GOAL SETTING
An ambitious young woman facing an open tunnel Credit/ThisIsEngineering
We
are very different people. And sometimes, different people think and do things
differently. While some people are born running, other people have no ambition
at all. They are okay staying the same. They are okay having nothing important
going on in their lives. Although ‘important’ means different things to
different people. Perhaps, some see living the same and doing things the same
way over and over again as important. But you got to think. You got to start
dreaming. Have some light inside you that pushes you to achieve something. Have
some desires and motivation to meet these goals. Living without ambition is
dangerous. It is tantamount to remaining a child all your life. Because you
don’t know how to think to make progress. You don’t know what to do to get
ahead. You don’t know what you want. You are just there, being blown by wind of
life in all directions.
You
risk a lot by living without ambition. You not only create problems for other
people but also yourself. When you live without ambition, you are not
responsible. This means that, there are a lot of things that remain undone.
Things that a responsible person is supposed to do. A responsible person is
supposed to sweep around and across his/her life. A responsible person gets
things in order. You live a responsible life. A life that demonstrate some
elements of direction. You inspire other people when you have order. Because
there is a sense of direction. A picture that shows, you are headed somewhere.
However, when you live without ambition, you create obstacles for yourself and other
people. Other people have to shoulder most of your needs. They have to think
for you and figure out what you want. When you should be doing all these things
by yourself. These are the dangers of living without ambition.
Living Visionless
When
you live your life without a vision, you typically don’t know what you are
doing in life. You don’t have something that you can call your own. Because in
most occasions, you implement other people’s visions or goals. You see somebody
doing something and you think it is a good thing, and you also start doing it.
You implement another person’s goals and dreams without knowing what pushed the
other person to pursue such a vision. Since these are other people’s goals and
dreams, you don’t have a goal of your own. You don’t have a vision of your own.
You don’t know where to begin and when to finish. You have no problem spending
the whole day doing the same thing. You don’t mind the speed. You don’t mind
the activity. As long as, you appear busy like everyone else, you are good. You
cheat yourself that you are doing something. That you are getting somewhere.
You
are not getting anywhere. These are not your dreams. These are not your
thoughts. Whatever you are doing is not you. So you don’t have a fire burning
inside you. Nothing is pushing and motivating you from the inside. You are just
doing things for the sake of doing things. You don’t know what you want. You
don’t know where you are going. Every destination is okay with you. As long as,
you see something you thing you like, you are on it. So you are changing your
activities all the time. You are changing them as often as; other people change
their activities. You have no clear reason why you are changing things often.
You are changing because other people changed. You don’t need to live this way.
You don’t need to run the risk of being visionless. You don’t need to be
everywhere all the time. You need a vision.
You
need to reduce your own burdens. Living visionless creates unnecessary burdens.
Burdens of keeping up with other people. Burdens of living a life that is not
yours. Burdens of copying. This is a difficult life. A dangerous life. A life
without ambition is just difficult to live. You have needs that you cannot
fulfill. You have problems that you cannot solve. You develop the habit of
nurturing problems. Piling one after the other, thinking that they will go away
by themselves. Problems don’t go away by themselves. They are solved. People
decide to solve their problems. People make decisions to fix broken things in
their lives. But when you are living visionless, you just don’t see what needs
to be fixed. You are used to a mediocre-kind of life. A life that has no clear
beginning and clear ending. Your eyes are not set on anything significant.
You
are okay getting by. You are okay living from paycheck-to-paycheck. You just
don’t make difficult decisions in your life. Your mind is soft. And you don’t
want to trouble it. You don’t want to rock your boat. You are okay living
without a vision. You are okay not knowing what to do to create meaningful
developments in your life. You are living without ambition. You are living
visionless. And you are okay with that. Your life has no sparks and fire and
you are okay with that. You cannot accomplish anything by yourself and you are
okay with that. You have burdened other people with your needs and you are okay
with that. You need to wake up. Wake up from this absurdity. Start living.
Start having direction in your life. Start thinking. Wake up from laziness.
Rock your boat. Wake up from your soft mind. Create your own vision. Become
your own person. Start dreaming. Start having ambition.
Stuck in the Same Spot
When
you live without ambition, you not only lack a vision but also get stuck. You
get stuck on the same spot. Years change but you don’t change. You are stuck.
