{"id":797,"date":"2015-01-31T09:28:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T15:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=797"},"modified":"2019-05-17T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T17:57:13","slug":"taking-aim-goal-series-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2015\/01\/31\/taking-aim-goal-series-part\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Aim – Goal Series: Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by <\/a>Lydia Floren<\/a><\/p>\n

Even though our beloved Packers missed the Super Bowl by a hair\u2019s breath, we will be part of the football faithful watching the big game this year. We watch a lot of football at our house.\u00a0 So the Super Bowl is an event rivaling the importance of Thanksgiving or Christmas, no matter who is playing.<\/p>\n

In fact, you could consider us a football family.\u00a0 Football lore and stats are often bantered about our house.\u00a0 My husband Andrew is fond of mentioning that Drew Brees<\/a>, the quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, is more accurate than a world class archer.\u00a0 Brees once took a challenge to see how many times he could hit an Olympic archery target at 20 yards throwing a football–he hit the bull\u2019s-eye ten out of ten times. Check out the video.<\/a><\/p>\n

That is crazy.\u00a0 How does he do that?\u00a0 Practice, certainly. But the first step in any skill is deciding where you want to go\u2014identifying your target, and taking aim.\u00a0 Drew decided years ago he wanted to be a great quarterback, and he has been practicing his throws ever since.<\/p>\n

Taking aim<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a saying by Zig Ziglar<\/a> that says, \u201cIf you aim at nothing, you are sure to hit it.\u201d \u00a0 <\/strong>Another great saying is “A long journey begins with the first step.” <\/strong>if\u00a0that is true, it makes sense that your first step of the rest of your life should be to figure out what you are aiming at in your life.<\/p>\n

What are you aiming for in life?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

What are you aiming for in life?\u00a0 What a great question to ask yourself as the New Year begins.\u00a0 Putting it another way: What drives your decisions?\u00a0 What are you focused on in life?<\/p>\n

Are you even aiming at anything?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think most of us are aiming at things, and usually these goals are based in core beliefs that we hold, and\/or driven by needs we feel compelled to meet.\u00a0 But our beliefs and\u00a0 motives may not be obvious to us.\u00a0 In fact, we can be immobile, and still be aiming at something. Perfectionists have this down to an artform:\u00a0 we stop before we start, because we don\u2019t BELIEVE there is any possibility of success. Here are a couple of examples:<\/p>\n