設(shè)定目標(biāo)的6大理由
“The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” – Bill Copeland
沒(méi)有目標(biāo)的煩惱就是你在球場(chǎng)上來(lái)回奔跑地消耗你的時(shí)光，切永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)射進(jìn)門得分。---比爾科普蘭
“You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.” – Zig Ziglar (More quotes on goal setting)
你不得不繪制圖紙來(lái)建造房子。規(guī)劃人的一生，比有一個(gè)計(jì)劃或者目標(biāo)重要得多。---齊格勒
Do you set goals for yourself? What are your goals for the next 12 months? How about 3 years from now? 5 years? 10 years? What are your aspirations that you look towards coming true?
你有為自己設(shè)定目標(biāo)嗎？在未來(lái)的12個(gè)月里，你要達(dá)成什么樣的目標(biāo)?那3年后呢？5年？10年?什么是你目前最想要實(shí)現(xiàn)的愿望？
Goal setting is the first step towards successful goal achievement. It marks your first point towards success. It is what put your life into real action mode. Without this step, the other steps of goal achievement cannot take place.
設(shè)定目標(biāo)是實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)的第一步。是你邁向成功的第一點(diǎn)。是讓你充實(shí)過(guò)每一天，付之實(shí)踐。沒(méi)有制定目標(biāo)這一步，就沒(méi)有實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)、實(shí)現(xiàn)愿望的其他步驟。
Have you ever encountered people who have a passive approach towards life? They don’t set any goals and they just live life on a meandering, day-to-day basis. You see them 1 year, 3 years, 5 years from now, and their lives are largely the same, save for a few changes that are really more the result of others’ actions and desires rather than their own.
你曾經(jīng)碰到過(guò)一些對(duì)自己生活很悲觀的人嗎？他們沒(méi)有制定目標(biāo)，他們只是渾渾噩噩的過(guò)他們的生活，一天又一天。你可以看到他們?cè)?年、3年、5年后，他們的生活大多一樣，沒(méi)有多大的變化，除了一丁點(diǎn)別人行動(dòng)和愿望的結(jié)果的變化，而不是他們自己的。
Below are 6 key reasons why setting goals is so important:
下面是說(shuō)明為什么制定目標(biāo)很重要的6大原因
1. Gives Clarity On Your End Vision
1.讓你的愿望更加明確、清晰
As the opening quote by Bill Copeland put it across very adeptly, if you don’t have a goal in life, you are spending your life running around and not achieving anything for yourself. You get the illusion that you are doing a lot of things, but they aren’t what you want. You are just busy fulfilling everyone’s goals. It can be the fast food industry enjoying your patronage because you’re lovin’ it, multi-billion dollar consumer goods companies securing your purchase because they convinced you that their haircare products with 76% frizz reduction is something you need, fashion houses getting you to buy their clothes because it makes you look cool, or you working in a job you don’t love because it is safe, secure and rakes in the dough.
開(kāi)頭所寫的比爾科普蘭的名言已經(jīng)很清楚的表明意思了，如果你沒(méi)有生活目標(biāo)，你正在漫無(wú)目標(biāo)的消耗你的時(shí)光，最終一無(wú)所成。你可以想象你正在做很多事情，但是那些并不是你想要的。你僅僅是忙碌的實(shí)現(xiàn)每個(gè)人對(duì)你的期望。就像一個(gè)歡迎你光臨的快餐店，因?yàn)槟阆矚g這樣，幾十億美元的日用消費(fèi)品公司可以牢牢抓住你的購(gòu)買欲望，因?yàn)樗麄兛梢宰屇愦_信，他們減少76%卷發(fā)的理發(fā)產(chǎn)品是你所需要的。時(shí)裝店會(huì)讓你買他們的衣服，因?yàn)檫@些衣服會(huì)讓你穿上以后覺(jué)得很酷，很好看，或者你在做你不喜歡的工作，只是因?yàn)檫@件工作是鐵飯碗，保障，并且能很快的賺到錢。
How are you supposed to manifest what you want if you don’t even set concrete goals? How do you supposed to achieve your dreams and visions if you don’t clearly spell out the end output you desire?