You are not making progress. You are using the same things you used 20 years
ago. It has been 20 years, and you have changed nothing. You are the same person
doing the same things that you began 20 years ago. Everyone around you has
changed. Everything around has changed. But you are stuck somewhere in your
mind. Your mind does not know what to do for you. You have not challenged your
mind in the last 20 years. You have not asked your mind to do something for you
in the last 20 years. You are just drifting around. You are not thinking. You
have not been thinking for the last 20 years. You have no ambition 20 years
later. You are still a five year-old that you were 20 years ago. You have not
made any developments.
You
are stuck because you are living without ambition. You have no desires for
yourself. No goals for yourself. No motivation for yourself. You are just going
into life empty-handed and empty-minded. Life does not know what to do for you.
You have not asked anything from it. You are contented with what you have or
what you don’t have. You don’t mind being limited. You don’t mind remaining in
the same spot for 20 years. You are pretending to make progress. You are
getting busy but you are achieving nothing. You are not thinking for yourself.
You are not dreaming for anything. You are not praying for anything. You are
just there, waiting for life to give you what it got. You are not serious.
There is nothing good about living without ambition. Your life is lackluster.
Something is missing in your life. And don’t know what is missing because you
don’t think for yourself.
This
is dangerous living. Living without ambition is dangerous living. How can you
be okay with being stuck in the same spot for several years? When you live
without ambition, you just live a mediocre life. Uninteresting life. And don’t
cheat yourself that you love simple life. Having nothing going for yourself is
not simple life. Making no progress in life is not simple life. You need to
admit that you have some kind of laziness that needs to go. You need to stop
being lazy. Lazy in both your mind and life. You need to stop getting tired
before you begin. You need to start having priorities. You need to start
defining your life. You need to start thinking. Stop being lazy. Start
thinking. Start dreaming for something. Break your 20-year circle of being
stuck in the same spot. Pray for something if, you have never asked for something.
Start
living. Wake up your mind. Wake up yourself. Shake off things that are pulling
you behind. Fight the demons. Aspire for something new. You cannot accept
limitations. You cannot be okay with being limited. You cannot be okay with
getting stuck. Pull yourself up. Learn something. Get out of your ignorance.
Get out of ignorance. Start seeking knowledge. You cannot pass on dangers of
living without ambition to the next generation. You cannot pass on
irresponsibility to the next generation. You cannot pass on laziness to the
next generation. You cannot pass on these dangers. These dangers need to end
with you. Laziness and mediocrity cannot be inherited. Don’t model this kind of
life to your next generation. You got to do something about it. You need to
start solving problems that you have shelved for a long time.
No Leadership
A
life that has no leadership is a spineless life. It is a life that has no
direction. It is unstructured life. A life that accepts everything. A life that
sees everything in the same way. There is no sense of urgency. Things don’t get
done. You don’t know what you want. You don’t know what to do. This is
dangerous. Living unstructured. Living without ambition. You are exposed to
anything and everything. You don’t see danger in your life. You don’t see
risks. You don’t learn about the changing seasons. And you don’t prepare for
anything. You don’t plan things. You don’t plan your life. Life just happen for
you. You wake up because it is the following day. But you have no plan for the
following day. You walk around because other people are walking around. You go
to sleep because it is dark outside. You have no direction. There is no
leadership in your life.
You
don’t make difficult decisions in your life. You don’t think hard. You don’t go
to the marketplace. You don’t see what is happening in the marketplace. You
don’t sell anything in the marketplace. You don’t create products. You don’t
think about creating your own thing. You don’t think about trading with the
world. You have no ambition at all. You are not harnessing power. You are not
creating any power. You don’t question anything. You accept everything. You
don’t see problems. You don’t see problems around you. You don’t see things
that need attention. Things that need solutions. Things that need to be fixed.
You are okay being pushed around. You don’t know what you stand for in life.
You are living without ambition. You can’t envision your next ten years.
You have not asked for anything. You have not
worked for anything. You are just moving around. Living average. Doing
everything that everyone else is doing. You are not challenging status quo. You
are not thinking for yourself. You have not provided leadership for yourself.
So you are not solving problems that need to be solved. You are not thinking to
progress. You are not thinking to become better. You are not thinking to own.
You are okay being stuck. You are okay nurturing problems. You are okaying
living an average life. Life that is limited. A life without freedom. You have
to struggle for everything. And you are okay with that too. You need to start
thinking. Get over living without ambition. Start dreaming. Come back to the
land of the living. Start living. Start being ambitious.
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