What way you choose a goal for yourselves?

[Wendynn]

I saw this topic posted by one of yours and I though I should write one. May someone help me test it. Thanks so much!

SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT ONE SHOULD DESIGN THEIR GOAL BASED ON HIS/HER CAPABILITY, WHILE OTHERS BELIEVES THAT ONE SHOULD DESIGN THE GOAL BEYOND ONE’S CAPABILITY. WHICH VIEW DO YOU AGREE WITH AND WHY.

A first thing most of us think a dream is like a goal but when they go into it deeply through putting a goal for your life for instant and think carefully that is not simply a dream or a desire. Because of having a dream, it will be wonderful when coming true, if not, that is no problem. But a goal, specially, for your life if you can’t gain or give up, you are certainly failer in your life. Therefore I think people should choose a goal not only base on what they want but only what get higher than his/her capability to gain a success.

With a high goal, he/she will discover many new abilities that only when going it over, you consider them. You’ll try to work hard and learn perseverance when meeting difficult case to go it over, in addition, a high goal make you improve yourself and will become a person be flexible with any different situations to solve any complicated problem.

Moreover, depending on what kind of people he/she want to become in order to set up his/her own goal. Like a little child want to become a teacher when maturing because she thinks a teach is a beautiful and kind person, an adult usually choose for themselves an idol to try their best when they feel admire. In my friend’s case is an clear example for this, he want to become a doctor when he met a doctor who make his mother escape from liver cancer in dangerous period. He really thanks and admire at doctor, and from this points of time he want to become a good doctor.

Most people should choose a goal that they like and it must be higher than their ability to gain high success in life. It’s obviously when having a purpose people will make up easily and they have a life happier.

TOEFL listening lectures: A lecture from a social sciences class