如果你不設(shè)定一個(gè)具體的目標(biāo)，你怎么明白你想要的是什么？如果你不清楚地說(shuō)出你想要的最終結(jié)果是什么，你怎么實(shí)現(xiàn)你的夢(mèng)想和愿景？
Setting your goals gives you clarity on what you ultimately want. It makes you crystallize and articulate the desires floating in your mind. It ensures that you are channeling your time, energy and efforts into things that really matter to you. It makes you live more consciously.
設(shè)定目標(biāo)，會(huì)讓你清楚的知道你最終想要的是什么。設(shè)定目標(biāo)會(huì)讓你心中的愿望更加具體明確清晰。它能確保你正在合理的規(guī)劃你的時(shí)間、精力和努力去做那些和你相關(guān)的事情。它會(huì)讓你活得更有意義。
Everything in this world is created twice: First – creation in your mind, followed by the manifestation in reality. Without the mental creation, there will be no physical creation. When you set a goal, you already accomplish the first creation. You have set into motion a decree for yourself and the forces of your universe to materialize the goal in the physical reality.
世界上的所有東西都是二次創(chuàng)造而成的：第一次，人腦創(chuàng)造成型。沒(méi)有腦力的創(chuàng)造，就沒(méi)有體力的創(chuàng)造。當(dāng)你制定一個(gè)目標(biāo)，你已經(jīng)完成了第一次創(chuàng)造。你還要付諸行動(dòng)，在物質(zhì)世界中實(shí)現(xiàn)這個(gè)目標(biāo)。
2. Drives You Forward
2.驅(qū)使你前進(jìn)
Your goals are a representation of your inner desires; desires which motivate you in life. The point when you set goals marks one the points when you are most connected with your source of motivation. It is when your motivation is at its peak. Having goals at your side serve as constant reminders of your motivational sources. They are the fuel which drive you forward and keep you going when the going gets tough.
你的目標(biāo)代表著你內(nèi)心的愿望；讓你生活有動(dòng)力的愿景。你設(shè)定目標(biāo)的重點(diǎn)是標(biāo)志著你能擁有更多的動(dòng)力源泉。它會(huì)讓你的活力處于頂峰。你自己的目標(biāo)一直充當(dāng)著提醒你保持動(dòng)力的角色。它們是促使你前進(jìn)和當(dāng)你面對(duì)困難繼續(xù)前進(jìn)的燃料。
If I ever experience moments where I lose motivation, I get into meditation mode and focus on some of my most important goals in life, including the goal to turn my personal development business into a full-time career. I will visualize the scenario with full mental clarity, as if it is happening in the now. When I do that, it’s like a clear connection is formed with my inner desires. The motivational energy suddenly surges through very readily and I channel this energy into my daily life and actions.
如果我曾經(jīng)經(jīng)歷過(guò)失去動(dòng)力的時(shí)刻，我就會(huì)沉思，并將注意力集中到那些我生命中最重要的目標(biāo)中，包括使我個(gè)人事業(yè)的發(fā)展轉(zhuǎn)向一個(gè)全職的職業(yè)生涯這樣的目標(biāo)。我將會(huì)全神貫注、清晰地想象這些事情，正如現(xiàn)在正在發(fā)生一樣。當(dāng)我那樣做時(shí)，就會(huì)形成一個(gè)很清晰的內(nèi)心愿望。激發(fā)的能量突然促使我前進(jìn)，而且我引導(dǎo)這些能流向我的日常生活和行動(dòng)中。
3. Gives You Laser Focus
3.使你高度集中
Goals give you a single focal point to place your attention in. Whereas your purpose gives you a broad, directional focus to move your life in, goals gives you laser focus on what exactly to spend your time and energy on. Think of your time, energy and efforts as input, and results as the output. A goal acts as your funnel which guides and channels those inputs effectively into your desired output.
目標(biāo)會(huì)讓你只關(guān)注一個(gè)焦點(diǎn)。而你的目的給你一個(gè)廣泛的、定向的焦點(diǎn)去生活，目標(biāo)讓你高度集中在那些你真正需要花時(shí)間和精力的事情上。想像你的時(shí)間、精力和花費(fèi)的功夫作為投入，而結(jié)果做為輸出。目標(biāo)作為你的行動(dòng)指南，這個(gè)行動(dòng)指南指引著那些有效地投入轉(zhuǎn)變成你想要的結(jié)果。
When you don’t have goals, you are floating around every day. Your energy is randomly dispersed in ad-hoc activities which you engage on whimsical basis. These are activities that play no role in your larger scope of life, but you are not aware of because you are just living life as it is. You end up mislabeling a lot of ‘nice-to-do’ activities as important. You might also be engaging in these ‘nice-to-do’ activities because you can’t think of a better way to spend your time. Do you find yourself surfing and chatting excessively? Busy running errands? Play a lot of games? Spend the bulk of your time being a workaholic? Spend the remaining time lazing and/or partying away? What’s your objective for doing them? What end output does it lead to? Is that the top priority in your life?
