfindthe

samejob.Onewillgetapermanentjob

beforegraduation,onewillgetajobafter

graduation,onewillgetajobaftertwoyears,

onewillstillbeanundergraduate.Itdoesn't

meanthattheonewhogotajobfirstis

moreintelligentthantheonewho'sstillan

undergraduate.

Thatsaidthemostimportantthingisto

makesureweachieveourgoalsthatwe

havesetforourselves.Wemustmakeita

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pointtodreambigandtomakesureweare

successfulinpursuingthosedreams.The

bigquestionishowcanthisbedone?

Firstandforemostyoumustdreambutnot

onlyatnight,youmustvisualisethatdream

indaylighttoo.Youmusthaveaclearvision

ofyourselfinthefuture.

Yourdreammaysoundlikeapipedreamto

othersbuttoyouitmustbereal.Onceyou

know forsurewhatyoureallywantto

achieve,youneedtosetatimeframeto

reachyourdream.Rememberinorderto

reach a dream you mustfirstsetand

achievegoals.

IhavesimplifiedgoalssettingsintoDaily,

Monthly and yearly goals. This was

deliberately listed in descending order

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becauseideallyweallknow thatayear

consistsofmonthsandamonthconsistsof

days.Thereforeitisimperativetolistfirst

yourYearlygoalsfollowedbyyourMonthly

goalsthanyourDailygoals.

DailyGoalsmightseemlikeminortasksbut

youneedtounderstandthattheyaregoals.

Ifyouviewortreatthemliketasksyouwill

overlooksomeofthem andprocrastinate

andendupnotachievingyourultimate

dream.Belowareexamplesofdailygoals:

STEP3-DailyGoals:

1.Readabook

2.Writeonepageonmybook

3.Exercisefor30mininthemorning

4.Exercisefor30minatnight

5.Drink2litresofwater

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YourDailygoalsmustbesetinsuchaway

thattheyaregearedtoachievethemonthly

goals.Example:ifyourmonthlygoalisto

read20books;don'tyouthinkreading1

bookadaywillallowyoutoachieveyour

monthlygoal?Thesegoalsarebiggerthan

dailygoalsandmustneverbefailed.You

have30daystoachievethemthereforeyou

mustuseitwiselybecausethere'sareward

toit.Yesyoumusttabyourselfonthe

shoulderforamonthlyachievements.Below

areexamplesofMonthlygoals:

STEP2-MonthlyGoals:

1.Lose2kgor4.40lbs

2.Read20Books

3.Completewritingonechapter

4.Outdoorfunactivitieswithfriends

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Take note thatthere's a clearlinkage

betweendaily,monthlyandyearlygoals.Ifa

yearismadeupof365dayswhatstopsyou

frompublishingabookwith365pages.This

meansthatwritingonlyonepageadaywill

channelyoutoachieveyourgoal.

STEP1-YearlyGoals:

1.TriptoJapan

2.Lose20kgs

3.Read150books

4.Publishabook

Forthefirstweekorsoyoumightfailto

achievesomeofyourdailygoals,butdon't

giveupkeepinmindthebiggerpicture.Just

thethoughtwillpushyoutoaccomplishthe

goal.Neverallow yourselfto failthe

monthlygoalsbecausetheyareastep

closertowardsyourYearlygoals.Attheend

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ofitallitwillbeworthachievingtheultimate

dream.

Bynowyouwouldhavenoticedthatgoals

requireaction.Youcanset100goalsbutif

you don'taction them they become a

pipedream.Push yourselfvery hard to

achieveyourdailygoalstoapointwhere

they'llbecomeautomatichabits.Takenote

thatitisabsolutelyunacceptabletofail

Monthlygoals,don'tallow yourselftofail

oneofthem.

Thebeautyaboutachievingmonthlygoals

isthattheyhaveareward.Thisisthetime

whereyoucanspoilyourselfformonthly

achievements.Rewardingyourselfispivotal,

it'saselfmotivatingmechanism thatwill

keepyouonyourtoes.

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Belowareseveraldescriptionsofgoal

settings,rememberthesewhensettingyour

goals:

1.“Goalsetting is-apowerfulprocess

forthinkingaboutyouridealfuture,

andformotivatingyourselftoturn

yourvisionofthisfutureintoreality.

Theprocessof settinggoals helpsyou

choosewhereyouwanttogoinlife"

2."Goalsetting is-aprocessthatstarts

withcarefulconsiderationofwhatyou

wanttoachieve,andendswithalotof

hardworktoactuallydoit.Inbetween

therearesomeverywelldefinedsteps

thattranscendthespecificsof

each goalKnowingthesestepswillallow

youtoformulate goals thatyoucan

accomplish"

3."Goalsetting-involvesthe

developmentofanactionplandesigned

tomotivateandguideapersonorgroup

towardsagoal"

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Action and perseverance are yourkeys

towards achieving yourdreams.Ifyou

spendmostofyourlifeonthecouchdoing

nothing you'llneverwitness yourown

capabilitiesthatmerelybeganfrom your

ownmind.Yourownvisioncominginto

realitybecauseyouchosetodosomething

aboutit.Thisiswhatwecallsuccess,ifyou

wanttobeasuccesshaveadreamandact

onit.

"IcanseemydreamsbecauseI'mwideawake".spIDAHweb