A man without an aim is a ship without rudder

We all are familiar with the proverb A man without an aim is a ship without rudder. One should know what is the aim of life. Aim or setting goal is important for every person because without aim man is directionless. Aim in life gives meaning to life. It is very important that an aim is formulated and efforts are put in to achieve that aim.

Here’s a story about Bruce Lee which sets the stage for this little exercise. A master martial artist asked Bruce to teach him everything Bruce knew about martial arts. Bruce held up two cups, both filled with liquid. “The first cup,” said Bruce “represents all of your knowledge about martial arts. The second cup represents all of my knowledge about martial arts. If you want to fill your cup with my knowledge, you must first empty your cup of your knowledge.”

If you want to discover your true purpose in life, you must first empty your mind of all the false purposes you’ve been taught (including the idea that you may have no purpose at all).

The following question should stimulate your thinking: Where will you be and what will you be doing ten years from today if you keep doing what you are doing now? You have to be bold enough to ask of life more than you may, right now, feel you are worth because it is an observable fact that people tend to rise to meet demands that are put upon them.

Take a piece of paper and a pen. Divide the piece of paper in to two columns. In the left hand column write “Wants” and write down everything you want in life. Be as extravagant as you like. Imagine it’s your birthday and really go for it! Now in the right column write “Intentions” and write down all the things that you intend to do.
Once you have finished, notice the difference between the two columns. What do you notice?
You may find that the list on the right is much shorter and a lot more specific. This is because your conscious mind and subconscious mind have to work together to design an intention rather than to just dream up ideas. Your awareness now holds you to account on what you believe to be possible right now! Intentions also have to be in line with values and beliefs.

By doing this you are breathing life into every intention and translating it from possibility to reality by visualizing each context and area of your life which is affect by the result of your intention.

There are four important things to keep in mind.

(a) Write down your goal. You will then begin to crystallize your thinking. The very act of thinking as you write will have a tendency to create an indelible impression in your memory.

(b) Give yourself a deadline. Specify a time for achieving your objective. This is important in motivating you: set out in the direction of your goal and keep moving towards it.

(c) Set your standards high. Now there seems to be a direct relationship between ease in achieving a goal and the strength of your motives. And the higher you set your major goal, generally speaking, the more concentrated will be the effort you make to achieve it. The reason: logic will make it mandatory that you at least aim at an intermediate objective as well as an immediate one. So aim higher. And then have immediate and intermediate steps leading towards its achievement.

(d) Aim high. It is a peculiar thing that no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand prosperity and abundance, than is required to accept misery and poverty.