如果你沒(méi)有目標(biāo)，你每天都是虛幻的度過(guò)。你的精力會(huì)隨機(jī)的分布在一些特定、你所從事的古怪的事情上。有些事情在你的大部分生活中是沒(méi)起什么作用的，但是你不留意，因?yàn)槟憧偸橇?xí)以為常。你不做那些大量的對(duì)我們不是很重要的事情是很重要的。你也許會(huì)致力于這些對(duì)我們沒(méi)什么用的事情上，因?yàn)槟悴荒芟氲搅硪粋€(gè)更好的方式去花費(fèi)你的時(shí)間。你有發(fā)現(xiàn)你自己過(guò)度的網(wǎng)上沖浪和聊天嗎？忙碌的做跑腿的事情？打游戲？花費(fèi)大量的時(shí)間在工作上？悠閑地度過(guò)余下的時(shí)間？你做那些事情的目的是什么？最終的結(jié)果是怎樣的？這是你生活中最優(yōu)先處理的事情嗎？
You may have a broad idea of what you want to do. But until you clearly articulate it out as specific goals, you are not channeling your efforts properly. You will often find yourself getting sidetracked because you don’t have goals to rein you in. It’s really quite easy to get swept away by the currents of everyday life, simply because there are so many stimulus out there in our environment. You may get the general overall impression that you are moving in the direction, but it is just an illusion that you are having. With no goals, you have no focus. Without this focus, your input is strewn around randomly to give you garbage output. That is, if you even get any semblance of an output at all.
你也許有一個(gè)你想要做什么的不夠明確的想法。但是直到你把它設(shè)為一個(gè)明確的目標(biāo)清晰的描述出來(lái)時(shí)，你才能完全的合理的運(yùn)用你的精力。你將經(jīng)常發(fā)現(xiàn)你自己轉(zhuǎn)移注意力，因?yàn)槟銢](méi)有制定目標(biāo)來(lái)控制你自己。在當(dāng)前的每一天生活中，相當(dāng)容易受到影響，僅僅因?yàn)樵谖覀兊纳瞽h(huán)境中有很多刺激物。你也許會(huì)感受到大致的整體印象，但是它僅僅是一個(gè)你所有想象的幻覺(jué)。沒(méi)有目標(biāo)，你就不會(huì)集你的注意力、精力于一體。沒(méi)有精力、注意力的集中，你所投入的換來(lái)的切是隨意的對(duì)你沒(méi)有任何作用的副產(chǎn)品。換言之，甚至你沒(méi)有得到有用的產(chǎn)出。
4. Makes You Accountable
4.使你更加有使命感
Having goals makes you accountable. Rather than just talking about what you want all the time and not do anything concrete about them, you are now obligated to take action. Setting a specific goal gives you clarity on whether you are living up against what you committed yourself to do when you first set your goal.
目標(biāo)使你擁有使命感。并不是一直談?wù)撃阆霌碛惺裁?，而沒(méi)有制定計(jì)劃著手做，光是紙上談兵，制定了目標(biāo)后，你現(xiàn)在就有義務(wù)去實(shí)現(xiàn)他們了。制定具體的目標(biāo)讓你清楚的知道當(dāng)你制定第一個(gè)目標(biāo)后，是否你一直在為實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)而努力。
This accountability is accountability to yourself, not anyone else. This accountability is what you hold up to when you choose the healthy salad over that piece of fried chicken. It is what you answer to when you spent that hour working on your report rather than random web surfing. When you stay accountable towards your goals, you are in fact staying true to your desires (see point 1 above).
