We hear this word day in and day out. What is your goal in life? Do you have a goal? Then you may begin to ask yourself, should I have a goal? Is a goal that important? Why even set a goal? Let’s break it down by letter. Go On, Apply, and Learn.
Go. Go is a positive word. Whenever we have an idea, the first thing most of us do is think of why it won’t work. Then we go back to watching television. What we should do is go. Go execute. Go and do it. Go and see what happens. Go and make it happen. Change your mindset. Instead of just glazing over your idea and thinking it won’t work (or it’s too much work), think ‘go’. Some of the best inventions have come to pass, because that person decided to ‘go’.
On. Since the opposite of ‘on’ is ‘off’, it is a positive word, also. Whether you say, “Turn the lights on,” or “Oh, it’s ON, now!” it denotes something is about to happen. It inspires action. Turning the lights ‘on’ will help you see better – you can do what you need to do because of the lights being ‘on’. When you get excited because something’s about to happen, it’s ‘on’. Action is expected.
Apply. Do it. Practice what you want to do on a consistent basis. Reading is awesome. Once you are done reading, you must apply what you’ve read about. A self-help book is no good if you read straight through it and move on to the next book. Apply the principles and improve yourself. Continue to apply what you study and you will begin to see change in the direction you want to go.
Learn. Always keep learning. It doesn’t stop. Whether you know it or not, you learn something everyday. As long as you stay open to what’s around you, you will learn something daily. Learning is what makes you grow, mentally. It’s exercise for the mind. Give yourself a healthy mind and learn.
So that’s the significance of a goal. A goal is not to wash your car by the end of the week – that’s an item on your ‘to-do’ list. A goal is to open a restaurant on every continent, or to become an actress within the next 10 years. No matter what it is, you have to plan your work and work your plan. You have to ‘Go On, Apply and Learn’. This is the process of getting where you want to be. It may take some time, but the most important thing is that you start and continue until you accomplish your goal.