Reaching goals can boost your confidence as a couple, strengthen your friendships, and increase your happiness. Take a look at Self-confidence for example: When you set small goals together and reach them, you gain the confidence to take on bigger ones. You also feel more confident when facing day-to-day challenges and pressures.
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People enjoy being around those who are reasonably goal-oriented—that is, those who know what they want and are willing to work for it. Moreover, one of the best ways to strengthen a friendship and marriage is to work with another person toward a common goal. When you set and reach goals, you feel a sense of accomplishment. Most couples have realized that: “Having goals as a couple keeps them occupied and gives them the opportunity to stay more united and close to each other. And when they achieve their goal, it feels great to look back and say, ‘Wow, we really did it! We accomplished what we set out to do.’”
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A goal is more than just a dream—something you wish would happen. Real goals involve planning, flexibility, and good, old-fashioned hard work. Goals can be short-range (taking days or weeks to accomplish), medium-range (months), and long-range (a year or more). Long-range goals can be reached through a series of intermediate goals.
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Take these steps to set and reach your goals. First, Identify goals: Make a list of potential goals, and prioritize them—choosing the ones you want to work on first, second, third, and so forth.
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Plan, For each goal, do the following: Set a realistic deadline. Plan the steps involved. Anticipate obstacles, and think of how to overcome them.
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Act, Do not wait until you have every detail worked out to get started. Ask yourself, ‘What is the very first thing I can do toward reaching my goal?’ Then do it. Track your progress as you complete each step, and you will surely be successful.
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