how to manage your time, to get ahead in life

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At age 20, age 40 seems as far away as a distant planet, and age 60 seems inconceivable. At age 40, people wonder what happened to all that time between age 20 and 40! And at age 60, most adults, sadly, look back and see how they wasted and squandered time --- and wish they could do it all over again. Which they can't. The "breakthrough idea" to living your life differently and getting much more out of your life is "goal-setting." If you've never set and systematically achieved goals, the idea may be frightening and intimidating. Or you may think it is too stuffy for you. Something other people do, but why should you? Or it may strike you as dull and boring. These reactions are natural and understandable, but only because you don't have enough true information about goal-setting. Once you understand why and how it works, you just cannot argue against it. Consider the game of cricket. Perhaps you've played it. May be you're good at it or know somebody who is. And let's play "Blind Cricket". The batsman can try to hit the balls only blindfolded. He's probably not going o get very many hits. Going through life without goals is like playing "Blind Life." You are a wandering, meandering soul, bumping into things, reacting to things, at the mercy of every little breeze or bump in the road. Setting up goals for yourself is much like taking the blindfold off.