Goals

Since the title of this blog seems to indicate that I should be providing you some useful information about how to get ahead in life, I have decided to talk today about goals. This short discussion was influenced by the audiobook "Never Eat Alone" by Keith Ferazzi.

Keith Ferazzi speaks of a study performed at Yale regarding how many students 1. Had goals, 2. Wrote the goals down, 3. Did not have goals. It is amazing that 97% of the Yale students studied had no goals. Of the students who claimed to have goals but did not write them down after 10 years they earned roughly double what the individuals who did not have goals earned. The amazing part is the students who had written and defined goals earned on average 10 times more after 10 years than their fellow students. I find this to awe inspiring upon initial examination. I would really like to review the raw data regarding this study to examine its statistical significance. (I am not someone who is impressed because something is cited in a study).

I do think goals are very important. You must have a destination in order to get anywhere in life. For instance, would you leave for vacation with absolutely no idea which direction you would be traveling? No, to get to your vacation spot you must have a destination in mind even if your destination is any random place you might happen upon.

This is not any type of indepth study regarding goals or how to set them. I may decided to work up energy later in life to further explail my position on this or give some suggestions on setting goals, but for now, I just wanted to comment.

Please leave comments and I will respond.