Importance Of Achieving My Goals

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Achieving a goal is not difficult if you know what you are striving for. Having a goal that is specific, measurable, achievable, results-focused and time-bound is the way to go about it. My goal is to achieve a CGPA of 3.7 or more and graduate with a finance major and to complete and pass at least one Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) professional examination by May 31, 2017. Words without actions are definitely meaningless. Therefore, I’ve decided to incorporate a few steps to go with my goals to make it achievable. First of all, time management is the key component for me to achieve my goal. To be able to obtain a CGPA of 3.7, I would have to prioritise my time so that I would have sufficient time to juggle between leisure and studies. …show more content…
It will help open up more opportunities in the future. Simran mentioned that the most important character trait to be successful is hardworking. No matter how much potential or talent we have, one cannot succeed without hardwork. She believe it is the single most important trait to succeed. Within these 10 years, she would like to get a job for 2 years. After that, get a PhD in marketing and proceed to be a professor in marketing and teach in University of Nebraska Lincoln. I totally agree with the advise given by Simran because I think that business is not only about our results in university but also getting to know people for future networking purposes. We never know what we might end up with and someone, somewhere along the way might be of good use to us. From now onwards, I would be more active in attending events held by the university or the clubs and societies. It is without being said that university is the best place that we can meet people from all across the world. Moreover, as an international student to get to know the locals better and to make new acquaintance with individuals from other nations. Being able to see things from other perspective and being able to think in shoes of someone else is definitely an added advantage in the business sector and hopefully open up more opportunities for myself in the

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