Goals can be broken down into the following major categories.
Family and personal goals: These include the things we want to accomplish for our loved ones and for our own pleasure.
Business and career goals: We must have these goals if we are going to be successful financially.
Self-improvement goals: Winning human beings are always working towards a series of self-improvement and self-development goals.
Get a notebook and write down your goals, ambitions and views for the future.
When you do this simple self-assessment, take the answers and put the ideas in a diagram the same shape as a pizza, each slice representing a section of your life.
Self-assessment
1. Does criticism prevent me from setting goals?
2. What would I do if I won €1m on the lottery?
3. What have I done in life that gave me satisfaction and a feeling of importance?
4. What would I attempt if I were guaranteed success?
5. Does fear of failure prevent me from taking risks?
6. What is my area of excellence in which my greatest abilities lie - sport, music, teaching, helping people and so on.
Using the answers you get from these questions, make a definite plan for the future, including short and long-term realistic goals. Best of luck!