Big Hairy Audacious Goals

        “In Built to Last, Collins and Porras coined the phrase Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAG) to describe how visionary organizations drive boldly toward their aspirations based on their core values” (Porras, Emery & Thompson, 2007). In order to be successful at what you do in life you must love what you are doing. You must set goals for yourself to accomplish and make your dreams become a reality. Success Built to Last states that “to set big hairy audacious goals requires a certain level of unreasonable confidence” (Porras, Emery & Thompson, 2007). You have to be able to put your whole self into what you want to accomplish and mean it. You have to know that there will be times of failure and be able to pick yourself up and keep moving forward.
        “A true BHAG is clear and compelling and serves as a unifying focal point of effort- often creating immense team spirit” (Porras, Emery & Thompson, 2007). A goal that you set out to accomplish should be so compelling and meaningful that it will outlive you; the creator of the goal. I hope that one day I will have such a strong passion for a cause that it compels me to make it my life. I want to be able to make differences in peoples lives that need it. I will one day in the future set many big hairy audacious goals and will not stop until I successfully reach those goals.
        People want to know your connection to your goal and your honesty behind it. “Your behavior has to match your words, and your words should take the form of personal stories rather than clever quotes from heroes you’ve never met. For anyone to give a damn about what you’re recruiting them to do, people want to know the skin you have in the game” (Porras, Emery & Thompson, 2007). Personally I would want to know how or why someone is drawn to a certain goal or vision in life.
        “Martin Luther King, Jr., anchored his life’s purpose and inspired the world with his indelible dream. By brilliantly articulating his audacious goal and steadfastly living his values, King, with a compelling clarity of vision led a transformation of humanity’s perception of what was possible” (Porras, Emery & Thompson, 2007). Martin Luther King, Jr. is an inspiration to all of us. He truly created a BHAG and stuck with it until the end of his life. He changed the world as we knew it.
        “BHAGs don’t just become valuable for the first time when they are achieved- their first value is in defining the journey. it’s what happens to you along the way that matters- how you are changing as you change the world” (Porras, Emery & Thompson, 2007). With everything in life the journey is half of the battle. The journey makes us stronger and wiser and helps us to accomplish our goals that we set out to do. I feel as though the journey is something we can look back on and learn from

References:
  
 Porras, J. , Emery, S. , Thompson, M. (2007). Success Built To Last: Creating A Life That Matters. Penguin Group Inc. New York, New York.