How to find your purpose in life - just 5 simple steps

From this article you will learn what a goal is for a person, how to set goals correctly and why they should be kept secret.

The life of every person consists of certain goals and objectives. Every day we work hard, invest our strength and resources in order to achieve the long-awaited success. This could be anything: a promotion, gaining financial independence, building a strong relationship with a loved one, etc. Success in implementing our plans depends on many factors. First of all, you need to clearly define your goal.

What is a goal?

A goal is a conscious desire of the subject to achieve the desired result. This concept includes the presentation of the final result. It is this emerging image that motivates a person to action. The more clearly we are able to visualize our cherished goal, the stronger the desire to achieve it grows.

For example, you have long dreamed of going on vacation to an exotic country. Vacation time is approaching, but fatigue is making itself felt. Daily work devastates you and literally “eats” all your resources. At this moment, try to clearly imagine how you are lying on the snow-white sand, enjoying the breathtaking scenery and sipping refreshing cocktails. After such express relaxation, your condition is guaranteed to improve. You will want to finish your work quickly and go on your dream vacation.

It’s paradoxical, but with the correct goal setting, the path to achieving it is not exhausting, but rather the opposite. This all-consuming desire gives us strength and powerful motivation to move forward.

How to choose a goal in life

As mentioned above, a person can choose any goal, because it is the result of the entire event you have planned. The main thing is to formulate it correctly and draw up a plan on how it can be achieved. If you do this, then you are halfway through the task.

But first, decide what exactly you are willing to devote a significant part of your time to. After all, everyone has their own concept of purpose. What area interests you most and where would you like to achieve the greatest success? Think it over carefully, because this is very important.

Areas of life in which you can choose a main goal can be the following:

finance;
family and home;
friends and social life;
adventure and relaxation;
work and career;
Sport and health;
relationship;
spiritual life and self-knowledge.

Of course, these are by no means all possible goals, but only a small part of them. Which one to choose is up to you, because the path to achieving them will radically change your whole life. Let's look at a few examples to understand better.

You can choose your goal for the year, for example, to play sports and decide to devote yourself to fitness. Thanks to this, you can not only significantly improve your physical condition, but also get rid of excess weight, make your body beautiful and slim. And this, in turn, has a significant impact on the psyche.

After all, any man or woman wants to be beautiful and attract the attention of the opposite sex. Having achieved this, you can significantly increase your opinion of yourself and achieve considerable success in your personal life, and in the future start a family. In addition, classes will help you in your work. After all, you will be full of strength and will be able to tolerate fatigue better. But nevertheless, these will be secondary goals. The main thing will be a beautiful, slender body.

To choose exactly the area that will be the most important and promising for you in the near future, you should carefully think about in which area you can achieve maximum success in a relatively short period of time, and whether everything will work out as planned.
Please note that if you feel fear and self-doubt, you should overcome them. You need to firmly believe that everything will work out for you and then a positive result will be guaranteed to you.
You also need to take into account everything that can prevent you from achieving your goal. Again, the issues here may vary.

For example, if you want to learn to sing, but you have absolutely no inclinations for this, and you have no ear for music, then this is a big obstacle that you will most likely not be able to cope with. And then you need to choose another area in which you can achieve your goals.

But if you want to become a ballerina, but you are overweight, then don’t be discouraged and give up. After all, excess weight can be removed by regularly exercising and eating right. That is, if you wish, you can cope with this obstacle and begin to realize your intended goal.

Types of goals

There are many criteria by which goals are classified. Based on the level of difficulty, a distinction is made between simple and complex goals. Everything is clear here. Simple goals are easy to achieve. They require a minimum of time and effort from us. With a difficult goal, the situation is exactly the opposite.

According to the validity period, they are distinguished:

Long-term goals are designed to achieve results over a period of five years or more. This often includes global tasks, such as buying real estate, a car, or getting an education. It is very difficult to achieve these goals in a short period.
Medium-term goals involve expecting results within five years.
Short-term goals – designed for 1–2 years. They are more detailed and specific.

According to the content of the goals, there are:

Personal – imply achievements in the field of personal development. This includes work on developing and improving skills and qualities. For example, the goal is to become a collected, punctual person.
Professional – designed for career success. For example, appointment to a position, creation of a promising project.

