After you have successfully used the power of visualization to help you realize that you can reach your goal and that you’ve come up with a way to make it happen, it’s time to set your goal.

Goal setting is the process of breaking down your desire into small enough steps that you can see and plan how each one will come to pass. This list of "20 things that happen when you set goals" came from a sermon by Dr. Robert Schuller. This skill, this very habit, will turn around your life and take it to a place you could not have imagined.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SET GOALS?

• A Decision is made
• Enthusiasm is released
• A Challenge is accepted
• Excellence is claimed. (Mediocrity is rejected)
• Leadership is asserted
• Faith is put in control of your future
• You're free to become more than what you have done
• Hope is renewed
• You need God to help you succeed
• Personhood is affirmed. (You are not a victim or a puppet
• Success is honored and assured
• Direction is established
• Fears are overpowered
• Focus is fixed. (Resources are not wasted
• Opportunities are given a chance to become achievements
• Youth is renewed
• Your relationships are empowered (Goal-oriented people attract people)
• Positive thoughts create positive changes. (Goals inspire)
• Your priorities are set in concrete
• Your vision is crystallized.