Spirit of Leadership

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Attitude #4 Goal Setting

If you think you can do it, that’s confidence; if you do it, that’s competence. A ll true leaders possess a goal-driven attitude. Leaders distinguish themselves from followers by their passion for preestablished goals. They regu late their activities and measure their progress against pre scribed objectives and milestones. Everyone in the world is a goal setter, in one way or another. Even the man who is failing at life is setting goals that cause him to fail. In fact, many of us plan not to do things that would make us successful. Many times, we don’t realize that we are setting goals. Whenever we make plans to go to the grocery store, go to school, do the laundry, or meet friends for a meal, we are in reality setting goals. When we don’t achieve what we want to achieve or accom plish what we desire to accomplish, the problem is not goal set ting, in itself. Instead, it’s that we don’t set goals for the things we truly care about, or we set the wrong kind of goals.

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