Otherwise, the efforts to achieve the set of goals would be futile and inutile despite a good and strong set of motivation and determination. Overall, motivation should, at the same time with goals, get athletes going with greater and more significant focus. Otherwise, measures and actions should be done, or goals reset, to help the athlete attain the much needed concentration. They are easily achievable and are often more specified and directly stated. On the other hand, long term goals are to achieved or attained within longer range of time, usually, months, years, or often, indefinitely. Patience and determination are ought to be kept when keeping or maintaining long term goals. Remember, being optimistic would help you achieve and set better life goals for yourself. Having a good feeling about a goal would definitely help you put out all of your heart and efforts to achieving that goal. Set your priorities. When you have your goals already set, or even if you are still in the arduous and continuous process of achieving these goals, knowing your priorities and adhering to attaining them would likely help you somehow get orderly amid the long and winding goal-achieving process. Failure Another importance of goal setting techniques and measures is opening you to the possibility of failure. By being open about the idea, you are made open minded and receptive to the various and possible causes of pending failures. Thus, when such comes, you would come prepared for it and accept it more flexibly. Success, though, is subjective; it depends on your definition on what it is. You might already have thought of a goal at the beginning of your career and have a vivid vision of where you're headed exactly. Or, perhaps, you re already in the middle of your career, and you feel that you seem not to be going anywhere, or you re always in doubt if you have chosen the right career. The collective experience of the institution regarding this process can be a rich source of inspiration and intuition. The benefits of institution-initiated professional goal setting are so immense that joining some of these exercises is never a waste of time. In fact, this type of goal setting is not only limited to private institutions that are more inclined to do this stuff such as educational and religious institutions, but other as well.