<Gasp> Yes, you read that right. I said, “Setting goals is a total waste of time!”

I know, everyone is telling you to set goals.

If you’ve fallen into that trap, my friend, I am glad you found this post. I’m here to dispel this most harmful of myths.

So, why do I believe setting goals is a total waste of your time, energy, and possibly money?

Simply put, because that’s all most people do. Most people set a goal and forget it. Perhaps they take one or two small actions towards achieving it, but most times that’s where it ends. So, in that case, setting the goal, getting hyped up and excited, and failing to achieve the goal, or make any measurable progress towards that goal SHOULD NOT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF!

Let me make this clear. YOU FAILED! Heck, admit it, you didn’t really even try that hard.

If you set a goal to lose weight and bought a year-long gym membership and only went twice, that whole exercise (pun intended) was a total, complete waste of your time, energy and money.

So please, if you’re going to set a goal, remember:
The Goal of Setting Goals is NOT to set goals, it is to ACHIEVE them!

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