Setting Your Goals

1. Ensure congruency with your life purpose.

Your goals need to be defined in the context of your life purpose which becomes your plan. Everything in your life flows from your purpose. Your purpose stems from your values and is the guiding direction for everything in your life. It sets the stage for what you do every day.

For example, my primary purpose is “To live a rich and satisfying life each day by impacting my world positively, which will allow me to live a legacy in a manner that brings glory to God.” My overall goal, which is taken from Proverbs 1, is “to learn wisdom and discipline, to understand the insights of the wise, to live a disciplined and successful life, and to always do what is right, just, and fair.” My goal is a subset of my purpose to achieve my highest potential. Both are congruent with each other.