Realizing My Goals

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When creating goals, consider your priorities. Many goals can help us improve, but with the Lord’s guidance we can set the best goals for our lives. Goals are most effective when they excite, challenge, and motivate us. Our goals become a source of motivation when we believe they are attainable. As you create or improve your goals, be specific in what you want to achieve, be realistic, make a plan of action, create a way to measure your progress, and give yourself a timeline to achieve those goals.

“We should [recognize] the reality that just because something is good is not a sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can do far exceeds the time available to accomplish them. Some things are better than good, and these are the things that should command priority attention in our lives” (Dallin H. Oaks, “Good, Better, Best,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2007, 104).

“I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don’t set goals in our life and learn how to master the technique of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential” (M. Russell Ballard, “Do Things That Make a Difference,” Ensign, June 1983, 69–70).

Discuss

• How can goals help you with the transition from mission life to home life?

• How does the principle behind good, better, and best apply to goals?

• What can you do to remember your goals every day?

• How can faith help you achieve your goals?

Activities

• Have your mentor share personal examples of setting and achieving goals.

• Share with your mentor experiences when you have achieved your goals or seen others achieve their goals.

Invitation

Now that you are home, review your My Plan goals, and determine whether you need to adjust the goals to be more realistic. Prioritize your goals based on which ones are good, better, and best. Make any needed adjustments, or add new goals you feel are necessary.

Additional Resource

M. Russell Ballard, “Return and Receive,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2017, 62–65.