使命感對(duì)你自己來(lái)說(shuō)就是義務(wù)，不是其他人的。義務(wù)就是當(dāng)你選擇綠色食品色拉附上一塊炸雞肉時(shí)欣然接受的事。它是你花費(fèi)工作時(shí)間在你的報(bào)告上，而不是在隨意的瀏覽網(wǎng)頁(yè)。當(dāng)你一直對(duì)你的目標(biāo)始終肩負(fù)著責(zé)任時(shí)，實(shí)際上，你是在為實(shí)現(xiàn)你的愿望而努力奮斗(上面的第一點(diǎn)中有說(shuō)明)。
For my blog, one of the goals I set is the number of articles which I want to write every week. When I set such targets in place, I become accountable towards delivering against it. If I find myself falling short, I will take the necessary actions to turn the situation around. I examine how I have been spending my time and start prioritizing across my daily tasks. I cut out the Quadrant 4 tasks (time wasters) or activities that bear little to no relation to my goals. From this, I have reduced considerable time on my biggest time wasters, including chatting, random web surfing, constantly checking my mail/web stats, certain outings which are not as important compared to my writing goal.
對(duì)我的博客來(lái)說(shuō)，我所設(shè)定的目標(biāo)之一是我每一個(gè)星期所寫文章的字?jǐn)?shù)。當(dāng)我設(shè)定這個(gè)合適的目標(biāo)時(shí)，我對(duì)它有了責(zé)任和義務(wù)。如果我發(fā)現(xiàn)沒(méi)有達(dá)到要求，我將采取必要的措施去改變這個(gè)局面。我檢查在我的每一天的任務(wù)中如何安排時(shí)間和怎樣開(kāi)始做優(yōu)先級(jí)高的工作。我刪去那些與我的目標(biāo)毫無(wú)瓜葛的4分之1的工作（浪費(fèi)時(shí)間的）或者活動(dòng)。從這里開(kāi)始，我已經(jīng)在一些浪費(fèi)時(shí)間的無(wú)用處的工作、活動(dòng)上節(jié)省了一部分時(shí)間，這些活動(dòng)包括談話、無(wú)目的的瀏覽網(wǎng)頁(yè)、經(jīng)常查看我的郵箱/網(wǎng)絡(luò)數(shù)據(jù)，當(dāng)然還有對(duì)我寫作的目標(biāo)來(lái)說(shuō)重要性劣等一籌的戶外運(yùn)動(dòng)。
5. Be The Best You Can Be
5.盡可能的做到最好
Goals help you achieve your highest potential. Without goals, you subject yourself to the natural, default set of actions that keep you feel safe and comfortable every day. But this familiarity is the nemesis of growth. It prevents you from growing. It does not enable you to become the best person you can be. It denies you from tapping into all that potential inside of you.
目標(biāo)會(huì)讓你發(fā)掘你擁有的最大的潛能。沒(méi)有目標(biāo)，你會(huì)讓你自己變成平庸，習(xí)慣性的一系列動(dòng)作會(huì)讓你每一天都覺(jué)得很安全和舒適。然而舒適的生活切是成長(zhǎng)的克星。它會(huì)成為你成長(zhǎng)的絆腳石。也會(huì)讓你不能夠成為你本來(lái)可以成為優(yōu)秀的你。它會(huì)阻止你進(jìn)一步的發(fā)掘你內(nèi)在的潛能。
By setting goals, you set targets to strive against. These targets make you venture into new places, new contexts, new situations which puts you into growth mode. They make you stretch beyond your normal self and reach new heights. For example, setting a time limit for your run lets you know if you should be running faster. Setting a weight loss target makes you aware if your actions have been effective in losing weight. Setting a career goal ensures you are not settling for anything less than what you desire.
通過(guò)制定目標(biāo)，你就會(huì)為實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)而奮力去奮斗。目標(biāo)會(huì)讓你想去探險(xiǎn)新的地方，新的領(lǐng)域，新的生活環(huán)境。目標(biāo)會(huì)讓你超越自己，而重新到達(dá)一個(gè)新的高度。例如，制定一個(gè)限時(shí)跑一定距離的計(jì)劃，它會(huì)讓你意識(shí)到你要跑得更快。制定一個(gè)減肥的計(jì)劃，會(huì)讓你意識(shí)到你的運(yùn)動(dòng)是可以減肥的。制定一個(gè)職業(yè)生涯規(guī)劃，能確保你不會(huì)制定一些和你最終目標(biāo)無(wú)關(guān)的計(jì)劃。
In my goal achievement processes, I have found myself constantly bursting through new grounds and uncovering potential which I did not know existed before. Without those goals, I would be taking the path of least resistance, just doing things within their natural constraints. Goals have made me face and overcome countless barriers to get to what’s on the other side. It has made me much more self aware and learn a lot more things about both myself and life, compared to if I did not have those goals.
