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Live By Design, Not Default
生活是走出來的，不是默認的
Goal setting is fundamental to any type of achievement. If you want to live a life of purpose, setting goals will increase your odds of reaching your desired outcome.
設定目標是獲得任何成功的基礎。如果你想過有意義的生活，設定目標將增加你獲得期望的幾率。
The process of setting goals helps bring clarity to the things that are truly important to you. Absent a clear picture of what you want to achieve in your life, you will be left wandering aimlessly through life like a ship without a rudder, without ever achieving anything worthwhile.
設定目標的過程能幫助你看清那些對你來說確實很重要的事情。頭腦中缺少了完成人生目標的清晰圖片，就如一艘沒有了舵的船，你將漫無目的地荒廢你的一生，不曾完成任何有意義的事情。
When you set clearly defined goals and create a plan to achieve them, you will begin to live your life by design, not default. You will feel motivated and empowered. Your self-confidence will grow and you will begin to feel like you are in control of your life. When you are crystal clear on what you want to achieve, you’ll be able to focus your efforts on the things that will help you reach those goals.
當你確立了明確的目標，創建了執行目標的規劃時，你將開始設計你的人生，而不是“默認”地過下去。你會感覺更加積極和自主。你的自信心會隨之增長，而且你將渴望掌控自己的人生。當你看清楚自己想要得到的，你就會致力于那些能幫你達成目標的事情上。
Six Basic Elements to Goal Setting
設定目標的六要素
1. They must be important to you—Goals are not casual wishes and things you simply desire. The only way you will achieve any goal is if the goal is truly important to you. If the goal is only slightly or moderately important, it’s highly unlikely that you will follow through and do what is required to achieve it.
1.一定要意義。目標不是偶然的一些期望或僅僅是想要的一些東西。實現任何一個目標的唯一途徑建立在它是否對你有重大的意義。如果目標對于你的意義很小或不重要，你很有可能不會費心思地去實現它。
2. They must be specific—You must know exactly what you want. Your goals cannot be vague or ambiguous. For example, if you want to lose weight, you would not set a goal to simply lose weight. Instead your goal must be specific; such as I want to lose 30 pounds.
2.一定要具體。你一定要知道自己想要的是什么。你的目標不該是模糊不清或模棱兩可的。比如說，如果你想減肥，你的目標不能僅僅是減輕體重，而是更加明確的，比如“我想減掉30磅的體重”。
3. They must have deadlines—What is the date or deadline for when you want to have achieved your objective? If you do not establish a date to achieve your goal, you won’t feel any urgency, you won’t be motivated and you won’t be able to draft an action plan to achieve it.
3.一定要限期。你打算在哪一天或哪一個時間之前完成你的目標呢？如果你沒有確定一個完成目標的日期，你就沒有緊迫感，也不會有的放矢地按照規劃去實現它們。
4. They must be measurable—Whatever it is you want to achieve must be something you can measure. If you cannot measure your goal, how will you know if you are making any progress towards its achievement?
4.一定要現實。不論你要達成的目標是什么，它一定應該是你能做得到的。如果是你能力之外的目標，那你怎么可能知道在實現它們的過程中你是否有所進展？
5. They must be realistic—Goals should make you stretch and push yourself, but they shouldn’t be so high that you set yourself up for failure. Once you achieve a goal, your confidence will grow and your desire to set and achieve new goals will follow.
5.一定要現實。目標應該是能夠推動你去努力實現的東西，但是它們可不能高到只能以失敗告終的地步。一旦你實現了一個目標，你的自信會隨之增強，然后你會有意愿去實現接下來的目標。
6. They must be in writing—Goals are not dreams in the back of your mind that someday you hope to accomplish. Instead goals are definitive objectives that must be written down and reviewed on a periodic basis.
6.一定要記錄。目標可不是你腦海中的只待某天去實現的奇幻夢想。相反，它們應該是真實存在于你的記錄本中讓你定期復查的字據。
