P. Boye Motivations

“Look up ‘a life without goals’ and you may quickly find yourself surrounded by disheartening clichés like “going nowhere” and “race with no finish line”. But while there are real benefits to goal-setting, is the absence of goals really so terrible?”- Catherine Moore

There’s an adage in Nigeria that says, ” wetin old woman siddon for ground see, pikin wey stand on top tree no go ever fit see am”.

It simply means that which an old person can see when sitting down, a child, even if he/she stands on a tree, can’t see it.
It doesn’t necessarily speak of geography now or a location. Cause in all reality, an old woman may be too old to even see that far and so, if we are talking of somewhere far, the child will most likely see it best.

This proverb instead, is talking about insight and experience. There is one thing that is key in life, and one quote I have heard a thousand times and that is, “experience is the best teacher”. I am sure you’ve heard it as well.

See, this particular post, make u siddon, read, and undastan am well well… U need am. No, be because I get plenti experience o, na because I don learn from person wey don experience am, well well.
You sabi dis tin dem dey call life, well well? U for make sharp.

Dear reader,
Plan your dealings very well. Make sure you set goals. I once had a friend tell me, “I don’t plan” and honestly, that statement reset my mind. I know you want to be a billionaire, but please, what is your plan? I am not saying plan your life and ignore God o. I am saying plan your life in order to avoid disappointments.
Hmm, goal setting.
Are you a student looking forward to having a first-class? Then, you can say you have a goal you want to achieve.
Are you a young person with high hopes of getting married to the right person? You have a goal.
Are you a young woman or man, hoping to work in a top organization one day? You have a goal, great. You have something you want to achieve.

But my question now is, how can you have a goal and not have a plan to achieve that goal? Masa, how?
Don’t play sharp with yourself and say I know it all.  Brethren and sistren, sit down and plan strategically.
You don’t build a house and not have an architectural design, do you?
So how can you aspire to get An A, or get married right, and not plan your way there?
See, I know your life is in God’s hands but this same God says we should plan.
How do I know? It’s right there in the Bible. Should I show you? 🤔
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty- Proverbs 21:5

God himself even has a plan for your life according to Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope“.
How much more you?
There are so many scriptures that talk about planning, here’s one more
Luke 14:28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? “

I want you to know that every term, every word be it good or bad, came about out of necessity. So also, the word plan.
You can’t say you are planning in your head all the time; write it down, you need to be strategic about it and very detailed.
Planning. Another very good reason you should plan is that, life happens, and you may forget certain things along the line. How can you have an Exam and not have an exam time table? The school just says, we have exams, you don’t know the subject you have first, nothing, you just know you have exams. Is that good planning for you? Of course not. This is the power of planning and planning right.

When the word, “market” came about for instance, it wasn’t just to beautify the dictionary, it’s to explain certain things to us so we can gain understanding and know-how to manage situations well, when it comes to “a market.”
Imagine going to the market and you don’t go with money, you don’t know what you want to buy, you don’t plan ahead, what will the end be like?

It’s the same way, you can’t have a vision, you can’t have a goal and not have a plan or goal-setting put in place.
So, today, we are going to be talking about how to make a plan so that all these dreams you have for your life, won’t be a mere talk but will emerge into something real.
Goal setting involves the development of an action plan designed to motivate and guide a person or group towards a goal. Goal setting can be guided by goal-setting criteria such as SMART criteria.
SMART is an acronym, giving criteria to guide in the setting of objectives. It means your goals must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound.

I would end by sharing these tips by Tony Robbins on Goal setting

GOAL SETTING TIPS
Goal setting step 1: Give yourself six minutes to brainstorm a list of anything you’d like to achieve, create, do, have, give, and/or experience in the next 20 years. Write as many things down as fast as you can at this time.

Goal setting step 2: Now go back through your list and write one, three, five, 10, or 20 years next to each goal to indicate how long it will take to achieve them. Be realistic when assigning time estimates. You have a minute and a half to get this done, so be quick and go with your gut.

Goal setting step 3: Review your list. Choose your top four one-year goals. These are goals that make you really excited. Write a paragraph for each goal explaining why you will absolutely achieve this goal within the next 12 months. This should take you about 15-20 minutes in total.

Now, here is my extra tip, after you have written these down, write down how you plan to achieve the goal set beside them. What strategies would you use? How would it be done?  Does someone need to help you achieve it? Time frame?

Also, seek counsel. Not that everything you are doing you share with the whole world o. Have mentors, have guidance, have people around that can help you in planning toward your success. It’s not being loud, it’s being wise. Tell a selected trusted few. Proverbs 15:22 in CEV Translation, says,”
Without good advice everything goes wrong–it takes careful planning for things to go right” TPT Translation says, “Your plans will fall apart right in front of you if you fail to get good advice. But if you first seek out multiple counselors, you’ll watch your plans succeed”. Finally, ERV Translation says, “If you don’t ask for advice, your plans will fail. With many advisors, they will succeed”

Have a plan alongside your Goals and visions, and I can assure you, you are good to go👍

Yours truly,
Boye Paulina Sharon
23rd May, 2020