By significance, goals are divided into:

High-priority goals are those goals that are of particular importance to the individual. Their implementation is put at the forefront. For example, finish 11th grade without C grades.
Priority goals are important goals that need to be achieved immediately after high-priority goals are completed. For example, go to college on a budget basis.
Low priority – work on such goals is carried out in free time. They do not require an urgent decision. For example, join the KVN club at the university.

It is important to understand that goal setting is a purely individual task. Don't try too hard and overestimate your capabilities. Otherwise, failure to achieve your goal can cause depression and disappointment in your own abilities. One person can achieve appointment to the desired position in a year, while another will need only a month. It all depends on the abilities, talent, perseverance and countless other personal qualities of a person.

Target

A goal is the final result of a person’s (or group of people’s) activity, a preliminary ideal idea of which, together with the desire to achieve it, determines the choice of appropriate means and actions to achieve it. The concept of goal is one of the fundamental categories of [goal-oriented] human activity in the world, the specific nature of which is still not fully realized (see Activity).

Philosophical understanding of the concept of “goal” and its problematization appears in ancient Greek philosophy starting from the era of Socrates. Pre-Socratic philosophy practically does not operate with the concept of purpose, emphatically contrasting mythological constructions with its method of explaining existence through the concept of cause (αίτια) and accepting only the mythologem of impersonal fate. The word “goal” (τελος) in philosophical texts of this time most often means “end”, “completion”. The fundamental, not requiring further explanation, primacy of cosmic causes and the secondary nature of intracosmic goal-setting and motives (which could be attributed to both living subjects and physical elements) constitute one of the most characteristic features of the pre-Socratic picture of the world. During the period of the emergence of the Sophists - opponents of pre-Socratic “physics” - a critical attitude towards such impersonal determinism arose. Already Socrates makes the classification of the goals of people and gods one of his topics (although Plato and Aristotle point to Anaxagoras as the author of the principle of expediency). Plato puts into the mouth of Socrates a discussion about the difference between the “causal” and “target approaches” (Phaed. 96a–100a), in which physical determinism is called “nonsense” and states that in “reality everything is connected and held together by the good and the proper.”

Beginning with Plato, in ancient philosophy there was a struggle between the traditional determinism of “physiologists” and teleology (see Teleology), the foundations of which were laid in Plato’s dialogues. The theory of ideas itself is based to a large extent on the ability of an ideal structure, discovered and described by Plato, to be the goal and meaning for the material world of becoming. In addition to the Phaedo, the Timaeus is important in this regard with its teaching about the Demiurge, who creates the world based on the principle of good (see 68e: about “auxiliary”, “necessary” physical causes and “divine”, purposeful, directing things to good) , and VI-VII books of “The State”, which provides an ontological justification for the idea of good as the highest goal of all things.

Aristotle puts forward the doctrine of the four causes of existence (Phys. II, 194b–195a; “Metaphysics.” 1013a–1014a), in which, next to 1) material; 2) formal and 3) driving is 4) the target reason (τελος, in scholasticism - causa finalis), which gives the answer to the question “for what?” Without a target cause, according to Aristotle, it is impossible to explain the mode of existence of living organisms. The ethical aspect of choosing a goal is comprehensively considered by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics (for example, 1112a). Developing his doctrine of purpose, Aristotle constructs a concept designated by the neologism “entelechy” (εντελεχεια): this means actualization, the implementation of the internal purpose of a particular being (“Metaphysics.” 1047a 30). For example, the soul is the entelechy of the body (De an. 412a 27). Aristotle also admits the possibility of a hierarchy of entelechies (ibid.). Characteristic is Aristotle's teaching, expressed in Metaphysics, about divine reason as the ultimate goal of existence, as well as the associated assessment of philosophy as an end in itself and therefore the most worthy form of knowledge for free reason.

