“We
did not come to fear the future; we have come to shape it”
Barack Obama
Growing up in a
disadvantaged background does not make you fear future
1. Start
with a vision: Where there is no vision people perish Prov. 29:18
A vision guides us
towards attaining our goals
2. Goals:
A goal or objective is a desired result an animal, person, or a system
envisions, plans and commits to achieve
Where do you want to
go?
What do you want to
achieve?
Use time to fix your
goals - I want to achieve …..??? When??
Observation: Only 3% of
people know how to set goals, 3% accomplish more than the other. 97% combined.
How to set goals
A goal properly set is
half way achieved
“If
you don’t know where you are heading you will end up somewhere else”
Components of goals
setting (SMART THEORY)
1. Goals must be SPECIFIC
I will save money in
2012
I will save Tsh 1000000
in 2012
2. Goals must be MEASURABLE
Have a way to measure
your progress i.e the goal to save can be measured by how much you have at the
end of the target period.
3. Goals should be ATTAINABLE
Should be meaningful,
should be set by should be meaningful, should be set by you not somebody set
them for you.
4. Goals must be REALISTIC
Setting goals that are
far beyond you helps you to realize your true potential
Break bigger goals to
smaller goals i.e I will save 100,000 per month from January to December.
5. Goals must be TIME BOUND
“Goals
are dreams with deadline” Diana Scharf Hunt
I will save 1000000 by
31st December 2012. You can’t just say I want to get married. WHEN??
Goals without time
bound makes someone relax and hence can’t achieve them
To achieve goals you
need to have systems and resources to support you i.e family support, human
material, financial resources
Ask yourself what is it
that you want? Or want to be
What are your dreams?
Don’t dream to be like someone else, dream to be what God desired you to be.
Learn how to convert
your dream and goals into reality.
Dr. Miles Munroe said; “Grave yards are the richest places in the
world because they keep people who died with their unfulfilled and unrealized
goals”
Components
of success
·
Planning
·
Hard work
·
Determination
·
Discipline
The
central focuses of all these components need to be GOD
Plan
– Do I need a new car or a used car?
Hard
work
– Goes with discipline
How
do we effectively utilize resources to achieve our goals?
1. Building your serving gradually. Prov.
13:11
2. Money must work for you not the other
way around. Eccl. 5:10
3. Save and invest. Prov.21:20
4. Avoid debts. Prov. 22:7. A debt is a
bondage; we are designed to lend nations not to be of debts. Debt is dirty.
Borrow wisely e.g in banks e.tc
5. Be generous. Prov. 19:17
6. Don’t accept bribes. Prov. 17:23
When you bribe you are
hurting your future. What goes around comes around. Try by all means not to
give or receive bribe.
Chris
Mauki
Pretoria.
South Africa
Chrismauki57@gmail.com
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