Why We Should Aim High?

Among the people who are not successful in life, there are two categories. Those who aim high but for some reason fail to achieve their goals and those who deliberately choose not to try to improve their lives..

The first category of people fail for various reasons but they keep constantly experimenting and may taste success, sometime in future.

But the second category is vulnerable to serious risks. These people don't do enough. They are complacent. They feel, "This will do. Why should I exert myself too much?" When we adopt this attitude, we fail to aim high, we don't feel the need to improve our life and we don't mind living a mediocre life.

Some people mistake this attitude to be contentment. They even take pride in their concept of simple living. This attitude can be psychologically traced to a lack of self confidence or a fear of failure. 'It's better not to try than to try and fail' can be the the underlying principle that guides them unconsciously.

The risk involved in this attitude is that we may end up with a life much worse than what we had bargained for. The lower you set your goals, still lower will be your achievement. It's an irony of life that people who set goals at high levels are more likely to achieve them than those who set goals at lower levels. You may say, "But i have not set any goal at all!" But not setting any goal amounts to accepting your present state as a goal and there is a danger of your falling to lower levels.

Thee is a saying, "We have to keep moving if we want to remain where we are." Yes, if you don't move, you will find yourself pushed backward since the world keeps moving forward.

So, aim high. You have nothing to lose. You will get what you aimed for or slightly less than that or at the worst you will be able to retain your level. Not aiming for better things in life carries the risk of pushing you down.