Are You Where You Thought You Would Be?

I only recently discovered the 5-year rule in assessing one\'s progress towards goals, and found it to be a very good gauge of your personality. The five year rule involves asking two self assessment questions: first, look at the past five years of your life. Are you where you thought you would be? Next, project what the next five years will look like. Will you be where you want to be at that time?

While your answers are a simple assessment of your progress toward goals, your answers can reveal much more. Most people will answer no to question number one, and those answering yes probably lack self-esteem or any semblance of self-worth and truly thought that they would amount to nothing in their life and that is probably where they are. It is always harder to actually accomplish our goals than we made it out in our minds. Perhaps the fantastic view of our progress is a necessary part of getting us to commit to the path. Knowing how hard it really would be to accomplish from the beginning would probably be too discouraging for most people. So if you answered no to the first question, don\'t be discouraged by the answer. If you had a clear goal in mind that you were working to achieve, you have not necessarily failed in your goal, but have demonstrated a desire to do more and be more than you currently are and that is the first step to becoming something better.

Next, if you answered no to question 1, it is important to ask the question, why? I\'ve always been a proactive person with great hopes and I always have a plan. But the plan I am working from is constantly changing. Financially, my ultimate goal is to have the financial independence to have others run my businesses, and I have come to appreciate the countless ways by which I can accomplish that goal. I have also come to appreciate how frequently opportunities arise that causes a shift in the plan. My challenge has been to determine whether the opportunity is a better path to my goal or a distraction from my goal, and if it appears to be a better path, how best to incorporate the change so as to minimize backtracking.

So back to the original question, did you answer no because the path by which you are seeking your goal changed or because you did not move along the path. The key to success is to keep moving with our mind focused on the ultimate goal. Don\'t become paralyzed by indecision when opportunities arise. It is easy to become paralyzed with new opportunities arise because we are all afraid of making the wrong decision. The easiest way to decide is to not focus on the decision, but on the goals you have set for your life, if necessary, re-prioritize those goals and then choose the path that you feel is most likely to help you reach your goal.

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