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So yesterday, we talked about setting meaningful
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goals. How to set and achieve meaningful goals. Today, I wanna go a little
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deeper on what it is that makes a goal meaningful.
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Like, how can you set meaningful goals if you don't even know what it
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means to have meaningful goals? That's
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you can't do it if you don't know. So a meaningful goal
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is something that aligns with your personal values and
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beliefs. It contributes to a larger purpose
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or mission and it brings you a sense of
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fulfillment and satisfaction. So as
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Christian entrepreneurs, our personal values and beliefs, while they
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vary a little bit, they will align with God's word.
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In Proverbs 16:3, I believe it is, says commit to the Lord
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whatever you do and he will establish your plans.
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Some people use that to me to think that, oh, well,
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I don't have to plan anything. I don't have to set goals because God will
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establish my plans. But you have to have plans in
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order for them to be established. Right? So God
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allows us to create a plan within the parameters
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that he's given us. Our, we
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have to take into account our, like I said, values and beliefs, something
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that contributes to a larger purpose or mission, and brings us a sense of
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fulfillment and satisfaction. That sense of fulfillment and
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satisfaction only comes into play when it's things that
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are within our areas of interest, our
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skills, talents, gifts, abilities, our personality. It's
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things that align with those things. They have to
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align with who God created
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us to be. Here's a few characteristics of meaningful
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goals. They have to be aligned with your Christian values and need
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to reflect your faith and your principles and they have to help
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others in a way that honors God. Everything has to point
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back to him. The goal should be specific and
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clear. It needs to be well defined and easily understood. If
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somebody asks what your goal is and within 1 or 2 sentences
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you can't tell them in a way that they understand it,
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then it's not specific or clear enough. Okay.
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So instead of helping more people k. But what does that mean? It might
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be volunteer for 10 months down at the
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local whatever volunteer club or something for 10
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hours a month, I should say, not for 10 months. You could do that too.
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I have friends who have gone overseas for years years years years.
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That's you can volunteer for as long as you want. That's not where we're
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going. We're going with it needs to be specific and
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clear. Goals need to be challenging but
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yet achievable. So if I'm working out
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and I set a goal to be, you know, I need to push as
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much weight as I can. Okay. Well, what does that mean? Like,
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I can't set a goal to to lift a 100 pounds
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because that's not challenging. It's very achievable. If I
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wanna maximize my strength and utilize
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everything I've been created with and given and to even build that up
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further, I need to push myself to the edge of my
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limit. I need to push myself. If I can just bench
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press like a £170, I need to do that once or
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twice, then drop back down for some more reps. And then the
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next day, come back. Push a £170. You know, maybe I can go
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175. Maybe I'm a work on my way up to 200
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to 275 to 300. You know, you gotta push yourself
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and get go a little farther, a little just
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push yourself to the edge of your boundaries and your abilities.
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That's how you grow, and that's how goals should be. They also need to
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be realistic. I can't set a a goal.
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I couldn't I can set a goal to be able to bench press £220,
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but I can't set that goal to be done by next
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week. It has to be far enough in advance that I can actually
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achieve it. It's achievable, but I have to give myself a timeline
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within which to achieve it. Goals also need to be
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purpose driven. They need to contribute to your overall
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mission and purpose in life. Again, your
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purpose is simply using everything God created
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you to make a difference in the lives of other people. That's your interest,
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skills, talents, gifts, abilities, personality. All of those
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things. Using that to make a difference in the lives of other people.
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Now, your mission is gonna be a little different than that.
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You can select different missions based
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on those same parameters. 2 people might have the
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same interests. They might have the same gifts. They might have the same
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abilities. They might have the same skills. They might
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have the same everything, but they can choose different
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missions to complete or maybe even the
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same mission but going about it in different ways. 1 person,
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they both might wanna help entrepreneurs. 1 person might
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go visit people in person at their location
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and the other person might create content on TikTok to help them.
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So, 2 different, ways to complete the same
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mission. Next, goals need to be
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time bound. Okay, they need to have a deadline,
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not I want to do this someday. It's I want to do this. I will
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do this by this. So, completing this
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project within 6 months or, you know, being able to bench press 20,
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£220 within 3 months. Whatever that
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is for you has to be time bound. Now, how to
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know if the goal is meaningful? We can't always
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know. We can't always know that for
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sure. If is this goal meaningful? Is it going to make a real meaning and
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lasting difference? That's where prayer comes
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into play. You have to spend time talking with
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God. Jeremiah 2911 11 says, for I know the
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plans I have for you declares the Lord. He knows what
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we're capable of and if we collaborate
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with Him, if we talk with Him, He'll lead us down
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the right path. Down the path that fully
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uses what we've been given to reach the most people
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possible. That's the only way.
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You have to assess your values and passions. Figure out what it is that you
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love to do. Think about your interests, your
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strengths, the needs that you see in the world and that you
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feel called to address. Figure out what
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those are and that's going to give you some more insight into what
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those meaningful goals are for you. And then you also need to
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seek counsel. Talk to your trusted friends, your mentors, family
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members. Get their insights. Figure ask them to help you
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figure out what's the best place for
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you to fit in and to make, the biggest difference in
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the world. Again, Proverbs, I think it's 1522
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says, plans fail for lack of counsel,
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but with many advisors they succeed. So seek advice. Seek
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wisdom from others. Talk to people. Talk to God, most
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of all. But do all of these
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things and you will soon be learning
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you'll soon know how to set meaningful goals
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and what it is that makes a goal meaningful.
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And at that point, you'll feel more purposeful with your
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life. You'll feel like life has a purpose and that's a
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good feeling to have. Hey, I wanna invite you guys again.
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Join Next Level Personal Development for Christian Men
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on Facebook. It's a group. It's a small group at this point. I wanna grow
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it. I want you guys in it. Go join it. Click
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the link down in the show notes. Keep setting those
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meaningful goals, building a business and a
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life that reflects Christ to the world around
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you and makes a lasting difference. Do good
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work.
