Why a new life begins with setting new goals

Some people say that no matter how old a person is now, his real life journey begins from the day he sets a goal. The previous days were just going in circles.

Many outstanding people have their own clear goals. They spend a lot of effort and work hard according to their plans, and thus achieve victories that are enviable to ordinary people.

Bissell is a pearl in the Western Sahara Desert, with tens of thousands of tourists coming here every year. But before Ken Levin discovered it, it was still a closed and backward place. No one here has ever walked out of the desert. It is said that it is not that they are unwilling to leave this barren land, but that they have tried many times but have not walked out.

Ken Levin certainly doesn’t believe this. He asked the people here why in sign language, and everyone gave the same answer: No matter which direction you go from here, you will eventually turn back to where you started. In order to confirm this statement, he conducted an experiment and walked north from the village of Bissell. As a result, he walked out in three and a half days.

Why can’t the Bissell people come out? Ken Levine was so puzzled that in the end he had to hire a Bissell man and let him lead the way to see why. They carried water for half a month and two camels. Ken Levin put away his compass and other modern equipment and followed behind.

Ten days passed, and they walked about 800 miles. On the morning of the eleventh day, they returned to Bissell. This time Ken Levin finally understood that the reason why the Bissell people could not leave the desert was because they did not know the Big Dipper at all.

In the endless desert, if a person walks forward based on his feeling, he will walk out of many circles of different sizes, and the final trace will most likely be in the shape of a tape measure. Bissell Village is located in the middle of a vast desert, with no reference points for thousands of kilometers. If you don't know the Big Dipper and don't have a compass, it's really impossible to get out of the desert.

However, he found the Big Dipper, and under the guidance of the Big Dipper, he successfully walked out of the desert. The young man became a pioneer of Bissell, and his bronze statue was erected in the center of the small town. There is a line of words engraved on the base of the bronze statue: New life begins in the chosen direction.

No matter what the situation is, if a core goal cannot be determined and if one cannot work towards this core goal, the final result can only be failure. Only after determining the core goal and continuously working towards this established direction of struggle can things be successful. This is also a prerequisite for the success of all people who are successful in a certain field.

If the goal is not scientific and clear enough, a person will be like a "headless fly" flying around. Maybe today he will study with a teacher in order to become an excellent accountant, and tomorrow he will study with a teacher to become an excellent accountant. I was collecting materials everywhere in order to become a writer, but the day after tomorrow I was busy working towards some uncertain goal. The lack of clear goals can easily cause people's energy to be too scattered and their time allocation to appear disorganized. Usually they can only work in vain and ultimately achieve nothing.