Contributed by Pat Avery

One of my favorite saying I’ve ever heard “What happens if you set your goals low, you hit them, but what happens if you set your goals high, you hit them!”

Setting goals for yourself is the best way to measure where you want to be in life. One of the questions I like to ask is how do you know where you’re going if you don’t know where you want to end up. Life is crazy enough and you can always count on bumps in the road, creating goals gives you a guide to stay on course.

Make your goals specific, measurable, attainable and time targeted. Also write your goals down and always have them available to review.