在我實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)的過(guò)程中，我發(fā)覺(jué)自己總是沖破一些新領(lǐng)域的荊棘，發(fā)現(xiàn)一些我早已擁有的而沒(méi)有被發(fā)掘的潛能。沒(méi)有制定那些目標(biāo)，我將會(huì)任由自己發(fā)展，僅僅做那些在我們自己本身局限內(nèi)所能做的事。目標(biāo)讓我勇敢地面對(duì)和克服那些數(shù)不盡的與目標(biāo)背道而馳的障礙。與沒(méi)有目標(biāo)的我相比，它現(xiàn)在讓我更好的認(rèn)識(shí)自己，和學(xué)習(xí)更多的和我和我的生活有關(guān)的東西。
6. Live Your Best Life
6.活得越來(lái)越好
Goals ensure you get the best out of life, for two reasons.
目標(biāo)確保我們享受生活的精華，有2大理由。
Firstly, by becoming a better person, your new found knowledge and abilities let you experience more out of the same life events compared to the previous you. Think about how your worldview is different now vs the you 10 years ago. Do you see life with much more clarity, depth and perspective today than you were in the past? What may be a simple daily occurrence in the past holds a lot more meaning to the more highly evolved you today.
第一，為了成為一個(gè)更加優(yōu)秀的人，和以前的你相比較，你現(xiàn)在發(fā)現(xiàn)知識(shí)和能力能夠讓你對(duì)同一件事情會(huì)有更多的體會(huì)、感受。想想現(xiàn)在你的世界觀和10年前的相比有什么不同。你發(fā)現(xiàn)你現(xiàn)在的生活和你過(guò)去的相比，是不是更加的明確、深度和透視。過(guò)去每天發(fā)生的事情，有哪些對(duì)現(xiàn)在已高度升華的你來(lái)說(shuō)是有意義的？
Secondly, time passes in our life, whether we want to or not. Goals with specific measures and deadlines ensure we are maximizing our output and experiences during our time here. If you have already discovered your life purpose, your goals will ensure you get the best out of your purpose.
第二，時(shí)間的消逝，是否是我們所想要的。有明確的措施和截止日期相伴隨的目標(biāo)能確保我們正在使產(chǎn)出最大化。如果你已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)你生活的目的，你的目標(biāo)將會(huì)確保你發(fā)揮最大的功效。
Imagine you are driving a car. When you identify your purpose, you get clarity on the direction to travel in. However, without specifying an exact destination and time frame, there is no yardstick to benchmark your progress against. It wouldn’t make a difference whether you are whizzing at an amazing 140km/hour or a paltry 10km/hour since you never set a target. Goals ensure you are maximizing your life for all that it can offer you.
想象你正在開(kāi)著車。當(dāng)你確定你的目的地時(shí)，你就明確了你行車的方向。然而，如果沒(méi)有明確的目的地和時(shí)間，那就不會(huì)有一個(gè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的尺度去衡量你的進(jìn)度。所以將車速開(kāi)到驚人的140千米每小時(shí)和10千米每小時(shí)是沒(méi)什么區(qū)別的，因?yàn)槟銢](méi)有設(shè)定目標(biāo)。目標(biāo)使你的生活受益最大化。
Start Setting Goals
開(kāi)始制定目標(biāo)
Ask yourself this – What are my goals for the upcoming 1 year, 3 years, 5, 10 years?
問(wèn)問(wèn)你自己，我未來(lái)1年，3年，5，10年的目標(biāo)分別是什么？
If you are to take some time out to set your goals now, I can guarantee you that you will definitely experience more growth as a person. By just spending a few minutes to articulate some aspirations that have been in your mind, you will experience more progress in your life a year from now than compared to if you don’t.
如果你現(xiàn)在花費(fèi)點(diǎn)時(shí)間去制定你未來(lái)的目標(biāo)，我可以保證你將會(huì)生活得更好。如果你花費(fèi)幾分鐘的時(shí)間去確定你心中的愿望是什么，從現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始和你不設(shè)定目標(biāo)相比，一年后你將會(huì)取得很大的進(jìn)步。
