Too many people set their goals too low and try to accomplish them too quickly. We overestimate what we can do in a year, but we underestimate what we can do in 10. I suggest you set big goals and then take a long time to reach them.
The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is successful people do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do. Successful people often do things they don’t feel like doing. Unsuccessful people always do what they feel.
8. Enlist a team for support.
You’re never going to reach your goal on your own. You’re never going to fulfill your vision by yourself. Success is never, never, never a one-man show. It takes teamwork. It takes cooperation. If you want to go, you’ve got to go with other people.
Why are other people so important to your goals? Because God wants to teach you how to love other people, which is more important than what you accomplish.
9. Pay the price.
There’s always a price tag for fulfilling a dream. There’s always a price tag, a cost for reaching every goal. Never desire the success of another person without first finding out what they gave up for it.
The only thing free in life is salvation, because Jesus paid for our sins to be forgiven when He died on the cross. All you have to do is accept that gift by faith. You can’t work for it, earn it, deserve it. You just say, God, thank you for sending your Son to die for me on the cross to pay for all my sins. It’s already been paid for. It’s a free gift. It cost Jesus his life. But for everything else you want to accomplish, there’s a price tag.
Great goals require great sacrifice—of time, of money, of energy, of reputation. As you set goals and count the cost, you need to ask three big questions:
- What will it cost me?
- What am I willing to give?
- Is the cause worth the cost?
