Identifying what you want from life
August 5th, 2008 | 
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You have to know what you want from life, since ultimately how you live your life and the actions that you take to get what you want will determine your stress levels to a large extent.
The problem is that you need to take a good look at your priorities - do you really want to die from overwork or do you want to enjoy life?
Being ambitious and an achiever might just compensate for deep-seated feelings of insecurity and low self-esteem. Do you really think that you will be happy once you have reached your goal? No. Basically you will feel a tremendous sense of achievement for a day or two and then that feeling of emptiness will set in - and you will create the next goal for yourself in order to feel that you are moving forward in life. This goal might be completely arbitrary and not in line with your ultimate life goals, anything to just keep on moving forward and feeling that you have some kind of purpose in your life.
The basics of setting a goal is an open secret known by top-caliber athletes, successful businessmen and businesswomen and all types of achievers in all the different fields. The basics of setting goals give you short-term and long-term motivation and focus. They help you set focus on the acquisition of required knowledge and help you to plan and organize your resources and your time so that you can get the best out of your life.
Setting clearly defined short term and long term goals will enable you to measure your progress and achieve personal satisfaction once you have successfully met your goals. Charting your progress will also enable you to actually see the stages of completion leading to the actual realization of your goals. This eliminates the feeling of a long and pointless grind towards achieving your goal. Your self-confidence and level of competence will also improve as you will be more aware of your capabilities as you complete or achieve your goals.
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