I love reading other blogs (you can see some of my favorites in the listing on the left) and sometimes I am inspired by other writers and websites. The other day I clicked on a link to a goal-setting website that promised to help members of the site set “realistic goals.”
I left the home page up for a few minutes thinking about what “realistic goals” means to me. I set some pretty hard goals for myself.
In fact, just to prove my point, of the six professional goals I set in 2008, I only achieved two of them. Likewise for the five personal goals I set last year, I only achieved three of the goals. I set hard goals to push myself.
This year, I set nine professional and five personal goals. One of the personal goals is to run 275 miles this year. I’m beyond thrilled that I’m still on pace to meet that goal because it is beyond any running I have ever done. I’m already thinking about how I can push myself next year.
But that’s why I set tough goals; they are meant to push. They are meant to make you work hard. If they are realistic, what’s the point? If my goal was to run 100 miles in 2009, that would probably be pretty easy for most people (that’s less than 10 miles a month!)
Instead, set hard, audacious goals… they may be harder to achieve and you may not achieve the final goal as much, but you’ll be much better for it.
Well, this is the last day without any baseball until the Fall Classic crowns the 2009 baseball champion. The All-Star Break is always a fun and relaxing moment for players and fans. Growing up, the All-Star game was always fun to watch because I loved a lot of the guys playing and it meant the baseball season had reached the half-way point.
