Brian Tracy breaks down three goal types you need to balance: business and financial goals, personal and family goals, and professional growth. He argues they must stay in the right priority order so work serves your well-being, not the other way around.
To achieve a good work life balance, you must ensure that you are setting goals to cover the three most important areas of your life. These goals must stay in harmony with one another and not be contradictory. Just as a wheel must be perfectly balanced to rotate smoothly, your life must be in balance as well for you to feel happy and effective. There are three types of different goals that you must set in order to achieve personal development and balance. The first types of goals you need are business, career, and financial goals. These are the tangible, measurable things that you want to achieve as a result of your efforts at work. These are the what that you want to accomplish in life. The second types of goals you need are your personal and family and health goals. In reality, these are the most important goals of all in determining your happiness and well being. These are called the why goals because they are the reasons why you want to achieve your business, career and financial goals in the first place. They are your true aim and purpose in life. Many people become so involved with their work and careers and their financial goals that they lose sight of the reasons why they wanted financial success in the first place. They get their priorities mixed up. As a result, their lives get out of balance. They start to feel stressed and driven. Sometimes they become angry and frustrated. They need to get their goals back in the right order of priority and realize that achieving work and financial goals are the means to the end of enjoying family and personal goals. They are not the ends in themselves. The third types of goals you require are your professional growth and personal development goals. These are the how goals. Goal setting, learning and practicing new skills and behaviors are how you achieve the what in order to enjoy the why. By working on yourself, you become the kind of person who is capable of achieving your business, career and financial goals. As a result, you can achieve and enjoy your personal, family and health goals faster and easier. By working on all three types of goals simultaneously, you will keep your life in balance and continue moving upward and onward. If you enjoyed this video, please like comment and share it with your friends.
