If you don’t have goals, you probably won’t play

People sometimes ask, ”Why do I need goals?” The answer would be obvious if you were a spectator at this imaginary basketball game – the last of a championship series.

Both teams were fighting-fit. You could see their muscles ripple and almost feel their hearts pound with adrenaline as the players took their warm-up shots.         

  Just before the game was to begin, the home team players formed a tight huddle around their coach. Who’s gonna win? he asked. “WE ARE!” they yelled. Then go to it! he screamed, and the starting five thundered onto the court.

Immediately, the home team took possession of the ball. The star guard dribbled cautiously down court and saw one of his teammates standing in the open, beneath the backboard.

A quick pass, and the shot was up, arching perfectly toward the … but wait, it fell to the floor.                                                      

There was no hoop on the backboard!

Everyone was confused, then frustrated. The players angrily demanded an explanation, but there was none. After a few minutes of chaos, the game was simply cancelled, because without hoops the officials could not keep score, the players could not know if they hit or missed, and the fans could never know how well their teams had played.                                                          

And that’s the answer. Life without goals is like a basketball game without hoops! You not only can’t keep score, but you probably won’t even play the game.           

Accomplishment requires goals. Your goals determine your thoughts. Your thoughts determine your life – what you are and what you have. You have become what you spent most of your time thinking about up until now. If you are not happy with what you are or what you now have, then you can still change, by changing your thinking.                                                       

The great scientist Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravitation. “By thinking about it all the time,” he answered.                                       

So set your hoops (your goals) and think about them all the time. You WILL get what you want.

Joel Weldon

Inspirational Content Writer and Speaker

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Here’s What You Can Do:

  • Each month set your “hoops” – three realistic, 30-day goals, – one for you one for your family, and one for your career.
  • Be sure they are practical and attainable as well as meaningful to you. Write them down and carry them with you everywhere.
  • Look at them several times a day. After achieving them, as you will, set new “hoops” each month.
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-Joel Weldon