The Importance of Having Goals.

 

Good evening, everyone, what you're looking at is a book cover image for the first book that I published as a Certified Life Coach. It’s available on Amazon for anyone that perchance wants to take a peek. Currently, I have 6 eBooks published under the Wise Council House series, with more being worked on at the moment. 

I don't think a lot of people anymore really take the time or make the effort into creating and implementing, or finishing an actual, planned out and executed by the steps goal, they seem to be just floating along in life with no aim or solid direction.

I make goals for my writing; I plan out what I’m going to write about, do some research where warranted, and give myself a estimate how long it will take to get it finished. On average, it takes me more than two hours to write an article, because I don't use ChatGPT or any other AI to write with, I sit here and bang it out on my Asus Vivo Book, one paragraph at a time. Every word you read of my articles, books, etc., is my original work, and is not generated or produced by any form of AI.

I was slack jawed at how fast ChatGPT can spit out an entire article in 20 seconds or less, using only a single word prompt, and I’ll give it kudos for being accurate, and how well it gives me prompts and ideas, and is definitely time saving. However, I still take a bit of snobbish pride in writing and producing my own content the old-fashioned way. I feel more accomplished having written an article in 2 hours, vs. letting a machine generate 20 seconds of something I could copy and paste. Now back onto our story….

Why do you need a goal?

Most people understand the importance of planning and implementing strategic goals, however what about Jill, who is just starting in her career or just finished grad school, and has yet to decide what direction her life is really going to go? How is she going to plan her life direction out, implement steps towards achieving her dreams, and sticking with it until the end if she doesn't have a solid, well-constructed goal in place? This was how The Short Guide to Goal Crushing came to be, because I felt the need to create a guide specifically for how to set a goal and complete it from start to finish. Why do you need a goal? Because you won’t succeed at anything until you create one, and actually follow it to the letter.

What is the purpose of a goal?

The purpose of a goal is to keep you on track on a path towards achievement of a defined and set intent. Say, you want to sell 60 copies of a book in two weeks' time. Where are you going to market these books, to make those 60 sales in 14 days? How many copies a day do you need to sell to meet your quota? What form of advertising would be best to help achieve the sales quota? Can you realistically sell 60 books in 14 days? This is where setting up a goal comes in, so you can monitor and track progress, implement strategies to achieve the sales by the given time period, and ensure that your objective is met.

A goal set in place, creates a vision and provides tangible results, of where you are going and what destination you will arrive at when you're finished with the journey. Like reading a road map, you plan stops along the way to your destination, what’s going to happen at these stops, why are you going there, and what will you be doing? Which route is the best to save time and gas? Do you need to rent a car to get there, and how much will that cost? Etc. and so forth. If you don't plan your destination, you will be wandering lost and taking 10 wrong turns until you set a goal that goes straight to your destination.

Why do you need a copy of these books?

The short answer is that you don't actually have to purchase a copy of any of my books, but what I’d very much like to ask, is that you consider purchasing them, each being the price of a McD’s dollar menu item, or a Starbucks, and giving a small business some fervently needed support. USD $38.00 for 6 books isn't a bad price at all really.

Or alternately, consider forwarding this article on your social media or other media outlets, to others that might be interested. There see? No gimmicky sales pitch, no desperate sounding, canned drivel about how much we need you to make a purchase to support women-owned, small business owners, none of that tosh. I’m simply asking for a request and that is all. The links to each book are below, listed in order of publication. No one is under any requirement or obligation to do anything, except give my work a good once over and a fair consideration, and with that, I bid everyone to have a great week.

“The Wise Council House; Short Guide to Goal Crushing” by S. Wise Suggs

“The Wise Council House; Short Guide to Financial Wellness” by S. Wise Suggs

“From Stuck to Unstoppable; Strategies for Personal Growth and Success” by S. Wise Suggs

“The Wise Council House: Short Guide to Successful Life Coaching” by S. Wise Suggs

“The Wise Council House: Establishing Financial Wellness in a Dystopian Economy” by S. Wise Suggs

“The Wise Council House; From Anxiety to Zen, Strategies for Personal Mastery” by S. Wise Suggs