Goals Top-level athletes, successful business people, and high achievers have a common treat: they all set goals. Many people are dreaming about success, happiness, more freedom and wealth. But only a few of them have the life they dreamed about. Goals can help you to achieve your dreams and reach your highest potential in your life. How and why goal setting can help me to to get a better life? Why is goal setting so important? Here are some reasons: It gives me focus. When I write down a goal, it helps me to concentrate and gives me priorities. I know what I want to achieve, and thus it's much easier to determine my small steps I have to do. Goal setting helps me to overcome procrastination. When I have to work on a task without a deadline, I tend to stare at the monitor for long hours, open Youtube or skimming the news instead of immersing the work. But if I have written goals with a specific due date, I must take the necessary steps in order to finish it until the deadline. And, because of well-detailed action-plan, I can track my progress along the way.