Top Colleges is proud to present Olympian, Original member of the Jamaican Bobsled Team and Motivational Speaker, Devon Harris.

Goal Setting Part II

Somebody once described goals and dreams as magnets; they pull you towards them. I agree with that characterization, but I prefer to think of them as a compass. They point you along the direction of success. Whichever way you chose to look at it, there can be no denying that goals are paramount to your success. I have no doubt you would agree with that, but I am equally sure you would be surprised to learn less than five percent of the population set goals!

In 1953, Yale University conducted a study of its graduates. For twenty years the subjects were interviewed and followed. The results showed that the top 3% earned more money than the other 97% combined. The only difference was that the top 3% had written goals AND a plan of action to achieve them. Harvard University did a similar study of its business school graduates in 1979. They found that other than “to have fun and enjoy themselves,” 84% of the class had no goals at all! 13% had goals but had not created a plan. The remaining 3% had written goals and had created a plan of action. The results showed that the 13% earned more than the 84% without goals and the three per cent earned more than ten times the 87% combined...

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