When You Have Multiple Goals...

A workshop participant asked me "What do you do when you have more than one goal?" One of her dilemnas was that she had competing ideas of what she wanted to do as a career. So, she subsequently jumped from one idea to the next. There are several reasons why you may not be able to focus on one goal. Ask yourself these two questions:

Have you sat down and assessed the pros and cons of each choice? Usually if you have done this this helps the process of elimination and can lead to a more narrowed focus on what you truly want to do.

What is your mission in life? Over time, we end up accumulating a lot of ideas and good intentions but little else simply because we have not identified a mission. Without a personal mission statement, we end up engaging in a lot of activities that lead us to a dead end. Rather than taking on everything why not sit down and determine what your mission is? Without a mission statement, you are more apt to engaged in activities that do not add value to your long term goals. So, write a mission statement. [read this chapter in my book!]