Goal Achievement En Mass

Posted at 4:40 AM on Thursday, May 10, 2007

The mass of 29,211 people, to be exact. 29,211 people completed the Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini Marathon last Saturday. For all of them whether they wheelchaired, ran or walked the 13.1 mile course, they reached a goal that they had worked on for some period of time.

This whole crowd of goal achievers inspired me, but one person more than the rest. You see her picture here - my wife Lori reached her goal by completing. It wasn't her goal to finish in a certain time, but to finish. That goal in itself is a noble one (after all, how many people do you know that have completed a half marathon?)

I find at least two important lessons for all of us in this event.

1. Worthy goals take time and preparation. the 35,000 entries for this race were all taken by last November. So you know that people didn't just wake up a week before and decide to run this race. It took preparation, planning, and practice. So it is with any goal worth achieving.

2. Keep site of what you achieve. The goals of the 29,210 other people might have been different than Lori's and I'm sure some didn't reach their time goal, or didn't finish ahead of a friend they hoped to beat, but they all finished and achieved something significant.

As we set goals we should always keep in mind that what we gain or learn during the course of achieving them, even if we don't achieve exactly or everything we set out to achieve, may be as valuable as the goal itself.

I congratulate all of those who completed their goal. I encourage you to think about these lessons of goal setting.

And if you want to run with Lori and me next year, let me know. (you can sign up here).

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