Let’s AIM right

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They say, “The sky’s the limit” and it is the most common phrase that we all can think of when it comes to dreams and success. The idea is to aim high and put enough effort to materialise your dreams. While some fantasise about a life without a sky and beyond the stratosphere, an average new-age teen believes that the key to achievement is to set smart goals, which are realistically attainable, in tune with your priorities, and measurable (AIM for short).
Biting off more than you can chew will just set you up for failure and disappointment. So the aim is to dream not beyond your limits and set a goal you can actually reach.
“I would not say, stop dreaming, but I would suggest not to limit yourself. Dreams are a huge motivation and act as a driving force to attain success, but I work out a strategy before I start turning dreams into a reality. We may have numerous goals to achieve from big to small, but tackling all of them at once is not advisable. When you have success with one small goal, you can look forward to setting another — step by step,” opines Ruchira Sharma, a Zoology student at DU.
The accomplishment of a goal is ultimately the result of a dream that has been realised, swear youngsters. A dream, in order to become a reality, has to be something you really desire to have in life else it will remain just a fantasy. “In high school, I developed the desire to be a writer and I have never given up on that dream, but have persistently pursued this goal all my life. I enjoy putting words on paper and have others share my thoughts and insights. To make dreams a reality you must have achievable goals and then you need to pursue it as a career choice because then it will never feel like work. You will always give 110 per cent because it is what you love doing,” says a budding author, who doesn’t want to be named before he gets published.
To have dreams is healthy as long as one doesn’t get fixated. Whereas aim refers to an intention and subsequent action to achieve reality.
Science student Manav Govind says, “If we don’t dream, it will never come true. However, putting one’s energies into what is feasible is always the safest bet. I dream of making it to the IIT, but more than that I focus on a plan that will surely get me a seat in a college, if not IIT.”
But Prateek Sabharwal, an IIT Delhi student differs and says, “You have to dream high otherwise you will end up underachieving. So it is important to think big, and even if you achieve half of it, you would have achieved quite a lot.”