The Top 3 Reasons to Share Your Goals

'Happy New Year!' 'Happy 2012!' The thing about New Years greetings is that they are usually followed by some sort of resolution question. Even if we don't admit it, some of us can't help but give into the weird sense of obligation that moves us to concoct a list of goals. Like a new tattoo, some persons can't wait to pull out their list of top 10 goals, while for others it's quite different. Their goals are the best kept secret and they would do everything to keep it that way. Here are the top three reasons sharing your goals is a fundamental step towards achieving them.

Scope Matters

Your reference point is the mental and attitudinal framework that determines how you approach and interpret life. It is the circumference that determines the diameter of your choices. For many of us, the plain truth is that our reference points hardly facilitate the clarity, exposure and experience that are required to achieve our most serious goals. The benefit of sharing your goals is that it encourages the right people to lend you well needed methodologies, perspectives, and resources that will quickly re-scale your point(s) of reference in much broader ways than any self-development routine can. Broader reference point, bigger capacity to achieve even the loftiest goals.

Your Will Need a Jump Start

Strategic planning is important in attaining one's goals, but no one achieves any worthwhile goal without being emotionally invested in it. I don't know about you but I sometimes finish a year without fulfilling resolutions primarily because the passion that fueled my goals lose the battery charge that it started the year with. Sadly, in the world of goals there are no miracle blue pills and watching my goals die unremedied is not an option. If your goals are truly important share them with others and watch them attract a community of people who can later generate the extra juice you need to give you a push and ensure that your passion for achievement lasts longer than Kim Kardashian's marriage. Yea there are haters out there who will be chanting 's/he bit off more than s/he can handle', but if you are surrounded with predominantly negative people who seek to retard your progress or glory in your failure you need to get yourself some new friends.

You're Your Worst Enemy

When it comes to accomplishing your goals you are your worst enemy! You have probably heard this so many times your mind gave a mental nod of acceptance when you read the comment 3 seconds ago. Never the less, this fact needs more than cosmetic application if you are going to achieve what you set out to. Like King David and Bilbo Baggins, all of us need accountability to keep us on the path of achieving our goals especially when Kanye West sized obstacles derail us. The best way to hurdle your personal goal thwarting demons is by involving people with similar goals to hold you accountable when you are off-track or distracted.

Goals are extremely powerful and necessary if you want to maximize your potential and make lasting impact in this world. Give wings to your goals by sharing them. You can share a goal on your facebook wall or on twitter this week. One of my goals is to read 24 books this year, check out my next blog post later this week to see my reading plan. What goals do you plan to accomplish this year?

Andre P. Llewellyn © 2012