The Alchemist and Goal Setting

Dream identification and goal setting is essential process in our personal life plan. Identify your goal and you will be able to decide the dirrection you will to go. Identify what you want to achieve and you will know what you want to focus on. Be aware of your dream, follow your personal myth so you will get self discovery."The Alchemist" is a novel that may appeal to everybody, because we can all identify with Santiago: all of us have dreams.

The novel “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho tells the tale of Santiago, a boy who has a dream and the courage to follow it. After listening to "the signs" the boy goes on his personal journey of exploration and self-discovery, symbolically searching for a hidden treasure near the pyramids in Egypt. In his journey, Santiago sees the greatness of the world, and meets all kinds of exciting people like kings, alchemists, and his soulmate. However, by the end of the novel, he discovers that "treasure lies where your heart belongs", and that the treasure was the journey itself, the discoveries he made, and the wisdom he acquired.

All of us have dreams. All of us have personal myths. All of us have visions and values in their hearts. But unfortunately, many choose not to follow their personal myth. It needs to be brave to realize our dream. In the novel “The Alchemist”, Santiago optimistically goes for his dream. He learns and learns to follow his personal myth and realize his dream.Defining our personal myth and setting our goal will give great effect on our self motivation and self confidence development. Goal setting techniques give long term vision and motivation. They help us in knowledge acquisition, learning process, and assist us in managing time and resource so that we can do our very best and make our life meaning full. []YW

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