| Undoubtedly you will need resources to achieve you | | | | another schedule. |
| goals. Probably money is the first thing that comes into | | | | Most of goals will need at least some money to |
| your mind when you hear the word 'resource'. You are | | | | achieve. If you want to build a home, travel around the |
| right, there are very few goals that can be achieved | | | | world or open a small business, you will need funding. |
| without any money. But contacts, knowledge, skills, | | | | Even with a goal like having a job at a corporation you |
| time, health can also be resources that can be used to | | | | will need some money: you may have to get some |
| accomplish your dreams. | | | | additional education, or at least you will have to buy a |
| There are few people who have enough resources | | | | new suit for the interview. |
| from the start to achieve their goals. Most people are | | | | It is important to make a fair estimate about whether |
| short on at least a couple. Someone may have | | | | you have enough money to achieve your dreams? |
| enough money to train to become a world-class skier, | | | | You should answer the following questions: Do you |
| but because he is not very talented, it's unlikely that he | | | | have enough time the earn the money needed to fund |
| will be prepared to qualify to the 2014 Winter Olympics. | | | | the process of achieving your goal? Is there any |
| Even if somebody has limited resources to achieve his | | | | possibility to make a loan? By using some other |
| dreams, if he carefully compensates with the | | | | resource can you compensate the lack of funding? |
| resources he has at his disposal, he can overcome | | | | Knowledge is another very important asset, that can |
| many shortfalls. Therefore our wannabe skier may | | | | be of great help when you try to reach your a goal in |
| decide that he wants to invest more money, or he can | | | | a certain time frame. You may compensate the lack |
| borrow time and try to qualify for the 2018 Winter | | | | of knowledge with time, using a trial-and-error |
| Olympics. | | | | technique. To have a fair estimate about your |
| You can go thorough your list of goals, and try to | | | | knowledge in a certain area, you should try to ask |
| evaluate the resource requirements for each: make | | | | yourself: what knowledge you need to achieve your |
| sure that if you have two different goals set for a | | | | goals? How can you attain that knowledge: by talking |
| certain time frame, you will have enough resources to | | | | to experts, by having some sort of formal education, |
| accomplish them both. If not, you may decide to make | | | | or making on-line research? |