Why is it necessary for a person to have a GOAL in LIFE?

I think Goals are what makes life more worth living. May they be goals to make someone happy or to make oneself happy, those goals make us take action in our lives and not just wander aimlessly, just drifting by life and waiting for it to be over. Guess goals are what makes life interesting. We have a choice if we want to take control of our lives and make the best or at least something good out of it rather than render it useless and just a waste of resources. That's just what I think anyway.^_^

Wow without a goal I know I personally would wonder around blindly trying to do everything. I try and make a big yearly goal and then make quarterly goals, then monthly and daily and all the goals usually tie into each other to help me reach my yearly or life goal.

Its true Goal is something that has helped us to progress in a certain direction to achieve something. But sometimes, we are not enough focussed. Again there are situations, when we feel that despite having a goal we are moving away from it. But we should have some clear picture about what we want to achieve in life.

I agree with you, If you have no goal, you just live from one day to the next. You have no plan, no adjective to reach. To succeed we must have a plan and set goals to reach, til that plan is complete. Have a blessed day.

Yes it would be necessary as, if you have a goal, you have something to be looking forward to. This would serve as your inspiration to go ahead, no matter what hindrances come along the way. Your intention to achieve it would gain you the courage and hope to move on and never give up. Thus, success would never be out of your mind.

It is necessary for a person to have goal in life, so that they know for what reason they're working hard all these times. It is kinda useless if you're working hard, but you have no goal in life. Just like you're kicking a ball on a field, but you're clueless where do you want to shoot the ball...

You stated the reasons very well. I agree wholeheartedly with what you say here.

Hey, Well if you would have no goals in life, then you will have no motivation. That is what always happens to me, I have no goals in life and that is what caused me to have no motivation at school. Make sure you have a good day, God bless and Happy Lotting!!

Goal becomes the essence of one's existence. You find the reason for your existence. Apart from the family, you always look forward to see brighter things when you have a purpose in your life.

If you don't know where you're going, how do you know when you're there? This is actually a question asked in one of the goal-setting seminars I attended. And indeed, if you don't have an idea of what you want to achieve, you will never know if you're already there, or if you're far behind. And you will never have the opportunity to seize the glory of being there, because you never have any idea of what IT is in the first place. Goals are a focal point that give us reasons to live, a purpose to keep going. they make life more meaningful. It is a destination that is sweet when attained. People who don't have goals and just leave their lives to luck and destiny will most likely find life to be empty and meaningless. It's like going around in circles with no end in sight.

In my opinion, a goal in life helps a person to hold on to something. It helps a person to have a direction in her/his life. In some ways, it helps one to strive hard and learn to accept the failure and rise up again in achieving her/his goal. It helps one to never give up and think positive.

Well if you don't have a goal, you don't get anywhere in life. You just sit there and do nothing. And at first maybe it'll sound fun to just bum around and do nothing. But after a while when you wake up one day and realize you're at the same place for the last few years and you've done nothing your whole life. It makes you waste your life away. Everyone should have a goal, at least smaller ones because if you don't you just have wasted time, and you never realize what it is you like to do and when you finally do, you regret all that time you wasted doing nothing. It's basically like just sleeping your whole life, you never do anything. You need to have a goal to get out there and just live ur life. Apart from that, it's SMART to have a goal in life. Whether picking a certain college, or deciding your career place, or preparing what you'll do after retirement or with your house payments, its smart to have a plan, and have a direction in which to do it, not be completely lost with all the various options.

we should have a goal so we have a driving force...else, we wouldnt find any reason to go on.......

That is absolutely right! When you have a goal you can lead a fullfiling life. Everthing is menmeaningful. When you do not have a goal. You will miss your way in life. By my experience, I feel the most exciting and interesting period time is when I preparing for GRE test. And finally I made it. It gives confidence to me.

is it necessary for a person to have a goal because if they have none their life will be meaning less. they might kill themselves in due time. They will feel useless. Like a puppet, like a doll. I believe all of the human beings alive on earth have a reason why they are still alive, they have a role to do. That is why they are thinking of goal because there are many things to do, actually it is true there are many things to do. I advice even myself to do something that are useful, I don't want to waste time because time is gold. For sure I have my role and I will do it.

I believe all human beings need to be creative and one of life's instincts is to leave our mark on this planet to show that we have lived. Most countries encourage ambition as having goals is part of the creative instinct and it helps to keep the world economy turning. That's how I see it anyway. - Derek

I too dont have goals in life that is like 10 or 5 years from now. I do a=only aim things for a month and thats all. I avoid having goals as this will only create frustration once the path I contructed towards my goal fails.

I really admire this topic. Because as you said, it really makes a person move. I really have goals. Not goal. Everyone cannot succeed in a single goal. If a man doesn't have any goal in his life he can better die instead of living. Goals really makes a person a man or a woman in the life. It makes the person active to acheive something to get his/her name in flying colors in something he/she does. But the goal now here is to get $2 dollars a day in Mylot ....... Soon I'll reach it and set another goal. Nice discussion..

exactly what you've just said love,its gives people direction to have goals. SO u dont waste your time on things that won't get you anywhere.

i think every body had goal in his life to archive some thing in his life and without a proper goal u cannot success i this damn life...u are right it gives us proper goal and focus to success in life and for that we have have the good aim in life...for me a goal is to a achievement i can archive in life.... whats your thought.........