Art of Setting Goals: Realistic Goals vs Unrealistic Goals - Part 2

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This post is the second part of the main post Art of Setting Goals explaining difference between Realistic and Unrealistic goals.

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Unrealistic Goals:

It is very important to know what it is that you aim to achieve. Goals are like dreams. One may set any goal as abstractly as we can dream. But, that sometimes also means that some goals do seem realistic to us but our ability, situations and lack of plannings are such that as much as we may want to, we can not achieve that dream due to various factors. Also, what makes a goal unrealistic is that such goals have rarely been achieved by anyone that easily thus until that goal is achieved, that goal will stay in the list of unrealistic goals. 


While having unrealistic goals doesn't necessarily mean that they cannot be achieved but, to achieve them would require similar efforts, luck and, opportunities.
 

For example:

• I will become the President or Prime Minister of this country.
• I will loose or gain10 kg weight in two weeks.

• I will marry Some celebrity even though I am a just an average guy working in a call center just like it happened in that movie or TV serial. 
• I will become a billionaire before the age of 30.
• I will exterminate all the terrorists in the world.
• I will completely remove overall corruption from this country.

I will suggest even if you have a goal that sounds like an unrealistic one, I won't say just drop the idea but if you are so determined and have the means to achieve that goal, do it by all means or you can simply try to achieve a smaller goal first and then move on to the larger one.

*For example, You want to become the Prime Minister of India. Try to first aim to be at least qualified to become the Prime Minister. Try to become a Member of Parliament, 25 years of Lok Sabha or 30 years of Rajya Sabha in India. If you can achieve that much, Then maybe you can think of becoming a Prime Minister.

You have to understand the risk of having some unrealistic goals, There are always greater chances that your goal may not succeed, but if you have the right quality and talent along with luck, dedication of work and determination, you may become one of those who have shown the world how to dream big and achieve it.

Goals made purely out of fantasy should be avoided at all cost, Goals made simply on the emotional impulse, copying goals without interest, etc. can also prove to be a big failure as they are a part of unrealistic goals.

Realistic Goals:  

 Goals that can be achieved and have been achieved by many people if you walk and work in the right direction are more likely in the category of realistic goals. To put it simply, Goals that have significantly higher chances of success for you because you have or can have the potential to achieve it if you dedicate enough investment of time, effort, money, resources, skills, etc. are considered realistic in nature.

*For example, You want to become an IAS or IPS officer. You are a bright student or can become one with enough effort. Now, you can put efforts in the study from sources as much as it overall requires and they appear in the exam. There is no surety to succeed in the first try but you may always try again.

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There will be many who may not qualify regardless of all the time they spent preparing or working towards their goal. That is simply because there are various factors that can affect your goals.

Keep in mind that goals are abstract and dynamic in nature. There are many different variables and conditions required for different goals to be achieved. Some examples to give you a better understanding are:

• Memory: If you have a weak memory, academic goals are likely to suffer.

• Time: If you have less time to invest, the success rate of goals that require a lot of time investment in training or work will suffer.

• Environment: If you lack a supportive environment, the success rate will be negatively impacted.

• Support and Guidance: If you lack proper guidance and any kind of support (Financial, social, emotional as in your morale, etc.) to achieve any goal, the success rates will highly drop down.

• Skills: If you lack the necessary skills required to achieve your goal like leadership, personality, communication skills, decision making and problem-solving skills, etc. the success rates will drop significantly.

• Life Style: If you have a bad lifestyle in relation to your goal like, procrastination, laziness, lack of enough effort, etc. your goals are more likely to fail.

• Emotional resources: You must be mentally strong, confident, optimistic and clear about your goals. Motivation is important to drive you towards your goals.

• Competition and many more are is one of the variables for some goals.

An IMPORTANT thing to keep in mind is that many of these variables that decide the outcomes of our goals can be managed to work in our favor. I will write about this topic in much detail in the obstacles in goal achievement section of the next part of this post. A link will be added here for you once the post is complete.

• Unrealistic goals are those which are supposed to be nearly impossible until someone achieves them. There are higher chances of failure.

• Unrealistic fantasy related and impulsive emotional goals should be avoided.

• Realistic goals gives you direction to what you want to achieve and have high success rate.

• Both Realistic and Unrealistic Goals may prove to be a success or a failure due to various variables that decide the outcome of your goals.

• There are a vast variety of variables/conditions that determine the outcome of your plans to achieve your goals.

LINK TO PART 3 WILL BE ADDED ||HERE|| SOON.
 
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Anup Thakur~

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