Guillermo del Toro Quotes

Goals have to be realistic and flexible.

I'm a very goal-oriented person in certain ways, and then in certain ways I understand that there's nothing at all that I can do about certain things. In other words, I would never set a goal that I don't have control over achieving.

I've always been someone that sets achievable short-term goals. I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of disappointment, and doesn't give you the chance to be flexible. So I've just always been someone that's sort of reassessed where I'm at, and set goals that are realistic. And luckily, I've had plenty of chances to recalibrate and adjust, and good fortune's come my way.

As you head toward your goals, be prepared to make some slight adjustments to your course. You don't change your decision to go - you do change your direction to get there.

I find that goal setting, when done this way, leads to goal achieving. The chronic failure to achieve goals lowers self-esteem. Show me a failure to achieve a goal, and usually I can show you the violation of one or more of the above criteria. Imposed goals, vague goals, and unrealistic goals tend to produce only partial successes and outright failures.

In an ideal world, you'd never have to do things that are below your position, but this isn't an ideal world, and it's never going to be.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.

There's a lot to be said for having a small manageable dream.

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

So we draw a picture of what we want as a team and will follow that - understanding that sometimes you might have to do a new wall or the kitchen is not like that and you have to change it. But the idea is to follow the plan.

You could have one idea in your mind, and afterwards you could be working with a team with different players, and you may not be able to achieve what you want to, so you need to adapt.

I have to do a better job of learning how to adjust.

It is important for you to have a goal. You simply can't get there if you don't know where you are going. Begin to build in your mind a dream. The write it down and make your goal realistic. Aim high enough that you will have to stretch your ability and your potential to reach it.

Any goal can be achieved if you break it down into enough small parts.

Knowing where you are going takes the uncertainty out of getting there

Whenever you're making an important decision, first ask if it gets you closer to your goals or farther away.

Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.

You don't need directions, just point yourself to the top and go!

Soft as the earth is mankind and both need to be altered.

If you don’t want your followers to give up in disgust, your inspiration needs to be in the service of goals that are at least attainable.

Without organization and leadership toward a realistic goal, there is no chance of realizing more than a small percentage of your potential.

The Lesson is, we all need to expose ourselves to the winds of change

Writing down goals makes you think of what is achievable. It really makes you reflect on what you are today.

You perform at your best when you are working continually on high-priority goals and objectives.

If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs.