Episode 343

What makes a goal MEANINGFUL?

Published on: 26th June, 2024

Today we're talking about what makes a goal truly meaningful and significant for Christian entrepreneurs.

From aligning with your personal values and faith, contributing to a larger mission, to providing a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction—these principles guide you in setting goals that not only challenge and push you but also reflect your purpose in life.

Join us as we explore practical steps and biblical wisdom, including the importance of prayer, self-assessment, and seeking counsel, to help you set and achieve goals that honor God and impact the world around you.

Tune in and start making meaningful strides in your entrepreneurial journey!

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So yesterday, we talked about setting meaningful

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goals. How to set and achieve meaningful goals. Today, I wanna go a little

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deeper on what it is that makes a goal meaningful.

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Like, how can you set meaningful goals if you don't even know what it

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means to have meaningful goals? That's

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you can't do it if you don't know. So a meaningful goal

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is something that aligns with your personal values and

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beliefs. It contributes to a larger purpose

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or mission and it brings you a sense of

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fulfillment and satisfaction. So as

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Christian entrepreneurs, our personal values and beliefs, while they

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vary a little bit, they will align with God's word.

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In Proverbs 16:3, I believe it is, says commit to the Lord

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whatever you do and he will establish your plans.

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Some people use that to me to think that, oh, well,

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I don't have to plan anything. I don't have to set goals because God will

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establish my plans. But you have to have plans in

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order for them to be established. Right? So God

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allows us to create a plan within the parameters

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that he's given us. Our, we

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have to take into account our, like I said, values and beliefs, something

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that contributes to a larger purpose or mission, and brings us a sense of

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fulfillment and satisfaction. That sense of fulfillment and

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satisfaction only comes into play when it's things that

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are within our areas of interest, our

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skills, talents, gifts, abilities, our personality. It's

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things that align with those things. They have to

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align with who God created

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us to be. Here's a few characteristics of meaningful

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goals. They have to be aligned with your Christian values and need

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to reflect your faith and your principles and they have to help

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others in a way that honors God. Everything has to point

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back to him. The goal should be specific and

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clear. It needs to be well defined and easily understood. If

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somebody asks what your goal is and within 1 or 2 sentences

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you can't tell them in a way that they understand it,

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then it's not specific or clear enough. Okay.

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So instead of helping more people k. But what does that mean? It might

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be volunteer for 10 months down at the

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local whatever volunteer club or something for 10

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hours a month, I should say, not for 10 months. You could do that too.

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I have friends who have gone overseas for years years years years.

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That's you can volunteer for as long as you want. That's not where we're

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going. We're going with it needs to be specific and

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clear. Goals need to be challenging but

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yet achievable. So if I'm working out

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and I set a goal to be, you know, I need to push as

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much weight as I can. Okay. Well, what does that mean? Like,

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I can't set a goal to to lift a 100 pounds

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because that's not challenging. It's very achievable. If I

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wanna maximize my strength and utilize

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everything I've been created with and given and to even build that up

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further, I need to push myself to the edge of my

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limit. I need to push myself. If I can just bench

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press like a £170, I need to do that once or

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twice, then drop back down for some more reps. And then the

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next day, come back. Push a £170. You know, maybe I can go

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175. Maybe I'm a work on my way up to 200

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to 275 to 300. You know, you gotta push yourself

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and get go a little farther, a little just

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push yourself to the edge of your boundaries and your abilities.

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That's how you grow, and that's how goals should be. They also need to

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be realistic. I can't set a a goal.

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I couldn't I can set a goal to be able to bench press £220,

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but I can't set that goal to be done by next

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week. It has to be far enough in advance that I can actually

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achieve it. It's achievable, but I have to give myself a timeline

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within which to achieve it. Goals also need to be

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purpose driven. They need to contribute to your overall

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mission and purpose in life. Again, your

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purpose is simply using everything God created

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you to make a difference in the lives of other people. That's your interest,

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skills, talents, gifts, abilities, personality. All of those

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things. Using that to make a difference in the lives of other people.

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Now, your mission is gonna be a little different than that.

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You can select different missions based

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on those same parameters. 2 people might have the

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same interests. They might have the same gifts. They might have the same

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abilities. They might have the same skills. They might

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have the same everything, but they can choose different

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missions to complete or maybe even the

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same mission but going about it in different ways. 1 person,

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they both might wanna help entrepreneurs. 1 person might

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go visit people in person at their location

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and the other person might create content on TikTok to help them.

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So, 2 different, ways to complete the same

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mission. Next, goals need to be

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time bound. Okay, they need to have a deadline,

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not I want to do this someday. It's I want to do this. I will

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do this by this. So, completing this

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project within 6 months or, you know, being able to bench press 20,

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£220 within 3 months. Whatever that

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is for you has to be time bound. Now, how to

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know if the goal is meaningful? We can't always

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know. We can't always know that for

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sure. If is this goal meaningful? Is it going to make a real meaning and

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lasting difference? That's where prayer comes

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into play. You have to spend time talking with

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God. Jeremiah 2911 11 says, for I know the

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plans I have for you declares the Lord. He knows what

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we're capable of and if we collaborate

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with Him, if we talk with Him, He'll lead us down

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the right path. Down the path that fully

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uses what we've been given to reach the most people

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possible. That's the only way.

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You have to assess your values and passions. Figure out what it is that you

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love to do. Think about your interests, your

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strengths, the needs that you see in the world and that you

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feel called to address. Figure out what

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those are and that's going to give you some more insight into what

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those meaningful goals are for you. And then you also need to

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seek counsel. Talk to your trusted friends, your mentors, family

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members. Get their insights. Figure ask them to help you

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figure out what's the best place for

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you to fit in and to make, the biggest difference in

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the world. Again, Proverbs, I think it's 1522

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says, plans fail for lack of counsel,

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but with many advisors they succeed. So seek advice. Seek

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wisdom from others. Talk to people. Talk to God, most

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of all. But do all of these

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things and you will soon be learning

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you'll soon know how to set meaningful goals

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and what it is that makes a goal meaningful.

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And at that point, you'll feel more purposeful with your

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life. You'll feel like life has a purpose and that's a

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good feeling to have. Hey, I wanna invite you guys again.

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Join Next Level Personal Development for Christian Men

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on Facebook. It's a group. It's a small group at this point. I wanna grow

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it. I want you guys in it. Go join it. Click

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the link down in the show notes. Keep setting those

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meaningful goals, building a business and a

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life that reflects Christ to the world around

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you and makes a lasting difference. Do good

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work.

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