Setting Goals

While Setting Goals, keep in mind our core value of continuous improvement.  When we reach one goal, we set another.  We should never exhaust the fact of getting better.  We should keep in mind one reason why most of our ultimate goals are not reached - the smaller ones are overwhelming, they are not set, nor are they celebrated.  We must have our end in mind, but establish and celebrate the smaller steps along the way.  One other thing observed in goal setting is realizing that it is not complete until we have given ourselves a deadline.  Goals are more difficult to reach, if we do not decide when they will be reached.  We should give ourselves a distinct target.  As  President Theodore Roosevelt stated, “If you aim for nothing, you’ll hit it every time”. 

Empowerment

How can we know what we are capable of if we do not expose ourselves to different things?  How can we over come the status quo if we choose to stay in our comfort zone?  How can we become if trailblazers we do not think outside of the box?  How can we change if we do not honestly assess ourselves?  How we can transcend if we do not choose to stretch, or challenge, who we currently are?   We know the saying, "Give a man fish, you will feed him for a day.  Teach a man to fish, you will feed him for a lifetime".   Giving is something we take pride in.  For it is better to give than receive.  However, teaching is a piece to giving, as well.  Through teaching we pull each other, challenge each other and force each other into different realms.  Through teaching we embark on the very essence of Empowerment - helping each other to see who we are truly meant to be.