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The Power of Goal Setting
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ccomplishing things on purpose requires
intention, focus, a clear definition of
what’s to be achieved (goal), a plan,
motivation and action.
Two years ago in January 2007, my son saw
my daughter and me cross the finish line of the
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do that,” to which I replied, “Let’s get going.” We set a goal of running the 2008
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half marathon which we completed after an 8-month training program. Upon
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within hours we committed and signed up to run the 2009 full marathon (26.2
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miles). There were times during the year when we regretted doing that, especially
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in July and August when we had to start running our weekly long run at 5 a.m. so
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effort to defeat all the excuses we could have used to skip them. We even had a
fallback plan to downsize our goal to the half marathon which we could have
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done if we made the decision by December 10, 2008. However, our goal, plan
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and motivation kept us fixed on the original target.
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will be joining us. I can assure you that it would not have been possible without
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how satisfied we are with where we are in our journey. For me, as I approached
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tain interest and a reasonable level of health and fitness. Goal setting has never
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