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RokZRooM Special ! You Can Win by Shiv Khera

Goals lead to purpose in life. It is the starting point for success. Aim for the moon. Even if
you miss, you will become one of the stars.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

--Henry Ford

All of us in this world have a purpose in life. And that purpose may vary from person to
person. An orchestra would be pretty dull if everyone played the same instrument.

Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men's blood. . .
Make big plans, aim high in hope and work.

--Daniel H. Burn ham
It doesn't matter where we are. What really matters is in what direction we are heading.
Effort and courage without purpose is wasted. Worry leads to negative goal-setting. It is
thinking about things you don't want to happen.

Activity is Not the Same as Accomplishment

There is a big difference between activity and accomplishment. This was demonstrated
by a French scientist named Fable. He conducted an experiment with processionary
caterpillars. Caterpillars follow the one in front of them blindly. Fable arranged them in a
circle in a flowerpot so that the lead caterpillar actually was behind the last one forming a
circle. He put pine needles (food for the caterpillars) in the center of the flowerpot. The
caterpillars kept going in a circle in the pot. Eventually, after a week of circling around,
they dropped dead of exhaustion and starvation with food only inches away from them.
We need to learn a lesson from the caterpillars. Just because you are doing something,
doesn't mean you are getting anywhere. One must evaluate one's activity in order to
have accomplishment.
A man was out driving with his wife and the wife said, "Honey, we are going the wrong
way." The husband replied, "Who cares, we are making great time!"
If we confuse activity with accomplishment, we could be making great time but we won't
get anywhere.

MEANINGLESS GOALS

A farmer had a dog who used to sit by the roadside waiting for vehicles to come around.
As soon as one came he would run down the road, barking and trying to overtake it. One
day a neighbor asked the farmer "Do you think your dog is ever going to catch a car?"
The farmer replied, "That is not what bothers me. What bothers me is what he would do if
he ever caught one."

Many people in life behave like that dog who is pursuing meaningless goals.

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