In Hellenistic philosophy, there is a gradual modification of the concept of goal, which consists partly in the reverse movement from Platonism to the Socratic schools, partly in the transfer of ethical goal-setting from the socio-cosmic to the moral-psychological sphere: for example, the ideal of “ataraxia” (absolute equanimity) is the goal for the individual , but from the side of the polis or cosmos, the ideal is “not visible”, since the outwardly “perfect” individual is included in the goal-setting of the objective world that is alien to him. The contrast between the concept of goal and ontologically aimless reality also becomes more contrasting in the philosophy of Hellenism: the concept of “bias” (παρεγκλισις, clinamen) of Epicurus and Lucretius explains the mechanism of cosmogenesis, sophisticatedly avoiding both the pre-Socratic “reason” and the Platonic-Aristotelian “goal”.

Along with the formation of the spiritual culture of Christianity, a third type of attitude towards the goal comes into philosophy: voluntarism enters into the debate between determinism and teleology as the doctrine of the ability of free self-determination of the will. Free will does not exclude the goal, but does not accept its objective reality, which has not passed through an act of volitional choice. The complex dialectic of law, grace and freedom was largely due to a new concept of salvation as a goal. According to them, a Christian cannot receive salvation as a random gift of the Hellenistic Tyucha (luck), or as an earned payment for virtue, or as a result of higher knowledge: it is conceived as an incomprehensible unity of an undeserved gift and volitional efforts generated by faith. Therefore, salvation as the supergoal of Christian culture differs both from rational causality and from goal-setting, which constructs its goal as an ideal object and, therefore, meaningfully knows what it strives for (“causality in reverse”). Thus, in Christianity, a “gap” arises between the goal and the subject, which should be filled with the ideal content of the goal and the means of achieving it. But there can be no substantive knowledge about salvation and guaranteed means of achieving the goal in the space of the Christian faith (if we do not take into account its folklore versions). Therefore, Christian philosophy is looking for new interpretations of goal setting. This is how the idea of goal as an unattainable ideal arises, later developed in courtly culture. The problem of the relationship between ends and means also arises, which is usually resolved in favor of the perfection of means, acting as an accessible representative of an inaccessible goal (although there was also a version of “the end justifies the means,” usually attributed to the Jesuits). A special aspect of this problem is found by Augustine, who argues that sin consists in the desire to use (uti) what is intended for enjoyment, and to enjoy (frui) what is intended for use (De doctr. chr. 1, 4). The “radical depravity” of human nature is thus interpreted as a perversion of purpose.

The era of systems, which came for Christian philosophy in the 12th–13th centuries, demanded the category “goal” (primarily in the Aristotelian version of causa finalis) to build a hierarchical picture of the universe, in which each entity received justification and impetus for development from the ontologically highest level of being, which was for her “goal”. Indicative in this regard is the fifth, “finalist” proof of the existence of God in the doctrine of Thomas Aquinas: the selective behavior of all things striving towards some result, towards a goal (even unreasonable things that cannot set a goal for themselves), suggests that be the highest source of goal setting - God.

The philosophy of the New Age builds its worldview on the basis of the principle of causality, which temporarily displaces the “goal” to the periphery. B. Spinoza, one of the most radical determinists, even believes that the concept of “goal” is a “refuge of ignorance.” However, already by the time of G. W. Leibniz, it became obvious (not without the influence of the successes of biology) the need to supplement the principle of determinism with teleology. Leibniz makes the goal principle one of the foundations of his monadology. The monad, as an animate body, contains both the goal (soul) and the means (body) of its implementation, which makes it different from inanimate matter. But since monads are substances, the teleological principle turns out to be the fundamental law of the universe. Leibniz captures this in the fundamental law of his ontology: existence for an essence is not only a possibility, but also the goal of striving. Leibniz's goal principle also justifies the need for development. The soul as a goal is given to the body in two aspects: as the final realization (entelechy) and as the ability for bodily activity (potency). The revelation of potency in entelechy is the individual. Any moment of the existence of a monad is a form of the presence of a goal in the process of becoming an individual. As such, this point must simultaneously be explained both from the point of view of “efficient causes” and from the point of view of “end” ones. But nevertheless, the relationship between cause and goal, according to Leibniz, is not symmetrical: reasons are deduced from the goal, but not vice versa. In his polemic with P. Bayle, Leibniz argues that in physics it is necessary to deduce everything from the final causes rather than exclude them. With the help of the goal principle, Leibniz also develops a doctrine of the “optimality” of the real world, in which the goal is always realized in the most complete manner for a given moment. This concept, on the one hand, provoked sharp criticism from determinists and moralists (for example, Voltaire’s “Candide”), on the other hand, it received a vulgar interpretation from Chr. Wolf and his followers, who replaced the concept of expediency with the concept of utility. The coincidence of the moral and the natural in purpose, substantiated by Leibniz, became an important guideline for the philosophy of the German Enlightenment and a prerequisite for the teleology of I. Kant.

