常 立 志 者 立 长 志，
Chang li zhi zhe li chang zhi

立 长 志 者 常 立 志。
Li chang zhi zhe chang li zhi



It’s a common saying back in my home country---China. Basically, it means that if you are used to set short-term goals, you need to learn how to set long-term goal. On the other hand, if you have already set a long-processing goal, you need to try to set some short-term and accomplishable goals.

Why do I specifically point out this saying? It’s because from my own experience, it really helps me to reach each small success during my way to the very end of my dream. I understand the feeling when people suffering from failure and the feeling that one can do nothing but faces what it is going to happen.

By this way, I can minimize the loss as it can motivate me to greater heights. Meanwhile, it prevents you from being arrogant and losing sight when achieving certain bigger goals.

It is good to leave footprints along the way when you are achieving a clear goal; either it’s a long-term huge ego target or just a small hill to conquer. You always need to remember what is exactly that you want and move towards it. At the same time, if you get satisfied easily by achieving those short-term goals; remind yourself that you still have one final destination to reach.

We cannot deny that getting lost is not very uncommon when we become arrogant, annoy and sad. All these bad feeling can bring you to nothing but giving up very easily. I think that’s the main idea of this saying is truly useful and helpful.

However, it does take time and energy for a person to rebuild his confidence and desire. It tests the people’s ability on how fast he can step into the next move from the previous failure. Hence, goal setting is actually not only a method to achieve goals; it also helps people to get along despite having so many difficulties. Do not give up because of a small frustration; just give yourself a break, make a minor progress and it might make you happy all day long. Every cloud has its silver side.

If the only thing we can do is adaptation, why don’t we try to take control before the situation has become bad? I truly believe all of us can find out the suitable position in the world. We will move step by step and never give it up!
Hold the success in your hand!
Weixi~

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Recently after my first post, somebody asked me how do we exactly make our goals into reality? Goal setting is much more than just writing down what you want to achieve in your life, it is much more than that.

Let us go through an interesting theory.

Firstly, assign numbers to every alphabet, for example, b=2, f=6, z=26 etc. We can then generate the following equations:

Brilliant = 2 + 18 + 9 + 12 + 12 + 9 + 14 + 20 = 97;

Work Hard = 23 + 15 + 18 + 11 + 8 + 1 + 18 + 4 = 98;

Attitude = 1 + 20 + 20 + 9 + 20 + 21 + 4 + 5 = 100!

(Assume people all know 100 stand for full marks. ^_^)

Therefore, “Attitude” is the key word to make a success.

We just saw Michael Phelps achieved his dream of winning 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. However, do you know that he set the goals long time ago?

Here are his 7 key points about how to achieve:

1. Make sure it is a goal that you want to achieve

2. Make it a promise to yourself

3. What motivates you to want to achieve this goal

4.Tell others what you want to achieve

5. Find others who can help you achieve your goals

6. Remind yourself of your goal every day

7. Take action to make it happen

So far, you may only get a basic concept about achieving goal. However, all the 7 points above will all lead you to one very end of the way----Attitude.

Your attitude in life has a lot to do with the amount of success that you will experience in your life. No matter what comes your way, you have a choice to have a positive or negative attitude. You may not think it matters but you would be only fooling yourself.

From my own experience, we need to be optimistic so that we will be happy and have the will to achieve goals.
For our class, I sincerely hope that we finally will make our dreams and goals realities.Let’s cheer up!!!!!

I was told that ‘You can't get anything done in a world without rules’ and ‘Think before you act’. Most of us have heard of them before. So, how do we bring about positive changes to our lives? There are two main rules.

1). Take into consideration all the factors when pursuing our goals
2). Come out with a set of rules to follow.

This brings us to goal setting. Goal setting is a very powerful tool that guides us in our journey of life. It’s like a shinning beacon that points out and guides us to reach the final destination. It is not a strange thing to us as we set goals all the time. However, many people fail to achieve their target goals. This is because, they do not have a clear goal and their attentions are not focused.##CONTINUE##Now, , I would like to share a simple key with all of you which is through directing yourself towards the realization of a defined concrete goal, strive hard to achieve. If we can start with a clear aim, then it should be easy to focus our attentions and avoid distractions.

Why should I do this?
1). to be focused and to put in maximum effort
2). the end goal itself is not as important as the process of achieving itDuring the process of striving for our goals; we might come across many difficulties.

Some of us may even give up and let go. However, do remember that not everything is perfect and opportunities do not come rolling by. We need to treat it as a challenge. Only the weak fail and the stronger one survive. I believe with enough motivation and determination, we have the ability to make our dreams come true.

Of course during the period, we might be disheartened by facing many setbacks. However, please remember that it will also bring you closer to success; what you need to do is just move on!In this world, I believe that everyone wants to be successful. But depending on different personal experiences and different background, people might end up with different achievements. What is really important is to realize what you want to be and how to manage yourself for you to attain your goals and succeed in life!(or for just now, in Tp!)

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