Try to complete this statement today:

“I have a passion for ____________ and my goal is to _____________.”

If you can possibly fill in that sentence with something that really makes sense for you, then it is, as the saying goes, half the battle. People who can make such a statement decisively and unambiguously have just leapfrogged ahead of the large majority of all other photographers.

Actually, that applies to everyone, in any field, in any line of work, with any passion, not just photography. It’s why people ask about our goals. It’s why we’re asked where we see ourselves in 5 years. Hopefully it’s how we decide what we do, how we work, how we play, how we spend our time.

Do you know how to complete this statement? Comments are open…

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The insight is from The Online Photographer, a great daily read. More on the subject of setting goals.

Links: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/getting-better-the-crucia.html, http://www.bythom.com/goal.htm