The most radical revision of the concept of “goal” since Aristotle was Kantian teleology. I. Kant discovers, along with the world of nature, where the principle of causality reigns, and the world of freedom with its moral, which posits the ultimate goal, a special third world, in which nature “as if” realizes the goals of freedom and freedom “as if” makes its goal-setting natural phenomena. This is the world of expediency, which is revealed in art and the system of living organisms. In the Critique of Judgment, Kant shows that it is not enough to define the “unity of the diverse” only from the point of view of the concepts of reason (science) and the imperative of the will (morality). Thinking has the right (and even the obligation) in some cases to consider the totality of phenomena as the realization of goals, while the goal itself remains a “thing in itself.” Kant distinguishes between “aesthetic purposiveness,” which allows judgment to introduce a form of purposiveness into an object through the play of cognitive abilities, without recognizing the actual goal, and “formal purposiveness,” which allows one to look at living nature as the integrity of life forms. In both cases, the goal is not considered as an objective force that shapes the object from the outside or from the inside (Kant criticizes Leibniz for the anthropomorphism of his teleology). The goal is understood in this context as a prerequisite and requirement of our knowledge, which considers the integrity of phenomena not as a result of the mutual determination of their parts, but as an original unity that generates parts from the whole. In such a position there is no anthropomorphic understanding of the goal, since we are talking about internal expediency that is not correlated with any external reality of the goal. In the phenomenon itself, the goal plays the role of symbolic similarity. The principle of purpose, therefore, does not have a constitutive significance, like the principle of causality, but only a regulatory one. But at the same time, expediency is not reduced only to a subjective point of view: the principle of purpose is generally valid, since it realizes the requirement of the unconditional, which is legitimate for reason. Without applying this principle, it is impossible to discern the specificity of living organisms and their internal dynamic connections; In addition, for moral consciousness, which is guided by the “pure” principle of purpose, it is important that in the empirical world purposiveness is at least possible, and therefore the gap between the world of nature and the world of freedom is not absolute.

In post-Kantian transcendental philosophy (I. G. Fichte, F. W. J. Schelling and G. W. F. Hegel), the fundamental boundary between the constitutive and the regulative is erased, and therefore the goal becomes one of the main forces driving the process of formation of reality itself, and not just an “attitude” of theoretical reflection or moral will, as in Kant. Particularly indicative is the teaching of Hegel, in which the “goal,” appearing for the first time in the “Logic” as “being-for-itself,” goes through the entire process of self-generation of the Spirit as the concrete presence of the universal in finite objects. As a special topic, purpose is considered in the teaching of “Logic of the Concept,” where teleology is the synthesis of mechanism and chemistry, completing the formation of the “objective Concept.” Noteworthy is Hegel’s teaching about the “cunning” of the world’s Reason, which for the first time examines the systemic and natural discrepancy between the goal-setting of historical subjects and the objective goal of Reason, which uses subjective goals as its means.

In the philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries, the problems of goal are somewhat simplified and reduced to the pre-Kantian models of the 17th century - determinism and vitalism. The goal can be understood as a biomorphic version of entelechy, which is the internal program of the organism (A. Schopenhauer, A. Bergson, H. Driesch, J. Uexküll, N. Lossky); as an internal symbolic form of culture (V. Dilthey, O. Spengler, G. Simmel, E. Cassirer, P. Florensky, A. Bely); as hierarchically built systems of feedback between the organism and the environment (holism, Gestalt psychology, organicism, cybernetics, general systems theory). At the same time, new motives appear in the interpretation of the goal. Neo-Kantianism attempts to replace teleology with axiology, in which the goal receives the status of “significance” rather than essence. A version of an ontologically aimless reality emerges (A. Schopenhauer, F. Nietzsche, existentialism, poststructuralism), and “purposelessness” can have a variety of emotional and axiological connotations: from Schopenhauer’s pessimism to Nietzsche’s euphoria. Teilhard de Chardin, with his concept of the “Omega point” (Christ), introduces a special type of goal, which represents not the passive completion of the result of evolution, but the active involvement of the goal itself in all stages of the process. E. Husserl in his project of a new teleology partly restores the Kantian understanding of purpose as a special “a priori” in the structures of the “life world”.

