Reach For Your Goal

There was a boy driving a bicycle when he noticed of a big bone along the way. He picked up the bone, put a string on it and tied it at the back of his bicycle. He then continued driving with the bone tied with a string on his back. Then a dog saw the bone attached on the string and ran towards it. Since the bicycle was moving, so as the dog keeps on running. The boy passed on a village area. Some dogs, after seeing the dog running after the bicycle, run towards the dog. And same with the other dogs along the way. They started running after the dog. They are asking each other why they are all running but some dogs answered they don’t know, they just keep on running same with other dog. As the distance pass by, dogs running became fewer and fewer. Until suddenly, only the first dog running is the only one left running towards the bone. The other dogs just get tired or saw other dogs stopped running so they also stopped. In the end, the first dog got his bone when the boy stopped on his destination.

Now let’s analyze the story. The first dog, upon seeing the bone, desires to have it. Bone is a good meal for the dog, and to have it, he needs to follow the bicycle. This dog focuses on the bone, and decided to have it no matter how far it may go. He stayed focus on his goal of having it till the end. Same thing goes with our own life. If we could only focus on our goal, keep on pushing it, we’ll all be successful in life. This is also applicable if we want to do business. Right from the start, you need to know why you need the business and how you are going to be successful on it. Exert all your effort in accomplishing it. Without specific goals in life, our life will be meaningless everyday.

So what happen to the other dogs running along the way? These can be compared to people who only want to do things without knowing what and why they are doing it. They are those who don’t even have a specific goal to achieve. They tend to do something that looks great, but in the middle, they will realize that they don’t know where they are heading. Then eventually, their passion will subside. In business, these are the people who are emotionally controlled in decision making. They may join the business now because they see the huge amount of money that can be earned. Or they may join you because they are your friends or family members. Still, along the way, without clear goal of why they are doing this, they may end up stopping along the way. Same what happen with the other dogs on the story.

To be successful in life, we need to focus our self on reaching our goal to become successful. Make a short term or long term goal for you to accomplish and live by. It is something that will keep us moving on the right track. Start by asking yourself what do you want in life? How are you going to achieve it? Why are you going to do it?

Set your goal, keep your focus, and move towards achieving all of it.

By: Richard Macalintal

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Richard Macalintal is motivational and success blogger who aims to help people thru blogging. He is a computer engineer by profession, internet savvy, online marketer and web developer.