The point is that English is a tool for communication. Just knowing a lot
of words and grammar is useless. You must use the language to unleash its
power. So the key to finding your big goal is to figure out how you want to
use English in the real world.
With English, you must focus on your real world reasons for speaking the
language.
Goals must excite you. You should feel enthusiastic and energized just
thinking about your goals.
Even though I’m writing on this topic, I too have sometimes been guilty
of having weak goals. For example, I recently did a series of seminars and
presentations in Thailand. My initial goals were:
To teach people about the Effortless English™ system.
To connect with more people.
Now these were certainly positive goals – but they had no power. They
didn’t excite me. They didn’t create passion. So I thought more deeply. I
asked myself, “Why do I want to teach people about the Effortless
English™ system? Why do I want to connect with more people? What do I
want to contribute? What do I want to accomplish?”
Better goals instantly came to my mind, including:
I want to inspire people and change their lives!
I want to awaken people’s passion and love of learning.
I want to awaken their imaginations!
I want to heal their English trauma!
I want to totally change the way people learn English.
I want to help people achieve their dreams using English as a tool!
I want to build an international family of super enthusiastic learners!
I want to give people incredibly positive & powerful emotional
experiences!