The scientific explanation of purpose and expediency, starting from the 19th century, became strictly associated with the search for exclusively material and active causes of any phenomenon in the world. At the same time, the consistent pursuit of such a line required the exclusion of the concept of “goal” from the arsenal of scientific explanations of the activities of man himself, which was often proclaimed by consistently thinking representatives of materialism, positivism and behaviorism. A turning point in this regard in European science was made by the theory of natural selection created by Charles Darwin, which legalized the concept of “goal” in biology, at least in the sense of recognizing the expediency of organizing living systems. A further step in this direction was the legalization of this concept in the natural sciences.

In the 20th century, thanks to the development of cybernetics and the systems approach, the concept of purposefulness as a characteristic of the behavior of any complex systems - be it human activity, a living organism or a technical device equipped with a mechanism for regulating its behavior based on the principle of feedback - further discussion on these problems in modern philosophy science led to the recognition of the scientific relevance of both the concept of “goal” and the entire block of teleological concepts as applied to all complex systems of any nature. In this broader sense, a goal is understood as the final state achieved by the behavior of any system that is equipped with mechanisms for recognizing and achieving goals encoded in its structure (the simplest case of such a mechanism is control based on the principle of negative feedback). This does not negate the need for a detailed empirical study of such mechanisms, which are very specific to systems of different natures. Along with this, methodologists of natural science are looking for approaches that are alternative to the target ones. In synergetics (G. Haken, I. Prigogine) the most radical attempt was made to replace the classical concept of goal with the laws of self-organization of “nonlinear systems.”

In modern science, the most important philosophical questions discussed in connection with the concept of “goal” come down to three main ones:

The question about goal criteria is what is the sufficient and necessary set of signs by which a goal-oriented process can be effectively distinguished from an ungoal-oriented one? In particular, it is believed that, at least at the phenomenological (behavioral) level, goal-directed behavior is distinguished by its ability to achieve the same outcome (i.e., goal) in different ways and from different initial conditions.
What are the specific mechanisms that ensure the purposeful behavior of systems of various natures? In particular, an obvious sign that a mechanism belongs to the class that ensures goal-directed behavior is the presence of information and feedback in it.
What are the specific models and logics for explaining goal-directed behavior? In particular, do they correspond to the usual schema of causal explanation or model of explanation?

How to set goals correctly?

Formulating a goal is a very real task for every person. After thinking for an hour or two, you will definitely understand what you would like to achieve at this stage of life. Perhaps these will not be global, long-term goals, but very realistic plans for the month. The most important thing is to understand whether you have the quality that will allow you to achieve your intended heights.

Try to honestly answer the question: “Am I a goal-oriented person?” If you realize that you rarely get what you want because of laziness, insecurity or fear, then most likely all the work of setting goals will be useless.

First of all, you need to become a purposeful person. How to do it? First you need to set simple goals that you need to achieve every day. For example, learn 10 foreign words every day, do exercises, drink vegetable juice, etc. It is important to do these steps every day. Despite everything.

These goals must be above all circumstances! Weather, poor health, lack of time - all this should be regarded as simple excuses. By completing these tasks for a month, you will become a persistent, purposeful person. Ideally, you will form a habit of achieving your assigned goal no matter what. Only after this, you need to move on to setting goals.

There are many opinions about how to set goals correctly. Personally, we believe that it is most effective to start with small, easily achievable goals. The first victories will significantly increase self-esteem and make the subject believe in himself. Step by step, a person will strengthen his internal positions, and as if a vessel will be filled with vital resources.

It is advisable to write down each of your goals on paper. Write down the deadlines and all the details about how you will act to achieve your cherished goal. You can then pin this list above your desktop. This will help you focus on the desired outcome. And most importantly, keep moving forward every day! Do your best and work to your maximum.

