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Moreover, achieving one’s set goals takes self-mastery and commitment. Persistence in
all that one does is also necessary to achieve the set goals. For example, a dream job that one has
in mind can only be achieved only if you equip yourself with the necessary knowledge and skills
that will help to propel you to your dream career. A certain financial status in order to be
achieved for example being debt free, one requires to avoid being a spendthrift on unnecessary
things and then should dwell more on increasing their assets which will bring in more income to
them and in the end enable them to uplift their wealth status (Zhang 1507).
One may argue that the goals set need not have deadlines as a counterargument to
Mackay’s statement. However, I strongly disagree with such an argument because deadlines
inspire and motivate one to continue working towards their goals. Also, planning on how you
will achieve the goals is important because it gives you direction and a bearing on how you will
achieve the set goals. The deadline set gives you a timeline within which you can work in order
to achieve the goals you have in mind. For example, it is realistic for a married couple to dream
of a house that they will have together in 5 years time. With the 5 years deadline in mind, they
are able to put up measures on how they will be able to manage their finances and in the end be
enabled to obtain their dream house in 5 years time that they have set (Zhang 1510). In contrast,
another couple who only state that they will one day have their own home may not be able to get
that home because it is only just a dream for them and therefore it will remain to be so-just a
dream.
In conclusion, it is important for us to dream and also, in the long run, turn those dreams
into goals by attaching to them plans of how we are going to achieve them and also deadlines of
when we are to expect the particular dreams to come to pass.
