Dreams & Goals
One of the important aspects of motivation is knowing what we want to achieve, a clear vision.
Once we have that, we can go through a series of goal-setting steps to state, define and execute our goals.
This first step of knowing what we want is by no means simple.
Try asking your children what they want to achieve. You will get answers ranging from scoring the perfect grades
in their examinations to being famous.
Ask the same of your subordinates and you will hear the usual crap of wanting to bring value to your company.
The point is that these people either state goals that are generally accepted by society or are what they think you would want to hear.
Self-fulfilling prophecy steps in – after repeating these statements several times, they find themselves believing that these are indeed their real dreams & goals.
Patty the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a Pail on her head. As she went along she began calculating what
she would do with the money she would get for the milk.
“I’ll buy some fowls from Farmer Brown,” said she, “and they will lay eggs each morning, which I will sell to the parson’s wife.
With the money that I get from the sale of these eggs I’ll buy myself a new dimity frock and a chip hat; and when I go to
market, won’t all the young men come up and speak to me!
Polly Shaw will be that jealous; but I don’t care. I shall just look at her and toss my head like this. As she spoke she tossed
her head back, the Pail fell off it, and all the milk was spilt. So she had to go home and tell her mother what had occurred.
“Ah, my child,” said the mother,
“Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.”
Do not be overconfident and assume success before you
know the outcome.
I choose to have Dreams & Goals
“You see things as they are and ask, Why?
I dream things as they never were and ask, Why Not?”
This old cliché of not counting your chickens before they are hatched has its merits, but I am not blindly accepting it. Instead,
I am proposing that counting chickens isn’t a bad thing to do, and dreams lead to goal clarifications, which in turn drive and motivate us.
Let us analyze the fable a little. It is a common custom in certain parts of the world for people to carry heavy items, not with their hands, but by balancing them on their heads.
African women, for example, are known to carry on their heads items that weigh as much as 70% of their body weight.
The milkmaid probably did this so often that she forgot she had a pail of milk on her head. She went on to daydream and make plans on things that might not happen.
Doesn’t this ring a bell in us about what we are doing with our lives day in and day out?
Are we doing work that has become so routine or mundane that we could sometimes forget that we are at work? While we are staring at the computers,
attending meetings or classes, do we not let our minds wander and daydream about more interesting things, daydream about our Dreams & Goals?
Even when we know that the things we dream about are unrealistic or impossible, are we not happier just thinking about them?
Dreams and imagination are powerful tools which assist us
in understanding our purpose and direction in life, as well
as clarifying our goals.
Those who have watched the movie “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” by Steven Spielberg would recall
that the young robotic boy David (acted by Haley Joel Osment) wished only to be with his human mother.
At the end, his wish was granted, and he spent one day doing ordinary things with her. To him, that was his happiest and most perfect day he ever had. Pose this question to the people around you
“If you have a chance to live one happiest and most perfect day, what would it be?”
Do you really know what you want? Are you willing to turn your dreams and goals into action, are you ready to start building your business with a real plan in hand. Then don’t waste another minute
GO FOR IT..Go with your dreams and goals
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Great post Gina! Goal setting and dreaming big is crucial to ones success!
Dear April
one of my goals.
Thanks allot, I’m happy you liked it. Yeah I think goals and dreams are crucial to our success both in life and as professionals. Please bear with me as I am totally new at blogging and haven’t yet figured out all the things I need to have a good adding value blog, but I’m getting there
Gina
I have admit I thought this was going be your typical article style(boring) post. Thanks I was wrong you went in to the milk maid story and Tied in the movie A.I. a little of the old integrated with something modern all blended together to take the best points of both stories and
Ale something special out of the post.
Great Post
Dear David
one of my goals.
And I have to admit you got me worried there…the first word I saw when I looked at your comment was (boring) post….I’m really happy you liked it. Please bear with me as I am totally new at blogging and haven’t yet figured out all the things I need to have a good adding value blog, but I’m getting there
Gina
It’s funny how we can all read this story of the milk maid and get a little something different out of it. I see that the milk maid was doing good on counting her chickens and increasing her bottom line in her day dream planning… She did not spill the milk until she not only got vain but also was seeking some sort of in your face revenge with Polly Shaw…
So if I was her mother, I would have said look dear… Your plans are great and they are obtainable and worthy goals… But when you seek revenge and vain things of this world then you fall and your plans fail.
So I say dream on and plan those goals, just check yourself on a regular basis to see if those dreams and goals are worthy of being in your head or if you need to do some soul searching because they are vain or vengeful which will lead to your demise in the end.
“If you have a chance to live one happiest and most perfect day,
what would it be?”
It’s the day I meet my Creator and Saviour and get to see my son again. The second most perfect day would be when my daughter joins us
Hi Gina,
What are we without our dreams? You must have a dream first then set your goals then pay your dues to get there.
Nice post.
Thanks,
Tonya Stephens
Great post, Gina. Without dreams and goals, you’re just spinning your wheels.
Thanks for the inspiring story. I am turning my dreams and goals into action now.
Hi Gina, I liked your post on drams and goals.. Stretching my goal setting has helped some of my dreams come true. Dreams goals plus consistent action are a good combination. Many people like to dream but need to take action. I am glad to be connected with you an action taker.. thanks
Hey Ken
Welcome to my humble blog
I’m glad you liked my post.
Yes, I agree dreams and goals needs action…MASSIVE ACTION according to me.
The pleasure of connecting is all mine!!
Hi Gina,
I’ve often heard that the brain can not tell the difference between the real and the imagined when it is imagined in so much detail. The dreams and the goals if we consistently envision them and keeping working will begin to happen if we are persistent and believe.