Do you think it is important to have realistic goals?

I believe it is very important to have realistic goals in our lives. if we set a goal that is clearly out of ur reach, how can we ever be confident enought to achieve it. Setting a realistic goal that we can succeed in only brings us more satisfaction.

I think your thoughts are so right and realistic. Everyone must set some realistic life goals according to the conditions of him or her.If not,there will not be success and happiness for him or her though painstaking efforts have been given. My life goals aren't unrealistic,and so far most of them have come true.Though I'm not rich,I feel rather satisfied.

Yes,i think it important.Had a target to do the things they want to do,otherwise will repeatedly without purpose.

I think most of my goals are realistic. I classify them more as short and long term which helps me. Being rich is a long term one for me :). The short term ones are very specific and have dates and numbers to be achieved at a certain time that are achievable. I think being specific can really help to achieve your goals. Writing them down always help me because then I see them everyday and there is just something about writing that makes them more realistic and like I can't just forget them. I think you can do anything you want and be anyone you choose if you want it bad enough, so no goal is unrealistic :).

It is very important to set myself realistic goals. If there is a point of setting an unrealistic goals, it would be that we expect more from ourselves and try to reach better results. But in the end, when you don't reach it, it would be so depressive. I would never be happy with myself if I set unrealistic goals,but maybe for some people it is stimulating.

Realistic goals may make you feel better when you accomplish them, but nothing beats the feeling when you come close to acheiving someting near impossible. I think the best way to go about is to go for something beyond your reach, fall short and try again

I think it is very important to have realistic goals. If I try to stretch myself too thin and accomplish something that I know is almost impossible in too short of time I do find myself getting depressed and eventually giving up all together. I see so many people over extend themselves in this manner though. We are the "Right Now" Society and we expect things to just happen. I think most of us have forgotten that in order to accomplish great things we must work at it first. If I find that I have over extended a goal I will break that goal down into different tasks and work on it that way.

Well it depends really.There are time when i set unrealistic goals and try to chase them.Its fun.Its challenging and i enjoy it even if i fell.Its increases my capacity.I take it positively.So its fine.If i start getting depressing i obviously wont set such a goals for myself.

well, as what you said, unrealistic goals will make you unhappy and discontent, so whhy make goals that would make you unhappy. Realistic goals are important because for me that would be the basis of my actions and attitude towards life.

I think it's really important to separate both dreams and goals. I dream about coming a singer all the time, but I can't sing, and I will never be good enough to become a singer. But the goals I've got are different, more realistic, and that's so important. It kills to have unrealistic goals. When you fail to complete them, you might feel like a failure. It's important to begin small, and you might end big.