How does a goal arise?

Everything has to do with the circumstances and moral maturity of the person. The more developed a person is, the more often internal factors serve as the motive for his actions. According to the principle of Maslow's Pyramid, at the lower levels of which physiological needs are located, including hunger and sexual desire. At higher stages of development, goals related to personal growth or career, spiritual self-development appear.

A goal arises in response to an external stimulus or an internal impulse. In the first case, everything is quite clear. Let's say a person raises his head and pays attention to a meteorite flying in his direction. An objective goal arises - to escape, which motivates the person so strongly that it does not need a reminder. It is unlikely that anyone at such a moment will decide to stop for a smoke break and accidentally forget about the approaching “hello” from space.

If a goal appears as a result of a thought process, without external stimulation, then it needs regular reinforcement. That is why primitive goals are realized more easily and quickly, and the motives for more lofty goals must be renewed in memory from time to time, reminding them why they were set.

The process of goal setting itself is called goal setting. There are various techniques that help you choose the right goals. The SMART technique is quite popular, which is based on five basic principles by which it is advisable to check any goal:

Specific – specificity;
Measurable - measurability;
Achievable - achievable;
Relevant - significance;
Time bound – time limitation.

Fulfillment of these conditions helps to maximally adapt the goal to its implementation. The more points you take into account, the higher the chances that what you plan will be accomplished. A goal frame is formed that clearly defines acceptable fluctuations in the process of achievement, answering the questions “what?”, “where?”, “when?”, as in the TV show of the same name. This helps to avoid unnecessary movements, increasing the chances of successful implementation of the plan. The word “framework” does not at all mean lack of flexibility when completing a task. Simply, with the help of this approach, the goal is specified, and the methods for achieving it are selected according to the situation.

Let's say someone wants to learn how to do a chest press with a weight of 100 kg in one year of training in the gym. A result of 80 or even 95 kg does not fit into this framework. A deadline of more than a year will not work either. The goal is clearly defined - within a year, learn to lift a barbell that weighs a hundredweight. To achieve the goal, visits to the gym or at least a barbell in the home sports corner are required. The result, timing, location and/or instrument are determined in advance. Considering that there are different types of goals, the framework for them is determined individually. The larger the planned task, the wider the range of its implementation. Small tasks are performed with a minimum number of actions and do not require complex algorithms.

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Exercise for goal formation

Close your eyes and imagine your goal that you need.
At this moment, a mental image begins to form. At this moment, you need to connect yourself “here and now” with the strong energy communication channel formed by the mental image. This communication channel is your intention vector.
Using visualization, imagine how a powerful flow of energy flows through this energy channel from you to your goal.
Mentally get up and follow this stream towards your goal.

Tip: It is very important to have sufficient energy reserves! Since a goal without energy replenishment will not only not be able to be realized, but will not be called a goal.
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How to properly manage multiple goals

The concept of purpose is different for everyone. Of course, the most significant thing for any person should be the main goal. But at the same time, it should not make other goals insignificant. After all, it would be wrong. They are also important and often it is through their implementation that the main goal can be achieved.

The main thing is to distribute your forces correctly. If everything is good and stable in some area, then it is better to direct your efforts to where you are having difficulties. Remember, it is very important to learn how to properly manage your strengths and choose the right priorities, otherwise you simply will not have enough energy if you try to achieve everything en masse.
It’s better to let some areas be passive and just move along as usual, especially those that require considerable effort to change. Of course, it is quite difficult to sacrifice one thing in order to achieve another, but this approach is the most rational and allows you to achieve success.
Now let's decide what is most important for achieving any kind of goal - time. If you decide that your main goal has changed, then you will need to redirect the bulk of your time to the main goal. But keep in mind that, as a rule, any main goal is a temporary phenomenon and after some time, for example, after a year, it becomes secondary, and the main one becomes completely different.
You must make equal efforts on each of the goals, but clearly distinguish between the main and secondary ones. Depending on this, you should distribute your time and energy. Of course, more will be spent on the main goal, and less on everything else. If you learn to do this effectively, everything will definitely work out, and you will achieve what you want.

