Many of us like to eat marshmallows. Dessert is a soft food. During this period, beginning at the end of the 5th and the 5th, Walter Mitchell, a psychology researcher at Stanford University, conducted a small experiment using this marshmallow. She brought some children from different nursery schools. He took them all to a room and gave them a marshmallow and said, "You can eat it now if you want. But if you wait another 5 minutes, you will be given another marshmallow. ” Having said this, he left the house. After 5 minutes, he found that 5% of the children had eaten the marshmallow they had been given. And the remaining 5% of the children were patiently waiting for the next marshmallow.
The test does not end here. After 3 years, those candidates were called again. It turned out that 5% of the children who were patiently waiting for the next marshmallow were ahead of them in almost everything. They have shown greater success in education, sports, art or any other work. This test proves that those who give up the present's ease for future improvement or success, however, have more success in life. That is, those who give greater importance to the comfort of the present, are more successful in all respects than those who give greater importance to the future.
If we share people in judging the importance of time, we will see three kinds of people around us - some think about the future, some enjoy the present and some choose to fall back on their past. Those who usually think about the future, take a long line to plan for success. They have to decide in advance what to do after a job. They also show greater success in completing a task properly.
Long-term planning has to be taken into account for the future of a country's political activities or economic growth. Those who do politics think before making any decision, what will be their success or problems in the next 5 years as a result of this decision. Just thinking about the comforts of the present is a lot of betting. It can bring success in life and can also lead to major failures. They do not know what awaits them in the future as a result of their decision.
Many again just fall into the past. If a lesson can be taken from past mistakes, then it is good. But even if you ruin your future for failure in the past, it does not make any sense.
So why is it so important to think about the future? Taking advantage of the discussion, your life is now a very filthy kind. You are practicing freezing to keep up with your studies, activities, health or other aspects. Here you can define a future goal for you. Let's say you want to reduce body weight. So for the next 3-5 months, you can decide how to control your health. If you are worried, today's exercise has not been started, I will start at the front. Or I could not do it since I could not exercise, but then your health will not be good. That's why you should set a goal for yourself, where you can think about how you want to look in the future.
Here are some ways to make it easier for you to develop a plan.
Specify a list of targets
When we are asked what we want to do in life, many thoughts work together in our heads. Many thoughts such as taking pictures, learning debates, writing, bodyweight loss all revolve around the head. But at the end of the day, none of them are started properly. Even when it started, it is seen that the work of one goal is blocking the other. So in the end, nothing is done well.
That's why we have to shorten our list of goals. You should not aim for more than 2-5 at a time. Fulfill these goals in a given period of time and then focus on the remaining goals.
Set small goals to meet larger goals
Going forward with a big goal can lead to many mistakes. These mistakes can ruin the entire goal. That is why it is always important to divide a large task into smaller tasks. Mistakes can be easily corrected between small tasks. It can be easily fixed if any problems arise in the future.
Talk to a trusted friend to help with the work
If your goal is not too personal, tell a trusted friend about it. Maybe you got some good advice from your friend that will help you more in meeting your goals. Or it could be that, for some reason, you forgot to meet your goals. But your friend remembers exactly that goal. If one day your friend reminds you of that goal, you may feel the urge to work toward that goal again.
Calculate the progress of the work
You must have an account of how successfully your work is carried out. If not, then how do you realize how successful you are in meeting your goals? There is a quote from the Roman philosopher - "If you don't know what to anchor in a port, then no wind can help you." That is, through your work you need to know how far you are from meeting your goals or how close you are to approaching.
Do something that will always keep you in mind
Many people take pictures of famous people posters and put them on the walls of the house. It reminds them again and again of whose ideal they are cherishing. It gives them the motivation to go to work regularly. You can likewise put your goal in a poster and put it on the wall of the room. As a result, you will always remember to work towards meeting your goals. Or write down your goal somewhere in the mobile phone so that you can remember your goal when taking a mobile phone.
So no matter how big goals you set in life, break them down into smaller tasks, talk to a trusted friend, calculate the amount of success, and always keep your goals in mind. But to say so, do not always think about future success. Give time to your family, friends. Enjoy life from the present and beautify the future.