A guide to achieve whatever you want in life

THERE WAS ONCE A MAN WHO WAS LOST. He came across an old man and asked him for directions. The old man asked him if he knew where he currently was. He replied that he did not know. The old man asked him again if he knew where he wanted to go. The lost man again replied that he did not know. The old man said, "If you don't know where you currently are and if you don't know where you want to go, it does not really matter which direction you take. 'Anywhere' will do because you will never get 'anywhere', whichever way you take."

To achieve what we want in life for example financial success and happiness, it is essential that we know where we are now and where we want to go. If our career is going nowhere, the results we have been wishing for never happens or the opportunities we hope for never seem to come knocking, chances are we don't have clear, defined goals.

Goal-setting is not just dreaming or wishing. Dreaming and wishing are fine. They are expressions of desires so many of us have. But to achieve what we want in life, we need a sense of purpose. We need to set goals. "It is impossible to advance properly in life without goals.

Here is a four-step guidelines to achieving what we want in life:
1. Self Evaluation: To Know Where Are We Now?
2. Goals Setting: To Know Where Do We Want To Go?
3. Planning: To Know How Do We Get There?
4. Action: Do It Now!

There are 2 more activities that can help us to move faster towards achieving our goals. It's like putting a 'turbocharger' in our vehicle as we journey to success.

Below are the 2 activities that speeding up our journey:
5. To Know Why We Want That Goal
6. Visualise Our Achievement

Life is a game with few players and many spectators. Those who watch are the hordes who wander through life with no dreams, no goals and no plans even for tomorrow. Do not pity them. They made their choice when they made no choice."