Unless your goal is to be in the now

Goals are great in that they can be a good motivator to do something we’ve never done before, they can be a good motivator to help us do better than we’ve ever done. However, if we’re focused on the goal, rather than the step in front of us, it is extremely easy to trip up.

Still have a goal in mind. See setting the goal and working towards it as the two separate things they are. Set something ambitious but realistic, and be as ambitious and realistic, if not more so, with the step you are taking right now. That is how you get to your goal with minimal risk of tripping up.

Remember if you’re goal focused, you’re not now focused. Unless your only goal is to be in the now, which is as admirable as they come.