Many people set goals that aren’t in line with their own true values or priorities.

Example: A son who wants to be an English professor but becomes a dentist because his father and grandfather were dentists.
To reset your goals…

Identify your current goals. Ask, “Are these goals really mine, or have I internalized someone else’s?”
Determine why you bought into someone else’s goals if they are not your goals, Is it to impress..to get love or approval.. to obtain something you thought you wanted but no longer value?
Quantity your principles, values and priorities, Ask yourself, “If time and money were no object, what would I do? What have people told me I’m good at? What are my deep interests, strengths and talents?”
Refocus your efforts to accomplish your new true goals, While individuals most often need to readjust their goals, businesses and organizations also can benefit from reexamining their goals, Use the above steps on an organizational level to determine if your ladder of success is learning against the right wall.

Noah St. John, founder of The Success Clinic of America, a motivational and coaching company that teaches people how to eliminate self-defeating habits, Dracut, Massachusetts, www.successclinic.com. He is author of Permission to Succeed (Health Communication) and The Great Little Book of Afformations (Meta).