Why Goal Setting?

``A goal is an end toward which you direct specific effort, ‘according to Gary Ryan Blair in his book Goal setting 101.

According to John.C.Maxwell,90% of successful people set goals and 90% of people who feel they have failed did not set goals.’’

We simply can`t go through life without a plan. Our lives are precious and so are our resources that to get the best out of them, we must set goals. Every area of our lives deserves to be planned for in detail.

Goal setting establishes direction for our lives because it forces you to be specific. It also challenges you to grow, boost confidence, identify results and helps you organize resources. Every individual has a pool of resources that should be harnessed to get the best harvest.

Gary Ryan Blair in his book goal setting 101, talks about the ten crucial life dimensions. Our lives encompass all ten dimensions and we ought to set goals under all. The ten dimensions include personal, health, recreation, family, friends, community, career, financial, household and spiritual. Setting goals under each dimension helps you to balance out your resources and achieve more for your life.

The goals set must be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time bound) .A goal has to be specific, measurable, achievable,  realistic and have a time line. For example, our change agent Joan Nampijja set a goal to open an account in one of the local banks in June last year. She opened up the account in June as planned and deposits on it money from her restaurant.

Goal setting is a crucial segment at Kyusa and even staff is encouraged to set goals always. Every module taught to change agents is first taught to facilitators .They pass on what they too have experienced because experience is the best teacher.

At Kyusa we believe that journeying without SMART goals is journeying for failure and settling for mediocrity.