Goals and objectives

When we talk about goals, the additional concept of “task” often appears along with them. What it is? There are many opinions and they are different. In my understanding, a task is the same goal with all its properties, but only one level lower. That is, if we are talking about a system, then goals are used for it, and if we are talking about its subsystem, then tasks are used.

In fact, as management units, goals and objectives can be considered synonymous. Both of them must be correctly formulated, possess the property of objectivity and be applicable as tasks for performers.

Example of a SMART goal

S (specific)

— Play the acoustic guitar: correctly place the basic chords, use fingerpicking and different types of strumming in the game.

M
(measurable)
- play 10 songs by the groups Spleen, Basta, Gradusy.

A
(achievable)
- there is a guitar, tutorials on the Internet, time, money for classes in the studio or with a tutor.

R
(relevant)
- I want to perform at a bard song competition, and also be popular with girls.

T
(limited time)
- July 2020.

Why does this technology work?

You audit all resources and evaluate whether the goal is achievable.

It happens that one gives up and emotions say: “Oh, that’s it. I can not do it". Don't give in to your feelings, use logic: you have everything you need to get to the end. And if there are no resources, then you know where to get them.

You can clearly see the end result.

If biathletes didn’t see their target, how would they shoot? A specifically formulated goal helps you understand whether you are going in the right direction and how close you are to the goal.

Set tasks more effectively on the way to your goal.

Knowing what, where and when you want to get it makes it easier to achieve what you want. You have assessed your resources, checked the relevance of the goal - now you can continue on your way.

To move quickly and efficiently, you need to carefully plan your actions.

Achieving your desired goal

Very often people fantasize, plan and want to achieve certain goals, but they do not have enough strength, time, patience, and perseverance.

Motivation must be enormous in order to achieve your goal.

There are several ways to achieve your goals and also force yourself not to give up and give up.

For example, a good option could be a pleasant memory that you once waited for a very long time, but in the end you received it and were happy about it.

So in this case, imagine your emotions and pride in yourself if you achieve your desired goal.

The next way to achieve success is to be loyal to your mistakes . You should not be scared or upset by any failures or mistakes, they happen to everyone.

The main thing is to step over your uncertainty and continue to perform the necessary actions and tasks to achieve your goal.

What else should the goals be?

The goal must have an exact date of achievement and a specific size so that it can be clearly understood that the goal has already been achieved.

Goal statements such as: “In a year I want to earn more” do not work . The goal is only specifics.

The correct goal should look something like this: “ On July 15, 2023, my monthly income will be 350,000 rubles per month” or “On May 1, 2021, I will weigh 56 kilograms ”

However, you cannot postpone the deadline for completing your goal.

In order for everything to happen on time, it is important when planning to set intermediate goals with a specific time frame.

After setting a goal, an important step is a detailed plan for achieving this goal with intermediate short-term goals.

And also a way out of your comfort zone.

For example , you work at a factory and earn 30,000 rubles a month and set yourself a goal: “In a year, buy a new apartment in Moscow for 6 million rubles .”

This is an achievable goal. But in order to achieve it, you need to get out of your comfort zone , you need to quit your job, open your own business that could provide sufficient profit to realize this goal during this period of time.

Emergence of purpose

A person has a goal when he has some incentive or motivation to achieve it. And also as a result of thought processes.

For example , you want to quit your job and open your own business. You have calculated everything well, thought through everything down to the smallest detail and consciously made this decision. In this case, you got your goal in the form of your own business thanks to your thought processes.

An example of a goal with an incentive: an athlete wants to win the Olympic Games, this is his goal. The incentive is the status of an Olympic champion.

Objective objectivity

An important distinguishing feature of a goal is its objectivity. The goal in the present moment shows and describes what the result will be in the future. What properties will it have, in what quantity and state will it exist, what role will it play in the future context, etc.

By describing the result, the goal becomes independent of the point of view of the one who sets and formulates it. It does not reflect his thoughts, opinions and experiences, but a really existing (or not yet) unit of reality that any other person can understand and assimilate.

In other words, a well-formulated goal will convey the same message to everyone who receives it.

For example, if we formulate a goal of buying 1 kg of large red potatoes, then such a goal will be understandable to most people, regardless of their experience and specialization. We can entrust this goal to different people, but at the end we will get almost the same result.