Goals and Success

I believe that in order to be successful, I must set high goals and work hard towards achieving them. My goals give me ambition and a drive to succeed. Without setting goals, I wouldn’t know where I want to go in life, and therefore would have no drive to work hard at what I am doing.

Whether it be school, work, or in society, having a high goal to strive for gives me reason to push forward and a reason to want to succeed. These goals can vary from short term goals to long term life goals. A short term goal of mine is to make it past my first year of college. I am very driven towards that goal, and while I have no doubt that I will succeed, knowing that I have that goal set gives me extra drive towards completing. A long term goal of mine is to becoming a partner at my family farm. This goal requires me to complete my short term goal and several other goals along the way. Whether the goals are short or long term, every one, no matter how minor it seems, is important to my personal success I strive to fulfill all of them.

I also believe that in life it is important to keep high spirits and always be sure of myself. Confidence is important for success, and it is impossible to be confident if I am unsure about what I want to do or where I want to go in life. Confidence is not only key in the major decisions in life, such as completing long term goals, but it is also important in the short term decisions I make. One major thing that confidence played a huge role in was my ACT exam. So many people get scared and lose confidence and end up not doing very well on the exam. I made sure every time I took it I went into the exam being confident in my knowledge and I ended up getting very good scores both times I took it. I am certain that if I would been scared and not confident in myself I wouldn’t have done as well. If I am not confident that I am going to pass a class or not confident in the fact that I will pass my first year of college, the odds that I won’t pass that class or won’t pass my first year of college are much higher.

For me, all of these tie together. In order to be successful, a person needs to set high goals. In order for a person to complete those goals they must be confident in themselves and their ability to reach their goals. This is what I believe, and my beliefs will help guide me successfully through life.