Marcel FernandesCEO and Founder at Cel Education

Are Your Goals Big Enough to Force You to Become Someone Greater? #shorts

18 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Marcel Fernandes argues that small goals limit growth while ambitious ones force you to develop new skills and wisdom. The real point isn't the money, he says. Reaching $1 million is a byproduct of becoming someone greater, and once you get there, you can give it away.

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Set goals that will make you something to achieve it. Will make something of you to achieve that goal. Don't set goals too small, right? The guy says, well, I don't need much. Well, then you don't need to become much. In order to achieve your goals, set them higher so that it will make something of you to achieve it so that you'll grow, you'll develop, you'll change, you'll become wiser and stronger and better. You'll develop new skills. You'll become more valuable to the marketplace. And then once you get $1 million, you can give it all away because what matters isn't the money, but what matters is the person you've become in order to achieve that money.