27% people have no goals; 60% people have vague goals; 10% people have clear but relatively short-term goals; 3% people have clear long-term goals, and can write them down and check them frequently.
After 25 years of follow-up research, their living conditions and distribution are very interesting:
3% people have hardly changed their life goals in the past 25 years and made unremitting efforts in the same direction. Twenty-five years later, almost all of them have become top successful people in all walks of life, including self-made entrepreneurs, industry leaders and social elites.
It accounts for 10%, and most of them live in the middle and upper classes of society. Their common feature is that their short-term goals have been continuously realized, their living conditions have been steadily improved, and they have become indispensable professionals in all walks of life, such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, executives and so on.
60% people with vague goals almost live in the middle and lower classes of society. They can live and work in peace and contentment, but they have no special achievements.
The remaining 27% are people who have no goals for 25 years, and almost all of them live at the bottom of society. Their lives are unsatisfactory, they are often unemployed, rely on social relief, and often complain about others, society and the world.
It can be seen that goals have a great guiding role in life. It can be said that what kind of goals there are, what kind of life there will be.
Since its establishment in 2003, Suzhou Zhong Ling Education has established an excellent national brand of "All-round Teenager" based on the characteristics of China and drawing lessons from boy scouts of america's model and operation experience, and is committed to helping China teenagers develop their self-awareness, enhance their team awareness, cultivate their sense of responsibility, make contributions to society and achieve successful leaders in China and even the world in the future.
Management by objectives and life planning are important training contents in the all-round professional training system for young leaders. In addition to using DVD teaching materials for young leaders in boy scouts of america, we also specially invite experts from boy scouts of america to give on-site guidance, so that students can learn real materials and set meaningful goals for their lives.
J, a senior three student in a middle school in Suzhou, has been in contact with all-round teenagers since the sixth grade, and has participated in the bilingual summer camp for future young leaders of all-round teenagers for four consecutive years, from an ordinary camper to a project leader, an assistant senior inspector and an independent youth counselor. The all-round teenager spent the whole high school career with her, so that under the heavy pressure of exam-oriented education, the "other leg" of "practical ability" can also go down to earth.
J, who has received all-round professional training for young people, is very aware of his goal at this stage-to successfully apply for admission to an excellent college of arts and sciences in the United States, and on the premise of obtaining a high scholarship.
In the spring of 20 10, J received many re-examination replies from American universities and liberal arts colleges, which reached the admission standards of world famous schools, such as the University of Michigan at ann arbor (ranked 27th in American comprehensive universities on 20 10) and Manhattan University (ranked 25th in American liberal arts colleges on 20 10). At the same time, he successfully applied for the University Leadership Award ($3,000) and was awarded honorary students by two American universities.
In target management, the most important thing is to learn to "stand on this mountain and look at that mountain", that is, after completing the goals at this stage, new meaningful goals must be formulated. So J revised his new goal, hoping to master four foreign languages when he graduated from college. At present, he has devoted himself to the intense study of a second foreign language after taking exams in American universities, and laid a solid foundation for his future success with his own practical actions.
To quote J, a man with a clear goal is half successful, and the other half depends on his perseverance and perseverance.