Goal Setting Made Simple
You know you should do it, and I know we all should do it. It sounds like great advice – set goals to really put in perspective what you want out of life. We all have gone to the goal setting seminars, read the chapters of goal setting in all the self help books and have thought to ourselves, that sounds like great advise. But, as with everything in life, goal setting is sent to the back burner of our daily routine and we never set them. Well, because it just makes sense to spend a little time thinking about what we would like from life and how we can get it, I’ll share with you just four easy steps to set your goals and actually stick to the act of goal setting and achieving.
1. Think about what you want – This seems like the easy step but it is really the hardest one. The one step we would like to avoid and move right along to writing our fantastic goals. But it is the most necessary. Just sit down alone, with a blank piece of paper or your computer notepad – whatever works for you, and just write what you would like to achieve, accomplish or whatever it is that you want to happen in your life.
2. Write it down – Now that you have thought about it and written anything that came to mind - however long or short- this is where you have to put it in cons ice, simple and clear words. Let me give you an example, I once thought about what I want it to do with my talents, how I wanted to grow and learn professionally. So, my thoughts were all over the notepad document, and I had summarize a page of rambling in just three or four words. I realized from reading my thoughts that I wanted to earn my living writing, so that became my professional goal. I phrased the goal like this “I want to earn my living writing.” That’s it. Nothing more, nothing less. The statement is powerful and cons ice.
3. Visualize and focus – Print the goal, write on a sticky note. Whatever works you. But put it in at least two places where you will see it many times during your day. So every time you see it you will have to focus on what you decided that you wanted to accomplish.
4. Give it a timeframe and break it down to sub goals – Now that you know the goal, to make it easier to achieve, give yourself a timeframe and take the goal and break it down to the smallest elements. Those small elements will become the tasks or actions you will need to take to achieve this goal.
5. Enjoy the sense of accomplishment – Once you have reach your goal, enjoy the moment. Feel proud and accomplished. You made a choice and acted on that choice and hopefully you achieve it.
We all know these steps, but we need to be reminded of the good things that come from goal setting and achieving. Goal setting, goal achieving are all fancy words for just figuring out what you really want from life and creating a list of actions that you can take to make it happen. So, as Captain Picard in “Star Trek: Next Generations” used to say, make it so.
Food Irradiation
Food irradiation makes use of high-energy Gamma rays, electron beams or X-ray that are a million times more powerful than standard medical X-ray. They all work to break apart the bacteria and insects that may hide in food. However, radiation can affect food in strange ways usually by creating unique radiolytic products that may include substances that cause gene mutations and chromosome aberrations in human cells or a variety of mutagens. Many mutagens have also been found to be carcinogens.
Research would also show that volatile toxic chemicals are formed by irradiation. These findings neutralize the presentation of irradiation as the primary solution to food-borne illnesses. The unknown consequences of irradiation form the basis for food labeling since truthful labeling empowers consumers to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
Biosecurity Concerns
Biosecurity is the ability of a country to feed itself and the rest of the world. This has become a primary concern of many since offensive moves by an “enemy” are no longer confined to direct attacks to people and structures. Today, a war could involve disrupting the established systems including that of food.
A single plant or animal disease outbreak could wreck havoc on the authority’s ability to keep plants and animals healthy. Advances in technology have been used by some misguided elements to bring harm in the same manner that it is sought to be used to prevent such harm. Even an outbreak of a very limited scale could work to undermine consumer confidence in the food supply.
Preparing for the Worst
There are two significant ways of looking at life. One is that we should take each day as it comes, and the other is always having the future in mind. Either one of these perspectives alone can get one into trouble. That is why the two combined create a more reasonable outlook. One should not spend their whole life preparing for the future and forgetting about the present, but on the other hand, the future will not be so great if measures are not taken to prepare for it. No one can ever know if and when tragedy will strike. That is why it is the best to be prepared just in case it does.
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