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What are the qualities of a person who has goals for his life? person with goals has direction for his life. He is going somewhere. He is not frivolously meandering through life.
A person with goals has an excitement about life. He has exuberance and an inner motivation that say, “I’m glad to get up in the morning and eager to start on this day’s plan.” Daily goals nearly always seem to take on more meaning because they are linked to longer-range goals and the priority goal.
Goals are very often linked directly to a will to live. A person with goals feels needed and believes that life is worth living.
A person with goals has remarkable energy. There is an energy level in the life of a person with goals that is missing from a person who has settled for a settled down life. A person with goals often works ten or twelve hours a day because he doesn’t want to quit in the pursuit of a goal. He rarely checks the time because he is intent upon the tasks at hand or the relationship that is being forged.
A person with goals is often very creative. Part of what our Creator builds into each of us is a creative drive, a drive to initiate new projects, businesses, or ministries; to try something new; or to produce something unique. Every person is given a unique, one of a kind set of talents, dreams, desires, propensities, aptitudes, and spiritual gifts. The blend is intended for a creative purpose so that the person might express his unique qualities in a unique way. When a person pursues God given goals, he feels creative sources flowing from deep within. His mind hums with ideas about how to do things, and he tries new approaches and methods to address old problems.
A person with goals pursues excellence. A person who is actively seeking to accomplish a God given goal is likely to want to accomplish that goal to the very best of his ability. He is invested in his goals, and he desires to see them accomplished with an excellence of method, an excellence of spirit, and excellence as the hallmark of the product, service, or result.
A person with goals has a great sense of appreciation for others who have goals and who are pursuing them to the best of their ability. He enjoys being around successful people. He desires for others to become successful.
He enjoys sharing what he knows with others who desire to learn from his experience and talent.
A person with goals tends to be physically healthier than a person without goals. The person with goals wants to feel good. He works at staying healthy because he values his life and wants to live to see his goals accomplished. He desires to do what is necessary so he can stay strong and function at peak mental ability. He disciplines himself to have the
sustaining energy to get the job done that he believes God has led him and is enabling him to do.
A person with goals tends to be emotionally healthier than a person without goals. The person with goals has a sense of contentment, enjoyment, satisfaction, and happiness. He has very little inclination to get bogged down in feuds, arguments, disputes, or disagreements. He lives with less bitterness and does not fuel feelings of anger, frustration, and disappointment. He is more concerned with what lies ahead than with what has been hurtful in the past.
