Good old Charlie Brown from the “Peanuts” cartoon fame had a hard time understanding the value of taking aim at his goals while shooting his bow and arrow in his back yard into the fence. After shooting an arrow he would run over to the fence and draw a target around it.
Suddenly Lucy shows up and says, “That’s no way to have target practice! You are supposed to draw the target and then shoot at it.”
Charlie responds, “I know that Lucy, but if you do it my way, you never miss!”
Sadly, many people approach life like Charlie Brown. They cheat or are afraid to set goals for fear of failure. Don’t give up on your goals, or your goals will give up on you. The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it. Goals give you a sense of accomplishment.