Almost every one of us has a set of goals we are working toward. The more
carefully the goals are defined, the more likelihood we will achieve
the goals. When they are achieved, then it’s time to move on and reinvent ourselves.
The big problem with goals or business plans, is that they
may be based on a short-term horizon, like a couple of years. Those few
years can fly by and your life or your business begins to flounder and
you don’t know why. It may be because you have overrun your goals. All of your plans were directed to getting to a certain point with no thought as to what would happen afterwards.
For example, the girl who plans to "get married" has to reinvent
herself as a wife once the ceremony is over. The student who is dead
set on graduating at all costs has to reinvent himself as an employed
person once graduation is over. If they don’t do this they are in for trouble.
You only get what you intend and most of us shy away from plans that
extend too far into the future. As a result, we make plans for the next
two or three years and concentrate on getting through life without too
much collateral damage. When our goals are achieved, we can find it very
difficult to refocus our efforts on a more distant set of goals. It generally requires us to reinvent ourselves.
Is that something you are prepared to do?