Goals motivation and happiness

How important are goals in life and work?  Well, if we don't have a goal or think we need a goal then we have no destination.  After all, next steps are goals and keep our minds active & alert. ' You can spend your whole life running up and down and not achieving anything'. As a team we had a goal of 55 miles whilst completing the London to Southend ride. Raising money for Action for children as well as Cancer research

Top performers, world-class athletes set goals, anybody can.  That’s because when you set goals, you have a vision to work toward, ensuring that you are pushing yourself to get the best results, rather than resting on your laurels and waiting for things to happen.

Goals can create a focus and even small goals can have a positive result.  Achieving something and crossing it off my list gives me a feeling of accomplishment. The fact that we carried this out as a team gave us additional motivations with additional pressures we all had to finish. 30 miles into the ride we worked as a team encouraging, double checking and giving confidence to each other.

If you set a goal, you are accountable to yourself. Working hard to achieve things is great for self esteem and positive thinking.  I'm certain I can ride further than 55 miles I want to push my boundaries and ride 100 miles at 13/14 miles an hour, I'm sure I can achieve this.

Negativity can bring people down and having nothing to look forward to can be a contributing factor. Set your goals around things that you enjoy and allow time for worthwhile activities.  All these ideas then filter through into other areas of life and in-turn can make goal setting less challenging.

Just towards the end, one of us only had 1 working pedal so didn't quite make it to the finish.  He was a crucial part of our team so we finished on his behalf. 

At the finish line the reward is not just the medal around our necks but as a team we completed our goal with focus and perseverance.  We did it. Goals ensure that you get the best out of life and that's probably the best reason of all!