Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim's advice on achieving goals

Here is something I really like. Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim talks a lot about setting goals, but she doesn't stop there. Read on to see...

It’s easy to set goals, it’s easy to list down all the things you want to accomplish, the dreams you have. But what are we going to do about them? How can we reach them? How can we make sure they don’t remain words written down on pieces of paper?

So before we do anything else, let’s meditate together. You can either sit down in formal meditation position, or just find a quiet moment in whatever position is comfortable to you. Calm you thoughts, let them go…..breathe deeply and quietly….there you go….that’s better….continue as long as you feel like it. You will know when you are finished.

Now we are ready to think about following through with our goals, with actual pursuing our dreams. First thing: you need to give your goal a chance to come true! You have to give yourself a chance to realize your desire by setting specific goals and charting a specific course towards that goal. Daydreaming and wishing aren’t goals, no, a goal is something that can be realized when you follow through with appropriate action. Here are some principles I have been using all my life in setting goals that I want to fulfill. First and most important, make your goals realistic. Here you will have to use your own judgment and follow the inner direction of your Silent Master. Only you know what’s truly within the parameters of your life purpose. All of us are born with a specific purpose to fulfill, and we already possess the potential to fulfill it. That’s why we can follow our true desires, which will attract to us all the tools we need to do our work.