When it comes to goal setting, most folks who have goals (sadly many folks go through life without specific, articulated goals) choose reasonable, achievable goals.
I know some will cling to the S.M.A.R.T. goal process, meaning goals should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. I agree with all of these except “achievable.”
When we choose achievable goals, we limit ourselves and our possibilities. Most people are capable of far more than they know. They are capable of far more than the self-limiting concept of what they think is achievable. They are capable of inconceivable, massive success.
Let me encourage you to have some unreasonable goals. Goals you have no idea how you will achieve them. Goals that are massive and inconceivable.
Steve Jobs had unreasonable goals for what a mobile phone could do.
Walt Disney had unreasonable goals for what Florida swamp land could become.
Arnold Schwarzenegger had unreasonable goals to become one of the most famous actors in the U.S.A, though he had a German accent and zero acting experience.
Go ahead: Right now, think of one, limiting realistic goal you have. Imagine what could happen if you shifted that goal to one that you may think is unreasonable.
Be unreasonable.
