If you were to have asked me this question 7 years ago, I would've gone completely blank.

Back then, my day-to-day went something like this:

Wake up...go to work for 8 to 9 hours...come home...watch teevee...go to bed. 

I had no clue what my goals were because I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. 

I had a dead-end job.  I had relationships that never lasted more than a month. I had no self confidence.  I wasn't in good shape.  The list goes on and on.  Everything is my life was pretty much blahhhhh. 

I lacked focus, direction and was basically coasting along.

Once I discovered what my true purpose was - helping people achieve their fitness goals - everything changed.

I won't go into all the details, but let me just say...I finally grasped the concept of goal setting and what it actually means to set a goal and achieve it.

What I've learned in the process is simple. 

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If you make daily goals for yourself, you will always be improving and growing as a human being.  It doesn't matter how small or insignificant these daily goals may seem to be.  Progress is progress is progress.  Everything you do makes a difference and moves you one step closer to where you want to be.

Pretty soon days add up to weeks.  Weeks add up to months and so on. 

So during this time, not only do you achieve goals you've set for yourself, but you also make new ones along the way. 

Yes, new ones.  You're life doesn't just stop after you've achieved a goal.  It continues to evolve and is the reason why goal setting could NEVER stop. 

If it did, you'd pretty much be drifting through life like tumbleweed in the desert.  You would be re-acting to your life instead of acting in it.

Look, you were brought into this world to succeed.  Not to fail.  And setting daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals for yourself enables you to do so. 

If you know what you want in life, whether you want to get into better shape, be healthier, be more successful with your profession, or whatever...you should always be making daily goals for yourself. 

Everything in your life will build upon itself and turn into the masterpiece it was meant to be.

That's all for now my friend.  Have a great week!

Yours in Total Fitness & Maximum Success,

Jim Coughlin
www.fitnessandresults.com